by PR Chair | Nov 7, 2024 | Insurance
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 condominium...
by PR Chair | Jul 15, 2024 | Announcements, Insurance
On 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 of the target for the Strategy is residential/individual insurance....
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 | Jul 11, 2023 | HOA Trends, Insurance
The Insurance Task Force of CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee has been actively advocating to address the insurance crisis impacting many California community associations. Here is the latest. As you have heard from us in previous articles, the California...
by PR Chair | Jun 20, 2023 | Guest Post, HOA Trends, Partners
Guest Blog Post By Terri Guest, CIRMS, CMCACAI’s Annual Conference & Exposition took place in Dallas, Texas in late May and celebrated the 50th anniversary of Community Associations Institute (CAI). We can no longer call it the “National” Conference, as CAI has...
by PR Chair | Mar 23, 2023 | Guest Post, HOA Trends, Hot Bills, Legislative Updates, Uncategorized
The following interview first appeared in the CAI San Diego Community Insider. You can view the Spring 2023 Edition here. With fewer and fewer commercial insurance companies offering coverage for properties they deem to be too exposed to wildfires, what are the...
by PR Chair | Aug 15, 2022 | Guest Post, HOA Trends, Hot Bills, Legislative Updates
Guest Blog By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, EBP A sincere thank you to all who responded to our Call-to-Action this year! We appreciate that you are willing to take your time to be sure that our legislators, regulators and general public are informed about the current...
by PR Chair | Jul 21, 2022 | Announcements, Guest Post, Legislative Updates
Guest Blog By Kimberly Lilley, CIRMS, CMCA, EBP On Wednesday, July 13, 2022 the California Department of Insurance (CDI) called a hearing in order to hear from the public about how well the California FAIR Plan (FAIR Plan) has been fulfilling its role as “the insurer...