Disaster Safety Blog

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.

Richburg, SC, November 19, 2025 — The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today released the 2025 update to its Hail Impact-Resistant Shingle Ratings, reinforcing its commitment to improving asphalt shingle durability and reducing storm damage. Now in its fourth edition, researchers this year evaluated a record 24 impact-resistant shingle products — IBHS’s most expansive assessment to date — capturing the performance of approximately 95% of the impact-resistant shingles sold annually.

Updates to Resilient Construction Standard Reflect the Latest Building Science to Protect Against Severe Weather Losses

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.

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jurisdictions have failed to adopt or enforce modern building codes or have allowed their codes to lapse and become outdated.

Montgomery, AL, May 19, 2022 – The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has named Alabama Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling the recipient of its inaugural Lifetime Achievement in Resilience Award in recognition of a groundbreaking career that has established Alabama as the nation’s leader in resilient construction.