Industry Educational Dialogues - A Webinar Series for the Insurance Sector
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NOAA and NSF to create research center in response to insurance industry climate needs.
Coastal Hazards Part 2 (April 23, 2025)
Coastal Hazards (April 10, 2025)
Navigating Uncertainty: Reinsurance and Resilience in a Changing World (July 16, 2024)
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On July 5, NOAA and the Reinsurance Association of America co-hosted a pivotal conversation on climate change and its implications for the insurance and reinsurance industry. Watch this dialogue between NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D., and the Reinsurance Association of America's leadership -- past, present, and future -- as they discuss the latest climate science, emerging risks, and strategic responses within the reinsurance sector.
Individual presentations (pdf):
- NOAA and Reinsurance Association of America Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony (slides)
- NOAA and Reinsurance Association of America Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony (transcript)
Drought & Wildfire (July 26, 2022)
Individual presentations (pdf):
- National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) (Elizabeth Ossowski)
- National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service (NESDIS) (Mike Pavolonis)
- National Weather Service (NWS) Fire Weather (Heath Hockenberry)
Severe Precipitation and Flooding (September 29, 2022)
Individual presentations (pdf):
- Extreme Precipitation Forecasts from NOAA/Weather Prediction Center (Greg Carbin)
- National Precipitation Frequency Standard: NOAA Atlas 14 & Beyond (Fernando Salas)
- Extreme Precipitation Projections from NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (Thomas Delworth)
Severe Convective Storms (November 15, 2022)
Individual presentations (pdf):
- National Weather Service Severe Weather Forecasting and Data Collection (Matthew Elliott)
- The Weather and Climate Toolkit (Steve Ansari)
- Linking Weather and Climate: Predictions and Projections of Extremes in Global Models (Lucas Harris)
- Severe Weather Within The Context of Climate Change (Harold E. Brooks)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms (January 26, 2023)
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- Weather Forecast Office Tropical Products & Services (Jessica Schauer)
- National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Products and Services (Michael Brennan)
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm data at NCEI (Kenneth Knapp)
- Atlantic Hurricanes and Climate Change (Thomas Knutson)
Introduction to the NSF/IUCRC (February 2, 2023)
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Introduction to the NSF/IUCRC Part 2 (February 17, 2023)
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Catastrophe and Climate Modeling (March 20, 2023)
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Catastrophe and Climate Modeling - Second Session (April 17, 2023)
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Catastrophe and Climate Modeling - Third Session (May 15, 2023)
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About Insurance Sector Webinar Series
This webinar series will feature speakers from across NOAA on the science and operational tools and services we offer in several key hazard areas relevant to the insurance sector.