Each year, the OIC presents a series of videos highlighting the intersection of climate change and insurance. Over the years, this in-depth examination of the industry and climate work has included interviews with insurance industry executives, academics, mitigation work experts and climate scientists.
Each entry will be added to this page, shared online and posted to our YouTube page. Select entries will be posted as episodes of the OIC Answers podcast.
"Insuring Our Future" from the Sun Valley Forum
This presentation comes from the 2025 Sun Valley Forum, titled "Insuring Our Future: Climate Change is Creating a Protection Gap. How Do We Close It?" The discussion is hosted by Leslie Kaufman, Climate and Environment Journalist with Bloomberg Green, and features OIC Senior Climate Policy Advisor Jay Bruns and Francis Bouchard, Managing Director of Climate at Marsh McLennan.
Learn more about the Sun Valley Forum.
Dr. Meade Krosby on the National Climate Assessment
Dr. Krosby — senior scientist with the University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group, the director of the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and a former author of the Northwest chapter of the National Climate Assessment — discusses what the National Climate Assessment covers, how it was established, and how it’s used by all levels of government, the private sector, and the public.
The Trump administration, however, dismissed all authors of the NCA in late April and the website hosting the report was removed in July, throwing the future of the report into limbo. Dr. Krosby’s presentation covers what could happen next, and why it’s important that the American public has the most up to date information on climate impact and responses.
UW’s ‘Climate Risk, Housing and Insurance’ event
The University of Washington Climate Risk Lab is a groundbreaking research and innovation center that launched a suite of open-source, AI-enabled tools to help public and private entities make better, faster, more informed decisions on climate risk.
The Climate Risk Lab hosted an event on Friday, May 16, at the Burke Museum. Climate Risk, Housing, and Insurance — A Washington State Perspective brought together policymakers and industry leadership to discuss how climate risk is impacting the insurance and housing markets and provide an opportunity for those leaders, and the school’s students and faculty, to network.
The event featured an introduction from UW professor Phillip Bruner — executive director of the lab — and a keynote speech from Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer, with a panel discussion hosted by Bruner and featuring OIC Senior Policy Advisor David Forte, PEMCO Insurance Company Marketing Director Trent Stoker and Russell Investments’ Head of Listed Real Estate Assets Dave Brunette.
The second installment of the OIC’s 2025 Climate Education Series covers a few highlights from the May 16 event and includes an interview with Bruner and two student organizers.
Welcome to the OIC's 2025 Climate Education Series
Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer kicked off the 2025 Climate Education Series by interviewing Senior Climate Policy Advisor Jay Bruns about the OIC’s history with climate work, why a state office is involved at the international level, how the NAIC developed its Climate Risk Disclosure Survey, and the agency’s work going forward.