The National Association of Insurance Commissioners published a statement congratulating the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety on surpassing 100,000 FORTIFIED-designated homes and used the update to outline how its Catastrophe Risk Management Center of Excellence supports state insurance regulators’ resilience and mitigation work. The center provides resources and technical expertise to help state departments of insurance develop, implement, and expand resilience-focused programs, including mitigation grant initiatives, with the stated aims of reducing severe weather risk, improving insurability and supporting faster recovery. The support includes guidance on program design and operations, contributions to legislation and policy through written and oral testimony, and technical tools such as data-driven grant prioritization and mitigation discount benchmarks to guide use of funds and homeowner premium reductions. NAIC also linked this work to the broader objectives of its Natural Catastrophe Risk and Resilience Task Force and related working groups, and said it facilitates IBHS facility visits for state leaders and partners to demonstrate the FORTIFIED and Wildfire Prepared programs.
National Association Of Insurance Commissioners2026-06-02
National Association of Insurance Commissioners highlights Catastrophe Risk Management Center support as IBHS surpasses 100000 FORTIFIED homes
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners highlighted its Catastrophe Risk Management Center of Excellence’s support for state insurance regulators’ resilience and mitigation programs, as the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety surpassed 100,000 FORTIFIED-designated homes. The center provides program design guidance, legislative and policy support, and technical tools such as data-driven grant prioritization and mitigation discount benchmarks, links this work to the Natural Catastrophe Risk and Resilience Task Force, and facilitates IBHS facility visits for state leaders.