Insurer Climate Info Partnership Ups Federal Monitor’s Role

Law360 turned to Elizabeth Tosaris to provide her insights into a new data-sharing partnership between the U.S. Treasury Department and state insurance regulators to help assess climate change risks to consumers, including how those risks are affecting low-income and historically marginalized communities. In an article titled, “Insurer Climate Info Partnership Ups Federal Monitor’s Role,” Elizabeth opined that the partnership could lead—longer-term—to further federal legislation, and she questioned whether the state regulators’ motivations for collecting the data aligned with the federal government’s desire for it.