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Disaster Preparedness Initiative

The Travelers Institute is committed to promoting community resiliency. Our disaster preparedness initiative works to raise awareness about the risks posed by natural disasters and how communities and businesses can respond and recover.

Through partnerships and events, we’re educating communities to become better prepared for, and better equipped to recover from the unexpected.

Event Highlights

Wildfire Mitigation: Cutting-Edge Insights, Tech and Research

July 20, 2022

In this installment of Wednesdays with Woodward, we went beyond the headlines for a deep dive into the latest digital technologies and eye-opening research that are powering insights into wildfire mitigation.
 

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Storm Warning: Managing the Risk of Increasing Hurricane Catastrophes

June 1, 2022

June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. We welcomed leading authorities in hurricane forecasting and risk mitigation to discuss the 2022 season. We explored the latest thinking and advances in modeling, forecasting and mitigation to help insurance professionals, businesses and communities better understand and prepare for hurricane risks.

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The Tech-Enabled Insurance Claim Revolution

October 20, 2021

Today’s insurance claims are being revolutionized with digital tools that increase efficiency and satisfaction. Travelers’ Patrick Gee took us inside the latest transformative innovations and explored what they mean for business and personal insurance customers.

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The Tech-Enabled Insurance Claim Revolution

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Weathering the Storm: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

December 2, 2020

For 10 years, researchers at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) have been studying natural disasters, testing different building materials and identifying ways to mitigate damage from severe weather events.
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Weathering the Storm: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

      

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Kicking Off Hurricane Preparedness Season Symposium 2019

June 7, 2019

Community members and business leaders joined together for an interactive look at the 2019 hurricane season, the latest research on preparedness, lessons learned from past storms and ideas for building back stronger.

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Mitigating Wildfire Risk

April 9, 2019

Wildfires present real risks to communities across Colorado and the United States. Taking lessons learned from the last several years of wildfire disasters, this luncheon symposium gathered professionals across sectors to explore the science of wildfires and the latest research on prevention and mitigation. The program translated science into action and provided practical takeaways to be shared with homeowners and business owners across the state and beyond.

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