2026 Catastrophe Season Playbook
Your guide to preparing for major weather events this season
Today’s storms aren’t following traditional playbooks. Get insight into how the landscape is changing, what it means for carriers and how to stay in control as the 2026 catastrophe season unfolds.
Inside the playbook, you’ll learn:
- Key trends from the 2025 catastrophe season, and how shifting weather patterns and non-hurricane perils are reshaping risk in 2026
- The operational strains putting pressure on today’s carriers, and how challenges like labor shortages are impacting preparedness
- What it takes to be catastrophe-ready in 2026, and how teams can strategically plan their resources for major weather events
- Practical steps property leaders must take now to prepare, and how they can stay ahead of emerging catastrophe risks
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Strengthen your catastrophe readiness
Evolving risks, changing weather patterns and growing operational challenges are putting constant pressure on today’s carriers.
Learn how these trends are raising the bar for preparedness — and get field-tested strategies to strengthen your people, processes and technology for the season ahead.
The experts behind the playbook
David Armstrong
executive vice president
David started his career as a property adjuster and has over two decades of operational leadership experience across multiple U.S. regions. He has worked directly on major catastrophe events, including Hurricane Katrina, and now leads large-scale property operations as Sedgwick’s Executive Vice President — bringing both frontline and executive-level perspectives to catastrophe response.
Andy McCallum
vice president of specialty operations
Andy has more than three decades of catastrophe claims experience. He started his career in 1988 as a multi-line adjuster and has been deployed on major catastrophe events like Hurricane Katrina, Ike and Ida. That firsthand experience informs his work today as Sedgwick’s Vice President of Specialty Operations, where he coordinates complex and large-scale catastrophe response efforts.
Get the playbook to stay in control this catastrophe season.
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