Earlier this week, Chandra Ghosal, one of Moody's Senior Credit Officers, posted a podcast about the increased frequency and expense associated with natural disasters. He interviewed a senior insurance industry analyst and Moody's head of Physical Climate Risk.
Athena, a wildfire risk data provider, has a focus on helping utilities share their wildfire risk reduction programs in a quantitative way. By providing internal leadership and external analysts with information about the economic impact of avoided losses and collaboration with other mitigation programs, utilities can positively impact their perception by investors and insurers.