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…
Notice and Agenda Including Meeting Memoranda (PDF)
Notice and Agenda Including Meeting Memoranda - September 20, 2017
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…
Meeting Materials - May 26, 2021 (PDF)
Notice and Agenda - May 26, 2021
CEA Trademark & Copyright Guidelines (PDF)
CEA Trademark & Copyright Guidelines (PDF)
Approved Meeting Minutes (PDF)
Approved Meeting Minutes - October 18, 2023
Notice and Agenda Including Meeting Memoranda (PDF)
Notice and Agenda Including Meeting Memoranda - July 19, 2018