Can Trump’s New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency?
Former agency official Daniel Kaniewski said promoting resilience should be “job one” for Hamilton. “I realize we're entering hurricane season and that’s a more immediate priority, but the next administrator will have to balance the immediate with the future,” Kaniewski said. “That’s the tension.”
Kaniewski draws on FEMA and Marsh experience to launch disaster resilience advisory firm
Kaniewski discusses the launch of Northstar Risk & Resilience and how his experience at FEMA and Marsh shaped the firm’s approach to helping organizations reduce and transfer disaster risk.
As Floods Become Bigger and More Common, Risks from Insurance Gaps Also Grow
In this interview, Daniel Kaniewski warns that the vast majority of homeowners are dangerously underinsured against flooding, arguing that the solution requires a combination of reforming the National Flood Insurance Program and incentivizing local governments to adopt resilience strategies like community-based catastrophe insurance.