Newell broadcasts LIVE from the Louisiana Department of Insurance Conference at the Hilton Riverside. As Louisiana faces an evolving insurance climate, the focus is on “Navigating the New Horizon” with industry and government leaders. On today's show, Newell has on John King, Georgia Insurance Commissioner, to share the view from Georgia on the biggest challenges facing insurers, regulators, and policyholders and what Louisiana can learn from what’s happening across state lines, Mike Yaworsky, Florida Insurance Commissioner, to discuss what’s working in Florida, what isn’t, and what lessons Louisiana can use, Tim Temple, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, to talk about the state's insurance market. Leslie Chapman-Henderson, the President & CEO of the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), a Tallahassee, Florida-based nonprofit consumer advocate organization dedicated to strengthening residential structures and protecting families from natural and manmade disasters, Jefferson Parish Councilwoman Jennifer Van Vrancken to talk about the La Fortify Homes/Jefferson Parish Gap Funding Pilot Program, Heidi Stiller, Senior Advisor to the Community Resilience Center at The Water Institute, to discuss resilience, mitigation, and what Louisiana can do now to reduce the damage from hurricanes, and Lt. Col. Sean Cross, a pilot with the U.S. Air Force Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (better known as the Hurricane Hunters), to share what it's like flying inside of nature's most powerful storms.
