Connecticut has launched a website that displays extensive information about the climate risk of every property in the state — an unprecedented move to alert residents and to promote flood insurance.
The Connecticut Department of Insurance website goes far beyond other public websites that show numerical ratings of a property’s climate risk. It provides details such as each property’s history of damage from floods and other events and projections of future risks.
“A single risk score does not fully convey flood and climate risk,” department spokesperson Mary Quinn said. The department plans a marketing campaign this year that will demonstrate the website to insurance agents and advertise on radio, TV and social media.
Connecticut is the first state to display such extensive climate information about every property, which represents a major step in government efforts to educate residents about climate impacts, particularly flooding.
