Michael Newman joined the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) in 2020 with nearly 15 years of experience in law and public policy. Convinced that the damage, disruption, and dislocation all too often associated with natural disasters can be reduced or even prevented, Michael works with a team of scientists and risk communicators that deliver strategies to build safer and stronger homes and businesses. IBHS’s real-world impact enables the insurance industry and affected property owners to prevent avoidable losses. Michael serves as IBHS’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. He is the head of IBHS’s public policy, partnerships, and code development teams. IBHS seeks to inform, educate, and engage policymakers in support of policies that strengthen the resilience of housing, businesses, and communities. In this capacity, Michael also leads IBHS’s engagement with affordable housing providers, developers, funders, and policymakers. Michael joined IBHS from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he worked on a range of domestic and international policy issues related to climate change, resilience, cybersecurity, and insurance supervision.