Winter 2020 Newsletter

2020 Highlights:

  • Sounding a national alarm about shrinking coverage and protection gaps, taking action to reverse the trend through 3 new UP initiatives:
    • The RISC Initiative to restore essential coverage to property policies
    • The WRAP Initiative to increase mitigation/risk reduction support and rewards
    • COVID-19 Loss Recovery: Helping interrupted businesses stay afloat
  • Using virtual channels to avoid any interruption in services or advocacy
  • Helping people and businesses be resilient despite climate and insurance changes
  • High level collaboration with public agencies, officials and regulators
    • Disaster preparedness and recovery outreach to businesses
    • Post-disaster town halls and public forums
  • 627,000 people used www.uphelp.org to get help
  • Assisting disaster recoveries in CO, IA, TN, CA, LA and OR
  • Improved Team UP volunteer training and deployment
  • Shopping help webinars in partnership with CA DOI

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