Study: Storm-Proof Construction Can Be Affordable
Dr. Anne Cope explains how IBHS research is changing how we approach costly severe weather.
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Study: Home Wildfire Resistance Starts with Defensible Space and Proper Materials
IBHS demonstration shows how defensible space can reduce wildfire risks.
Stressed About Weight Of That Snow On Your Roof? Your Roof May Be Stressed Too
My Edmonds News features IBHS’s freezing weather data and graphics.
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Severe weather disrupts lives, displaces families, and drives financial loss. IBHS delivers top-tier science and translates it into action so we can prevent avoidable suffering, strengthen our homes and businesses, inform the insurance industry, and support thriving communities.
Steve Hawks
Steve Hawks Senior Director for Wildfire Steve Hawks joined the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in 2023 and currently serves as the Senior Director for Wildfire. In this role, Steve works to advance wildfire policy and code development, manages IBHS’s post-fire analysis research, assists with the Wildfire Prepared Home program and develops future…
Step 1: Build A House. Step 2: Set It On Fire
NPR examines how recent wildfire tests at the IBHS Research Center demonstrate affordable resilience for communities.
STATE OF THE RISK: Interior Water Damage
Insights Because interior water damage to residential construction remains one of the most consistent and ever-present sources of insurance claims and losses, the IBHS Residential Committee and the Research Advisory Council developed this “State of the Risk” report to identify reoccurring drivers of interior water loss. Despite the omnipresent nature of these losses, the spectrum…
State Grant Program to Help 3,000th Home Meet FORTIFIED Standard
Application Period to Re-Open Later This Year
Start hurricane prep now to be Hurricane Ready when the season begins researchers say
Updated IBHS Hurricane Ready guide with new checklist simplifies preparing home to better withstand powerful winds and heavy rain