About CEA BB (Web Page)
CEA BB Login CEA developed the CEA Brace + Bolt program (CEA BB) to help policyholders reduce the risk of damage to their older house during an earthquake with a code-compliant brace and bolt retrofit. CEA BB provides policyholders up to $3,000 to strengthen their foundation and lessen the potential for earthquake damage. As part of the program, once the retrofit is complete, policyholders may qualify for up to a 25 percent discount on their CEA…
Media Resources (Web Page)
Media Contacts Media representatives may send inquiries or interview requests to media@calquake.com or call (279) 203-5998. CEA can accommodate requests in English and Spanish. Reporters looking for information about the Earthquake Brace + Bolt Program, established by a joint powers authority created by CEA and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, can find additional media support here. Background Information The following resources are…
CEA Goes Virtual During COVID-19 Era (Web Page)
Members of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) meet via Zoom with members of the California Desert Association of Realtors (CDAR) on July 9. Up until mid-March 2020, it was routine for us at the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) to meet and shake hands with our partners and other members of our community, but all that changed abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To help slow the…
Earthquake Brace + Bolt surpasses 5,000 retrofits statewide (Web Page)
(SACRAMENTO) The Earthquake Brace + Bolt program (EBB) now has helped more than 5,000 California homeowners to seismically retrofit their older houses with grants of up to $3,000. Because older houses are likely to slide off their foundations during an earthquake, a brace-and-bolt seismic retrofit—bracing cripple walls and bolting the house to the foundation—makes the house more resistant to earthquake damage. The EBB retrofit grants were…
CEA Leads the Way for ShakeOut 2017 (Web Page)
CEA staff actively participated in and enthusiastically promoted the 2017 Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, an annual event that began in 2008 and helps people learn how to prepare to survive and recover from earthquakes. Over 10.5 million Californians and 56 million people worldwide practiced “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” in this year’s ShakeOut drill on October 19 at 10:19 a.m. in…
Record number of Californians apply for earthquake retrofit grants (Web Page)
(SACRAMENTO) The Earthquake Brace + Bolt program (EBB), funded primarily by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA), closed its latest registration on Friday with more than 7,500 California homeowners applying for 2,000 retrofit grants. EBB helps lessen the potential for earthquake damage to qualifying older houses by granting up to $3,000 toward a seismic retrofit. “A record number of Californians signed up for EBB this year, and that…
Research Projects (Web Page)
CEA research helps ensure sound rates California Earthquake Authority (CEA) works hard to ensure that policyholders get earthquake insurance rates based on the best available science. Our ongoing commitment to the following research projects helps inform our scientifically-based insurance rates. It also helps us better understand how to prepare for and reduce the damages caused by major…
Research Forums & Workshops (Web Page)
In 2023, the CEA Best Available Science Committee (BASC) hosted a workshop centered around Earthquake Risk Management (ERM). The workshop was held on Tuesday, June 6 and Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The workshop gathered insurance, reinsurance, modeling, and geo-hazard professionals together to discuss how the ERM community can work more closely with the earthquake rupture forecast model developers…
Diversity at CEA (Web Page)
At CEA, we believe our differences make us stronger. Uniting to serve the diverse state of California, we have created guiding principles to encourage an open, respectful, and communicative foundation for our staff in working together. While we know we aren’t perfect, we are embracing the journey together—to learn and evolve our shared vision of what inclusion and belonging means for our organization. In June 2020, after the brutal murder of…
AM Best Revises Issuer Credit Rating Outlook to Stable for California Earthquake Authority (Web Page)
OLDWICK, N.J., February 15, 2024—AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb+” (Good) of California Earthquake Authority (CEA) (Sacramento, CA). The outlook of the FSR is stable. The Credit Ratings (ratings) reflect CEA’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strong, as well…