The Marsh McLennan Disaster Resilience Center of Excellence delivers insights, expertise and capabilities to help public sector leaders prepare for, mitigate against, insure, and recover from disasters.
A Strategic Approach
We offer a range of solutions that address risks across the continuum of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
Our thought leaders share insights on reducing risk and building resilience
Case Studies
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Read morePerspective Wildfire in the west Wildfires have wreaked havoc in California over the past several years. Due to inverse condemnation laws in the state, the investor-owned utilities (IOUs) are held strictly liable. As claims skyrocketed, the IOUs found themselves unable to cover the costs leaving the state of California compensate victims. -
Read morePerspective FEMA disaster claims Communities and certain nonprofit organizations impacted by disasters may become eligible for disaster relief funding. However the process of collecting entitled funds can be challenging without expert support. -
Read morePerspective Flood insurance losses After Hurricane Katrina caused $160 billion damage in 2005, the financial burden on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) increased immensely. One component of FEMA, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), alone faced a deficit of $24 billion as a result of flood claims.
Insights
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Read moreHub Hurricane Resource Center If your organization is affected by a hurricane or tropical storm, we can help you manage business interruption, prepare insurance claims, and support employees. Here you’ll find information, guidance, and insights about how you can prepare, respond, recover, and remain resilient -
Read moreReport Quantifying Insurance Benefits of a Nature-based Approach to Reducing Risk Faced with growing wildfire impacts around the world, communities are looking for innovative approaches to reduce the occurrence and impacts of wildfire. -
Read moreReport Partnering with Purpose This report, prepared by Marsh McLennan for the National Preparedness Commission, examines the opportunities for stronger interactions between public and private sectors. Founded on extensive desk research and interviews with resilience experts in the UK and abroad, it offers ideas for further exploration in the context of a much-needed debate. -
Read moreReport 2022 State of Flood Report Flood, one of the world’s most frequent and destructive perils, is causing increasingly more severe losses, according to data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As a result of climate change, flooding is expected to increase. -
Read moreReport Pandemic Risk Report While the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, its impacts continue to affect businesses of all sizes. Although the proliferation of vaccines and other developments have helped to drive economic growth, businesses have suffered substantial revenue declines. -
Read moreWebtool Marsh McLennan Flood Risk Index The Marsh McLennan Flood Risk Index showcases the firm’s unparalleled expertise in flood risk assessment and management. The index provides an overview of flood risk and its potential implications on human and economic systems across countries, and supports the commercial priorities linked to the climate resilience and protection gap megathemes. -
Read moreReport Sunk costs: the socioeconomic impacts of flooding Flood risk is the most pervasive among natural disasters. Climate change and the increasing concentrations of population and assets in exposed areas are exacerbating the threat of flooding, and its human and economic costs are on the rise and greater than we realize. Since 1980 only 12 percent of economic losses have been insured. Flooding deepens economic and social inequalities, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable. Governments should take a strategic approach to close the protection gap, maximizing insurance penetration in a financially sustainable way, without incentivizing moral hazard or crowding out private insurers. -
Read moreReport Community-Based Catastrophe Insurance Insurance plays a critical role in recovery from natural disasters, but many households and small businesses do not have sufficient coverage to fund repair and rebuilding due to various reasons. CBCI can play many roles in the dynamic ecosystem of existing public and private catastrophe insurance mechanisms. It could complement traditional catastrophe insurance markets by providing supplemental financial protection to community members in the event of a disaster or be used as full-limit, single-peril property protection in areas with high risk. In other instances, CBCI can offer the community a means to work with carriers or private capital providers to rebuild and sustain insurance uptake while facing loss volatility. -
Read morePerspective Protecting the Public Purse: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in a Warmer World The reinsurance sector can support governments' catastrophe risk management -
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Read morePerspective Parametric Insurance can Boost Resilience for the Public Sector Parametric insurance empowers the public sector with flexible, timely funds for disaster response and “building back better” -
Read moreReport Building National Resilience: Aligning mindsets, capabilities, and investment Explores the key issues for national and subnational governments, focusing on effective country-level risk management -
Read moreReport MARSH MCLENNAN RESPONDS TO CLIMATE-RELATED EFFECTS ON THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY Marsh McLennan is pleased to respond to this Request for Information from the Federal Insurance Office on the Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Risks. -
Read moreReport Risk Resilience Report Today, organizations can no longer view risks as a single threat vector. Organizations must identify, understand, and prepare for the impacts of systemic and emerging risks across their complete value chain.
Experts
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Read moreOur People Jonathan Clark Managing Director, US Public Sector, Guy Carpenter -
Read moreOur People Ruth Lux Head of Public Sector Europe, Middle East and Africa, Guy Carpenter -
Read moreOur People Chris Sykes Managing Director, Reinsurance, Guy Carpenter -
Read moreOur People Kevin Bryant Managing Director, US Public Entity Practice Leader, Marsh -
Read moreOur People Raymond Hutnik Global Practice Leader, Marsh Advisory's Financial Risk Consulting Solutions -
Read moreOur People Reid Sawyer Head, US Cyber Risk Consulting, Marsh -
Read moreOur People Daniel Kaniewski Managing Director, Public Sector, Marsh McLennan Advantage -
Read moreOur People Sydney Hedberg Sydney is a Director within the MMC Advantage team which is Marsh McLennan’s approach to delivering the full value of the firm to clients through the company’s four businesses, Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman. Sydney facilitates strategic development of cross business working groups focused on large catastrophic issues, including flood and wildfire which intersects frequently with the public sector. She has worked on large-scale reinsurance programs for state funds to financially prepare for natural disasters. Prior, she was a property and casualty broker for the energy division within Marsh. Before focusing on public sector for Marsh McLennan, she led cross-business energy solutions for the company in the U.S. She holds a B.B.A. from the University of Mississippi in risk management & insurance and managerial finance.
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To learn more about how Marsh McLennan can help, please contact resilience@mmc.com