INTRODUCTION PROMOTING CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLOSING THE PROTECTION GAP INDUCING POSITIVE SOCIETAL CHANGE GOVERNANCE APPENDIX We have worked with eminent practitioners to better understand disaster safety and risk mitigation best practices. We hope to help save lives and make communities safer in the face of catastrophe. Craig Tillman, President, RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Translating Risk Expertise to Action We are proud to work with policymakers, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders to advance climate change mitigation, adaptation and impact reduction efforts. By leveraging our risk science expertise to better understand climate risk, we provide insights that help inform policy decisions and drive innovation. We believe our expertise helps our clients to make informed decisions and achieve their strategic goals with greater confidence and clarity. SuperEnsemble Insurers’ Principles of Climate Change Adaptation orecast is noted in the National Our SuperEnsemble hurricane f We are proud to have been a part of a consortium of insurance and Hurricane Center verification reports as a top-performing hurricane reinsurance companies that collaborated on the creation of the model. Through this forecast we are collaborating with the National Insurers’ Principles of Climate Change Adaptation in 2021 through Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS). Hurricane Center, continuing a valued partnership that spans nearly These principles, which have been shared with policymakers and two decades. the public, include key steps that can be taken to enhance the In 2016, NOAA and RRRS entered into a Cooperative Research and resilience of American homes, businesses and communities in the Development Agreement, focused on improving tropical cyclone face of climate change. consensus techniques. Through this alliance, we enhance our We believe that these principles represent a call to action for knowledge of tropical cyclone risk, while aiding our clients and the the insurance and reinsurance industry to play an active role in international community in the management of these critical events. helping to enhance the resilience of the nation’s housing and building infrastructure. 13