Covering the Gap: Financing Strategies to Promote Prevention

Mass violence carries staggering costs — lost lives, litigation, and liability. What if that cost calculus became the biggest untapped funding source for prevention work? At a time when grants are shrinking, insurance markets offer something rarer: a sustainable, self-renewing revenue stream. This session explores how insurers can use premium discounts to incentivize workplaces, schools, and providers to adopt threat assessment programs. It will also address another key barrier: the lack of liability coverage for clinicians taking on this work. Featuring voices from insurance, risk management, and violence prevention, panelists will show how aligning financial incentives with safety could institutionalize prevention funding, scaling evidence-based work faster than mandates alone.