Name: Will housing and insurance force greater climate action?
Start: 2025-05-16T10:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-05-16T13:00:00-07:00
Location: The Burke Museum

A board member of major global re-insurer Alianz recently posted that extreme weather and increasing flood risk will soon render large areas uninsurable. Will that be the lever that drives real action toward climate restoration?

Come hear an expert panel explore this issue with a Washington State lens!
\- Keynote Speaker: [Patty Kuderer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patty-kuderer-19181217/), Washington State Insurance Commissioner.
\- Chair: Dr\. [Phillip Bruner, PhD](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbruner/), UW Climate Risk Lab

Expert Panel:

* [Trent Stoker, CPCU, MAOL, PMP](https://www.linkedin.com/in/trent-stoker/), PEMCO: Insurance professional with over 35 years of experience
* [David Brunette](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brunette-411378b6/), Russell Investments: Real estate expert with 45+ years in the field
* [David Forte, CPCU](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-forte-cpcu-aa4b19a7/), WA State Office of the Insurance Commissioner: Senior policy advisor with 15+ years in public insurance

Presented by the [UW Climate Risk Lab](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uw-climate-risk-lab/) at the UW Foster School of Business, Register here: [Climate risk, housing and insurance: a Washington state perspective Tickets, Fri, May 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-risk-housing-and-insurance-a-washington-state-perspective-tickets-1303184432719?aff=oddtdtcreator)

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