Floods are among the most deadly and devastating natural disasters worldwide. And they are also frequent and pervasive, leaving behind them a path of destruction that requires a long recovery process.
In this episode of Risk in Context, Daniel Kaniewski, managing director for public sector within Marsh McLennan Advantage, talks with Dr. Bev Adams, who heads climate and catastrophe resilience within Marsh Advisory, Melissa Leuck, flood industry sales and client relationship leader at Torrent Technologies, and Swenja Surminski, insights director for climate resilience at Marsh McLennan Advantage. They discuss the impact that flooding has on organisations and societies and the actions that businesses can take to address this risk.
United States
Daniel Kaniewski is managing director for the public sector at Marsh McLennan. He was previously Deputy Administrator for Resilience at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In this role, he was FEMA’s second ranking official and led the agency's pre-disaster programmes, including the National Flood Insurance Programme.
United Kingdom
Dr. Bev Adams leads the ESG and climate consulting services within Marsh’s Advisory practice. She is an internationally recognised specialist in property flood resilience (PFR) and adaptation, establishing Flood Re’s nationwide event response programme and driving change via the UK Government’s PFR Roundtable business adoption pathway. She worked for the World Bank before joining Marsh McLennan in 2012 and has a PhD in coastal risk management from University College London.
Melissa Leuck is senior vice president of sales and client relations at Torrent Technologies. She leads the client executive team at Torrent in pursuit of new and expanded business opportunities, delivering results consistent with Torrent’s strategy.
United Kingdom
Swenja Surminski is managing director of climate and sustainability at Marsh McLennan and chairs the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative. She is a Professor at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics and has been appointed by the UK government to the UK Climate Change Committee, an independent statutory body that advises the UK government on emissions targets and on adapting to the impacts of climate change. She was a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and has written several books and articles on climate risk management.
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19/02/2025
