Travelers Institute Wraps Up Webinar Season Addressing 2020’s Unique Challenges
December 01 2020 - 08:30AM
Business Wire
Final event of the year will focus on disaster
preparation and recovery; events for 2021 to be announced in
January
The Travelers Institute, the public policy division of The
Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV), will close its 2020
Wednesdays with Woodward webinar series this week with “Weathering
the Storm: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Insurance Institute for
Business & Home Safety (IBHS).” The six-month-long series
provided consumers and businesses with practical solutions for
managing the many challenges in the current environment.
This week’s webinar will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020,
at 1 p.m. ET, and will explore the ways IBHS has helped businesses
and consumers prepare for, and recover from, natural disasters. The
event is free and open to the public, with online registration at
the Travelers Institute website.
Joan Woodward, President of the Travelers Institute, and
Executive Vice President of Public Policy at Travelers, will host
the panel discussion with the following speakers:
- Roy E. Wright, President & CEO, IBHS
- Debra Ballen, General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer,
IBHS
- Eric Nelson, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Catastrophe Risk
Management, Travelers
“From simulated hailstorms to wildfire demonstrations, IBHS has
spearheaded some of the most important research for our industry
over the past decade,” said Woodward. “We regularly use the
expertise from IBHS to deepen our risk management knowledge, which
is passed on to our customers so they can take steps to be better
prepared. We are pleased to host the IBHS team and share some of
their best practices with our audience.”
Wright said, “This year’s disasters underscore the importance of
resilience. With 10 years of science from the IBHS Research Center,
we are accelerating the impact we can have on communities to drive
down financial and physical losses.”
The Wednesdays with Woodward webinar series began in June as a
way to continue the organization’s public policy forums, which were
held in person around the country prior to the pandemic. To date,
the webinar series has held 15 sessions covering a broad variety of
topics, including:
- The outlook for COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutics
development
- Advice from experts and career coaches on relaunching your
career
- Strategies for leading through crisis
Replays of each webinar are available on the Travelers Institute
website.
Woodward added, “We have been thrilled with the response to the
series this year, and we look forward to continuing to host these
events in 2021. I want to personally thank all our speakers, who
have generously helped us deliver on a critical part of our mandate
at the Travelers Institute – to engage with policymakers and
thought leaders on critical issues impacting consumers, agents,
brokers and the broader communities we serve.”
To learn more about the Travelers Institute, the webinar series
and other initiatives, please visit
Travelers.com/Travelers-Institute.
About the Travelers Institute The Travelers Institute,
the public policy division of The Travelers Companies, Inc.,
engages in discussion and analysis of public policy topics of
importance to the insurance marketplace and to the financial
services industry more broadly. The Travelers Institute draws upon
the industry expertise of Travelers’ senior management as well as
the technical expertise of many of Travelers’ underwriters, risk
managers and other experts to provide information, analysis and
solutions to public policymakers and regulators. Travelers is a
leading provider of property casualty insurance for auto, home and
business. For more information, visit Travelers.com.
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