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Green Shield CEO & Founder Pat Blandford Featured on FOX Business Discussing Los Angeles Wildfires
January 16, 2025
Pat Blandford, Founder and CEO of Green Shield Risk Solutions and Property Guardian, was recently featured on FOX Business, discussing the urgent challenges facing the insurance industry in the wake of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
On Varney & Co., Blandford explained to host Stuart Varney why these wildfires shouldn’t have come as a surprise — and why the industry must shift from simply reacting to actively preventing losses.
Watch the full clip below to learn why we believe it’s time to embrace mitigation, smarter risk strategies, and proactive solutions to protect communities and ensure long-term insurability.
About Green Shield Risk Solutions
Green Shield Risk Solutions is a Chicago-based managing general agent and catastrophe mitigation specialist that uses cutting-edge wildfire analytics to deliver unparalleled property-level insights and bespoke mitigation strategies to increase insurability, reduce loss and strengthen resilience.
The Property Guardian suite of wildfire solutions leverages more than 200 wildfire data points and partnerships with leading data and modeling firms to provide real-time, science-backed insights into properties at the structure, parcel, community and regional levels. From seasoned underwriters and data scientists to certified wildfire mitigation specialists, arborists, meteorologists, and veteran “hotshot” firefighters, Green Shield delivers unmatched expertise to help its clients protect what matters most. Learn more at PropertyGuardian.com.
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