by Guest Author | Apr 11, 2025 | CAI Chapter Article, Guest Post, Insurance
By John Schuknecht, CMCA, AMS This article first appeared in the CAI Coachella Valley HOA Living Magazine, February 2025 Issue. If you live in a homeowners association, it’s important to understand the governing documents—like the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions,...
by Guest Author | Mar 19, 2025 | CAI Chapter Article, Guest Post, HOA Trends, Insurance, Tips
Guest Post By Holly Smith, CMCA, AMS, PCAM This article first appeared in the CAI Coachella Valley HOA Living Magazine, February 2025 Issue. One of the most important aspects of a community manager’s job is to ensure that you are managing your associations in...
by Guest Author | Mar 13, 2025 | Guest Post, Insurance, Partners
Guest Post By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, Terri Guest, CIRMS, CMCA, and Matthew Gardner, Esq. CCAL Recently, CAI members gathered in San Antonio to discuss the national landscape for community associations. The conference was the annual CAI Law Seminar, and it...
by CAI CLAC | Jan 7, 2025 | Insurance
Guest Post By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA Most of us have been impacted by the insurance crisis in California, and if we haven’t been impacted yet, we will be. California has billions of dollars of property that needs insurance, and as losses piled up between 2017...
by CAI CLAC | Dec 3, 2024 | Guest Post, Insurance
Guest Blog By Tina Keele, CIRMS, from Socher Insurance In a September 19, 2024, interview with CalMatters, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara discussed the state’s ongoing efforts to restore stability to California’s insurance market. With insurers...
by CAI CLAC | Nov 7, 2024 | Guest Post, Insurance
Guest Blog By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, CAI-CLAC Insurance Task Force On July 25, 2024, and then again on August 27, 2024, the CA FAIR Plan and the CA Department of Insurance (CDI) entered into an agreement that increased access to the CA FAIR Plan for many...
by PR Chair | Jul 15, 2024 | Announcements, Guest Post, Insurance
Guest Blog By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, CAI-CLAC Insurance Task ForceOn June 12, 2024, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) released its latest step in what they are calling their Sustainable Insurance Strategy (Strategy). Keep in mind that a large portion...
by PR Chair | Dec 4, 2023 | Guest Post, Insurance
Guest Blog By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, EBP This is the question CAI-CLAC’s Insurance Task Force has been hearing a lot: has something recently changed in the California insurance market? There are rumors that the Governor signed an Executive Order and the...
by PR Chair | Oct 9, 2023 | Guest Post, Insurance
By Patrick Prendiville, CIRMS The City of Laguna Niguel hosted Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on August 10, 2023 in a town hall meeting to address the current state of wildfires and related implications. In front of a packed house, Commissioner Lara laid out the...
by PR Chair | Aug 2, 2023 | Guest Post, Hot Bills, Insurance, Partners
Guest Blog By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, EBP On Thursday, July 13, 2023, the Department of Insurance (CDI) held a public workshop regarding catastrophe modeling and how it might be used to help with assessing risk in California. Currently, most states use...
