By Ahmad Wani, CEO & Co-Founder, One Concern In December, when an Amazon warehouse in Illinois collapsed in the wake of a tornado that devastated much of the Midwest, it showed once again that Fortune 500 companies are not immune to extreme weather events. Immune, perhaps, ten years ago, but not today. Unfortunately, over the past year, we…

By Dr. Jeffrey Bohn, Chief Strategy Officer, One Concern Well-designed and extensively deployed insurance builds societal resilience in the face of natural disasters, providing individuals, organizations, and communities the means to recover faster. But, unfortunately, the protection gap between the insured and uninsured continues to widen — reaching a high…

By Jeffrey Bohn, Chief Strategy Officer, One Concern Climate change has triggered a new era of severe weather events that requires an evolved approach to address and differentiate how climate change affects property, infrastructure, businesses, and communities from a resilience modeling perspective. As climate change continues to reshape the 21st…

Japan has experienced a typhoon annually in the last ten years, compared with the world’s ten-year average of only two. In addition, the country is also highly exposed to flooding due to heavy rainfall and earthquakes. The combination of climate-related impacts can be paralyzing for a nation that is regularly…

By Ahmad Wani, CEO & Co-Founder, One Concern — After many failed infrastructure weeks, President Biden and Congressional leaders can share a victory lap for finally signing into law the most extensive infrastructure package our country has ever seen. Not only will the law upgrade aging infrastructure, but it ambitiously funds climate resilience, something never seen before. Part of…

In October, One Concern held a fireside chat with Dr. Ayanna Howard, Dean of Ohio State College of Engineering and founder of Zyrobotics, on AI bias and intersectionality. As part of our company’s efforts to continually uncover our blind spots, we have an open dialogue with leading industry experts to…

By Nicole Hu, Co-Founder & CTO When Hurricane Ida slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2021, the damage went far beyond flooded homes and buildings, impacting critical infrastructure. Energy companies in Louisiana scrambled to open new supply operations and restart oil pipelines; damaged roads and transport facilities slowed…

Zhengxiang Yi, Ph.D., Lynne Burks, Ph. D., Youngsuk Kim, Ph.D., Jaskanwal Chhabra, Ph.D., Shabaz Patel. Introduction — Soft Story Building Vulnerability If you rent or own a home on the US west coast, earthquake risk is an inevitable topic. Homeowners have many concerns on earthquake risk, such as seismic capacity of the house, the possibility of an earthquake happening, and earthquake insurance. In this article, we will briefly address common questions…

Our New Work Model Embraces Equity, Inclusion and Belonging — The pandemic has drastically shifted workplace environments worldwide while accelerating the adoption of and preference for remote work. Across industries, employees want more individual flexibility, greater personal choice, shorter commutes, and stronger work-life balance, including the ability to spend more time with their families and loved ones. After an employee-wide…