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Ben Gilman discusses innovative solutions for the insurance industry's challenges related to catastrophic risks using AI and home hardening techniques.

Ben Gilman, founder of Future Proof, discusses innovative solutions to the insurance industry's challenges with catastrophic risks, leveraging AI, geospatial data, and home hardening techniques to reduce risk and improve market stability. keywords insurance, catastrophic risk, AI, home hardening, climate change, risk mitigation, Future Proof, real estate, disaster preparedness key topics Insurance industry challenges with catastrophic risks Use of AI and geospatial data for risk assessment Home hardening techniques and remediation Climate change impact on property values and insurance Public-private partnerships for risk mitigation sound bites "Remediation costs between $20,000 and $40,000 per home." "Houses built on unstable land are a ticking time bomb." "Knowledge is power in risk assessment and mitigation." Chapters 00:00 The Broken Insurance Model 02:11 Understanding Catastrophic Risks 05:12 The Interconnectedness of Real Estate and Insurance 08:21 Building Codes and Construction Practices 11:12 Innovative Solutions for Risk Mitigation 13:59 The Role of AI in Home Risk Assessment 17:10 Educating Homeowners on Risk Management 20:08 Future Proof…

People in this episode

Host: Dalton Anderson

Guest: Ben Gilman

Topics covered

• Insurance industry challenges
• AI in risk assessment
• Home hardening techniques
• Climate change impact
• Risk mitigation strategies
• Public-private partnerships

Keywords

• insurance
• catastrophic risk
• AI
• home hardening
• climate change
• risk mitigation
• Future Proof
• real estate
• disaster preparedness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Future Proof, insurance industry, AI, geospatial data, real estate, disaster preparedness

Places: climate change

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