National Association of Insurance Commissioners to host CIPR event on catastrophe mitigation and IBHS FORTIFIED resilience standards

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Center for Insurance Policy and Research (CIPR) announced a special event at the NAIC 2026 Spring National Meeting on 23 March focused on catastrophe mitigation and resilience, including how alignment between mitigation science, insurance markets, and regulatory frameworks can improve insurability and reduce losses from wildfire and wind hazards. The discussion is framed against ongoing catastrophe risk events, including wildfire, hurricane and severe convective storms, that are pressuring the availability and affordability of property insurance in the United States. CIPR’s Catastrophe Risk Management Center of Excellence will highlight its role as a convening and knowledge-sharing hub for state insurance regulators, including work to translate Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety research into regulatory awareness, best practices and consumer-facing resilience strategies. The release points to state mitigation grant programs as a key vehicle for adoption, including approaches that recognize the IBHS FORTIFIED program for wind as a mitigation standard, which has produced measurable reductions in damage, insurance losses and post-disaster disruption. The event will be available to in-person and virtual attendees and will feature California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold, United Policyholders Executive Director Amy Bach and IBHS Senior Director for Wildfire Steve Hawks, moderated by Brian Powell of CIPR’s Catastrophe Risk Management Center of Excellence. Registration is directed through the NAIC Meetings and Events page.