Solar Insurance 101

Jason Kaminsky is a co-founder and the CEO at kWh Analytics. He has helped grow the company into the leader in Climate Insurance and is passionate about activating insurance capital into climate forward opportunities. Prior to joining kWh Analytics, Jason spent more than three years as a Vice President of Environmental Finance at Wells Fargo Bank. As a senior member of the Wells Fargo deal team, Jason originated, underwrote, and financed tax-equity investments during a time when the bank added nearly $1bn of solar assets. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2011, Jason worked at SPG Solar, where he supported the CEO on strategic corporate initiatives. Jason received both his B.S. in Mathematics and his B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Sciences from UCLA. He holds an M.S. degree in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, and also completed his M.B.A. at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Lindsey Chang is a member of the Marsh Energy & Power specialty practice, a global commercial insurance brokerage team that delivers risk financing solutions to the largest energy companies in the world. She is based in Houston, TX and as a Client Executive oversees and manages client service delivery, risk strategy and program design. Prior to Marsh, she was the Director of Insurance for the North American business unit of ENGIE, where she rebuilt the Insurance department following the divestment of ENGIE’s fossil fuel merchant assets and ENGIE’s subsequent investment in energy solutions and renewables. In her role, she advised on contractual risk transfer, risk identification and mitigation and presented to the Executive Committee quarterly. While at the helm of the Risk Management department, Lindsey led Insurance due diligence and integration for many acquisitions and participated in the financing of the largest Public Private partnership project in the United States. Lindsey has experience with complex coverage across all lines, including reps and warranties and surety. In addition, she has significant claims experience, starting her career in claims and managing complex losses while in her Risk Management role. Lindsey was elected to the ENGIE Executive Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee in 2019, served as a Chubb Client Advisory Board member 2019-2021 and led the FM Global Power Generation Risk Manager Forum in 2019.

Jaime Carlson is head of Commercialization and Market Risk at SB Energy, a climate infra-tech platform backed by Softbank and Ares Capital to develop high capacity solar and storage across the US. Prior to SB Energy, Jaime was Executive Vice President of Operations at Cypress Creek Renewables and Global Director of Finance at SunEdison’s TerraForm Group. Jaime also led M&A in the Americas for Rentech, Inc., a Blackstone-backed $550MM revenue natural resource company. Jaime served in President Obama’s first term as an advisor for finance and operations to former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. During her three years, Jaime directly oversaw the deployment of over $35B in Recovery Act funds. Bloomberg New Energy Finance named her one of the country’s thought-leaders in Alternative Energy. Jaime received an MBA and MEM from Yale University and a BS from Tufts University. She is currently a Yale University alumni board member, Friends of the LA River board member, Aspen Institute scholar, advisor to UCLA’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability, and Truman National Security Project fellow.