The management team of the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), the Pacific Islands region’s only provider of sovereign disaster risk insurance, are currently in Washington DC in preparation for the bi-annual Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Foundation (PCRIF) Council of Members (CoM) meeting. The CoM is comprised of representatives of Pacific Island nations and donor countries, and acts as the ultimate governance body guiding and endorsing the strategic direction undertaken by PCRIC.