Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

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Implications of the 2025 L.A. Wildfires for California’s Residential Insurance Market

Mon, April 21, 2025
Dinner Program
Lloyd Dixon

Lloyd Dixon, director of the RAND Kenneth R. Feinberg Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation and senior economist at RAND, will discuss the evolving challenges in insuring properties against wildfire risks in California. With wildfires becoming more frequent and severe, the state's insurance market faces significant pressures, including rising premiums and policy non-renewals. Dixon will explore the implications of these trends for homeowners and insurers and discuss potential policy responses to enhance market stability and resilience.​

Lloyd Dixon has extensively studied insurance, compensation, and liability issues related to natural disasters. For California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, he investigated the impact of changing wildfire risk on the state's residential insurance market. He also serves as the California State Senate's designee to the governing board of the California Earthquake Authority. Dixon holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and bachelor's degrees in general engineering and political science from Stanford University.

Dr. Dixon's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Lowe Institute of Political Economy at Claremont McKenna College.

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Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

Claremont McKenna College
385 E. Eighth Street
Claremont, CA 91711

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