
Webinar
Webinar: Insights into Climate Adaptation and Insurance Innovation from PIISA
10th of December 2024
Learn about how insurance innovation and risk data serves adaptation and increases resilience of urban areas from the perspective of partners over a year into the project.

PIISA - Midterm Webinar 1
PIISA - Midterm Webinar 2
This webinar took place on Zoom, on December 10th, from 09:00 to 12:15 CET, and was organised into two sessions. The first session focused on insurance innovation, while the second highlighted the importance of pilots.
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Online, 09:00 - 12:15 CET
Webinar Agenda:
SESSION 01: INSURANCE INNOVATION AND RISK DATA SERVING ADAPTATION
- 9:00-9:20
- Innovations, ambition and legacy of PIISA
- Hilppa Gregow, from the Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 9:20-9:45
- Market review and analysis of insurance innovation and uptake in pilot regions
- Laura Grassi, from Politecnico di Milano
- 9:45 - 10:10
- How can we predict future exposure to weather hazards with climate indicators?
- Marcello Petitta, from Roma Tre University
- 10:10 - 10:30
- Prepared commentary by Alessandro Bonazzi (Generali)
- Feedback and discussion
- 10:30 - 10:45
- Break
SESSION 02: PIISA PILOTS HELPING TO INCREASE RESILIENCE OF URBAN AREAS
- 10:45 - 10:55
- Introduction to PIISA pilots and the idea of piloting,
- Heikki Tuomenvirta, from the Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 10:55 – 11:15
- PIISA Clay Shrink Swell Building Damage Assessor,
- David Cooke, from 2° Investing Initiative (2DII)
- 11:15 – 11:35
- Green roof benefits and insurance incentives,
- Georges Farina, from Stichting VU - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
- 11:35 – 11:55
- Resilience to wildfires in wildland-urban interfaces: Integrating adaptive actions and risk management through insurance solutions
- Luiz Galizia, from AXA Climate
- 11:55 - 12:15
- Feedback, prepared commentaries and discussion
- Mário Monteiro from AGIF