Impact of Climate Events

Publish Date:

04/18/2025

The impact of climate events continues to have a significant impact on pricing as well as identifying how to mitigate future risks. As we experience increasingly catastrophic events —including flooding, hurricanes, and wildfires—actuaries are trusted experts for companies, regulators, and consumers who are looking for answers these real and anticipated challenges to financial systems and insurance markets.  

Explore these resources to learn more.

  • Climate Events and Insurance Affordability (presentation)
  • Finding and Using Climate Data (presentation)
  • This Hurricane Season, Policy Decisions Raise Preparedness Questions (blog)
  • Supplement to the 2024 COPLFR Practice Note-L.A. Wildfires (supplement to practice note
  • Los Angeles Wildfires Are Latest Example of Challenges Facing Actuaries, Insurers (blog
  • Actuaries Play a Critical Role in Helping Insurers Address Changing Climate Risks (blog
  • Climatic Events, Inequities, and Risk Mitigation (issue paper
  • Heat Is Increasingly a Cause for Concern in Workers’ Comp Cases (blog
  • Extreme Outcomes (Contingencies article
  • Cyber Risk Toolkit 

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