BIO ~ KAREN COLLINS
Karen Collins serves as Vice President, Property & Environmental in the Policy, Research, and International Division for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA).
APCIA is the largest property and casualty insurance trade association with over 1,200 member companies nationwide. APCIA’s members write nearly 60 percent of the property and casualty insurance in the U.S. Karen provides thought leadership on property and catastrophe issues, with emphasis on risk mitigation and resilience to natural catastrophes such as flood, hurricane, and wildfire. She provides policy expertise on legislative and regulatory issues at the state, federal and international level, on behalf of the trade association and its membership. Prior to joining APCIA, Karen acquired 20 years of insurance experience with several major insurance carriers, in varying roles and responsibilities spanning Product, Sales, I.T.
BIO ~ IAN GIAMMANCO
Dr. Ian Giammanco is the Managing Director of Atmospheric Science and Lead Research Meteorologist at IBHS, which operates a state-of-the-art research center.
Ian holds a B.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in Atmospheric Science and Wind Science and Engineering, respectively.
He has nearly two decades of meteorological field research experience and currently serves as the principal investigator and field coordinator for the IBHS Characteristics of Hailstorms annual field research campaign.
