Gordy Bunch (pictured), CEO of The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG), told IB that a rise in catastrophic events including the 2025 California wildfires coupled with Hurricanes Milton, Helen, Beryl, multiple tornado derecho events, and increased frequency of severe convective storms, means that the Lone Star State will continue to see an expanded dependency on the E&S market. Texas is unique given it is exposed to wildfire, hurricane, flood, tornadoes, ice storms, severe convective storms and earthquake.