Privacy & Social Media Policies (Web Page)
Introduction Welcome! The following websites (collectively, “Site”) are owned and managed by the California Earthquake Authority (“CEA”, "we", "us", or "our"): Earthquake Authority Agent Portal California Wildfire Fund CEA offers earthquake insurance policies exclusively through our participating residential insurance companies (“Participating Insurers”); CEA is also the Administrator for the California Wildfire Fund. …
Thousand Oaks Residents Receive Valuable Information on Earthquake Preparedness (Web Page)
(L-R) Councilmember Joel Price, City of Thousand Oaks; Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, District 44; Mark Toohey, California Earthquake Authority; Mark Lorenzen, Ventura Fire Chief educating community members about the need to be prepared for an emergency. As part of its mission to educate, mitigate, and insure Californians, CEA joined Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin and the City of Thousand Oaks at…
Annual Legislative Reports (Web Page)
California Insurance Code §10089.13(a) requires the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) to report annually to the Legislature and Insurance Commissioner on CEA program operations.
CEA Governing Board expands policyholder eligibility for seismic retrofit grants (Web Page)
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) Governing Board voted unanimously to offer up to a $3,000 retrofit grant, to approximately 30,000 CEA policyholders as part of CEA’s existing Brace + Bolt program. Previously, 12,000 CEA policyholders were eligible to apply for this retrofit grant, launched earlier this year. Beginning July 1, eligible CEA policyholders can receive up to a 25% discount on their CEA earthquake insurance premium when they…
California Earthquake Authority’s Governing Board Announces Leadership Change (Web Page)
(Sacramento, CA) - The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has announced that Tom Welsh, CEA’s Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Tom Welsh assumes the Interim CEO role following Glenn Pomeroy’s decision to step down as CEO following 16 years of service. To ensure a smooth transition of CEA’s leadership, in a way that protects CEA’s policyholders, the Governing…
Governing Board Meeting Materials - December 7, 2023 (PDF)
Notice and Agenda, including Meeting Memoranda - December 7, 2023
CEA's CEO is spreading the earthquake preparedness message one community at a time (Web Page)
Photo Courtesy of Jessica Weaver, Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce CEA continues to educate Californians about earthquake safety and CEA's affordable earthquake insurance options by offering presentations at events across the state. As of the end of June, CEO Glenn Pomeroy has appeared as a guest speaker at 38 community events including Rotary clubs, chambers of commerce and Realtor…
New publication guides assessment, repair of residential earthquake damage (Web Page)
(SACRAMENTO) Updated guidelines for identifying, evaluating and repairing residential earthquake damage were unveiled today at the California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA’s) annual claim manager meeting. Experts from CEA and the Applied Technology Council (ATC) presented the new CEA-ATC publication “Earthquake Damage Assessment and Repair Guidelines for Residential Wood-Frame Buildings”—a two-volume set covering…
Public Notice (PDF)
Notice and Agenda - February 25, 2021
CEA’s CEO Speaks at "2018 Epicenter Summit” (Web Page)
CEA CEO Glenn Pomeroy, delivers a presentation on earthquake preparedness on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 in San Francisco, California. CEA CEO Glenn Pomeroy spoke during the “2018 Epicenter Summit” in the Presidio of San Francisco. The two-day summit, which started on April 10, served as a platform for representatives from the public, private, and non-governmental sectors across the region to…