Earth Sciences Seminar: Kelly Hereid - Catastrophe Risk in a Changing Climate

Portrait of the speaker, Kelly Hereid
September 13, 2024
1:45PM - 2:45PM
ML 291 or virtual

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2024-09-13 13:45:00 2024-09-13 14:45:00 Earth Sciences Seminar: Kelly Hereid - Catastrophe Risk in a Changing Climate Abstract: Climate change is driving dramatic increases in the impacts of extreme hazards, including hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. These changes occur within a built environment that is in many cases not prepared for the level of hazard that we see today, much less for changing risk in the future. The insurance industry is managing risk to its business through this complex intersection of science, economics, and public policy. This talk will discuss opportunities to assess climate risk using catastrophe models, using chronic impacts like changes in temperature, sea level, and rainfall to make progress on understanding lower-confidence extreme events to foster better decision-making in the built environment.The Byrd Center's Education and Engagement Group is co-sponsoring this seminar with the School of Earth Sciences.To join remotely click this Zoom linkPasscode: 957212 About the SpeakerKelly Hereid, Ph.D., CCRMP, is the Director of Catastrophe Research and Development at Liberty Mutual in the Corporate Enterprise Risk Management group, with over 10 years of experience in both reinsurance and primary insurance. Her team is responsible for building and maintaining Liberty’s view of catastrophe risk research, along with assessing physical and transition climate risks. She specializes in climate change and emerging risks.  ML 291 or virtual America/New_York public

Abstract: Climate change is driving dramatic increases in the impacts of extreme hazards, including hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. These changes occur within a built environment that is in many cases not prepared for the level of hazard that we see today, much less for changing risk in the future. The insurance industry is managing risk to its business through this complex intersection of science, economics, and public policy. This talk will discuss opportunities to assess climate risk using catastrophe models, using chronic impacts like changes in temperature, sea level, and rainfall to make progress on understanding lower-confidence extreme events to foster better decision-making in the built environment.

The Byrd Center's Education and Engagement Group is co-sponsoring this seminar with the School of Earth Sciences.

To join remotely click this Zoom link

Passcode: 957212 

About the Speaker

Kelly Hereid, Ph.D., CCRMP, is the Director of Catastrophe Research and Development at Liberty Mutual in the Corporate Enterprise Risk Management group, with over 10 years of experience in both reinsurance and primary insurance. Her team is responsible for building and maintaining Liberty’s view of catastrophe risk research, along with assessing physical and transition climate risks. She specializes in climate change and emerging risks. 

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