IBHS Research Center Grand Opening
Dr. Anne Cope recalls the grand opening demonstrations at the IBHS Research Center and the impact they have had the past ten years.
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IBHS Releasing New FORTIFIED Virtual Training for Roofing Contractors
Virtual roofer training coming on July 17.
IBHS Releases Wildfire Preparedness Guide for Small Businesses
Amid an active western wildfire season, “Wildfire Ready–Business” provides foundational preparedness projects for small businesses and commercial building owners.
IBHS releases updated resilient construction standards
Richburg, SC, Nov. 21, 2024 – The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today released the 2025 FORTIFIED Home™, FORTIFIED Commercial™ and FORTIFIED Multifamily™ construction standards. All three standards are updated periodically to align with building codes and design standards. Since its inception in 2010, the FORTIFIED program has set the benchmark for beyond-code construction and re-roofing, designed to reduce storm damage by strengthening areas of homes, commercial buildings and multifamily properties typically vulnerable to high winds and heavy rain.
IBHS releases Resilient Rebuilding: A Path Forward for Los Angeles, a blueprint for survivable and insurable homes and communities
LOS ANGELES/RICHBURG, SC, April 8, 2025 – The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today released Resilient Rebuilding: A Path Forward for Los Angeles, a blueprint for rebuilding a more survivable and insurable Los Angeles after the devastating Eaton and Palisades Fires. IBHS calls on local leaders to take regulatory action to ensure critical structural and defensible space requirements and specific mitigation actions needed to make the next generation of Los Angeles homes and communities more wildfire resilient are taken during this historic rebuilding.
IBHS releases hurricane preparedness guide for small businesses
Commercial Ready: Hurricane provides step-by-step preparedness projects, planning for small businesses and commercial building owners.
IBHS Releases 2020 FORTIFIED Home Standard
Updates to Resilient Construction Standard Reflect the Latest Building Science to Protect Against Severe Weather Losses
IBHS reaches resilient construction milestone with 50,000 FORTIFIED designations
Dauphin Island, AL., May 1, 2023 – Regional and state officials joined the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today to recognize a significant milestone in the effort to help communities reduce the cycle of loss caused by severe weather at an event marking 50,000 FORTIFIED designations.
America’s Building Codes in Hurricane Prone Regions Show Uneven Commitment to Stronger, Safer Homes
IBHS issues 2018 edition of Rating the States report, finds little progress in strengthening codes to ensure safety, community resilience
IBHS ranks hurricane coast states on building code adoption, enforcement
Richburg, SC, April 23, 2024 — As hurricane season approaches, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today released the fifth edition of Rating the States, which evaluates building code adoption, enforcement and contractor licensing in the 18 states along the hurricane coastline from Texas to Maine. The signature study found that while some states work to ensure homes are resilient against extreme weather, many communities remain vulnerable because state or local jurisdictions have failed to adopt or enforce modern building codes or have allowed their codes to lapse and become outdated.