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State Farm Homeowner Insurance No Longer an Option in California
Last week, you may have been surprised to hear State Farm’s announcement: it will no longer continue writing homeowner policies in California. Are you already a State Farm customer? Don’t worry, this change only applies to new homeowner policies, not existing policies.
State Farm is not the first CEA participating insurer (PI) that has decided to cease writing new homeowner policies. Allstate stopped writing new homeowners, condo, and commercial insurance policies in November 2022. Both PIs cite reasons such as increases in construction costs, rapidly growing catastrophe exposure, and a tough reinsurance market for this change. Like CEA, other insurance companies are faced with the challenge of keeping insurance affordable while responsibly managing risk.
State Farm’s full statement is available here.
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Miss the All Staff meeting?
Glenn covered CEA's strategic levers and walked us through five competing policy objectives on Friday. See what was covered by viewing the slide deck presented by Glenn here.
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Book of Business Snapshot: April 2023
The BoB report for 4/30/23 is in the snapshot below. If you have any questions or need
more information, please contact an analyst in Insurance Operations.
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Enterprise-wide project updates available
There are many enterprise projects in progress throughout the organization. To get the latest updates, please check out the EPMO status reports by clicking the button to the right. If you have any questions about any of the projects, please contact EPMO Manager, Dennis Boston.
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Are you in compliance?
A new policy regarding Board Participation will be issued through PolicyTech this week. Staff will be required to read and acknowledge (and, if applicable, request approval for participation) by Friday, 6/15.
Our Board Participation Policy relates to instances where a CEA employee participates on a board for an outside entity as a representative of the CEA. Other board and committee representation, e.g., participation in a professional society as a member of that professional society, is included in and covered by the Inconsistent and Incompatible Activities Statement (which staff should have already read and acknowledged).
In addition to this new policy, staff has recently sent other items to review, including Religious Accommodations and Secondary Employment. Please log into PolicyTech to ensure that you are up-to date with your assignments to ensure we are all looped in on policies and procedures! Please contact Shannon McEuen with any questions.
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Job Opening
The position of Senior Personnel Specialist (Senior Benefits and Transaction Specialist) in HR has been reposted and is open until Monday, 6/12. If you know someone who may be interested, please share the link with them and encourage them to apply.
You can always access our civil service openings on Cal Careers by clicking the Job Openings tile on our homepage of Shockwave. Feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions.
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Want to shake up your workday?
Help our Earthquake Response Group monitor local earthquake activity and join ShakeWatchers!
If you have a couple hours available each month in your work schedule and you are able to enter simple data into Excel, then this opportunity is for you!
New members will be paired with someone from the Incident Management team to help monitor earthquake activity (on a rotating basis). All training and necessary support will be provided. Prior approval is required by your supervisor before signing up. Contact Jenny Yanez with any questions.
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Civil Service Employee and Manager Webinars: Finding Joy at the Workplace
Register for one of these free webinars offered by EAP this month.
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Rediscovering Joy at Work
Wednesday, 6/14 11:00-11:45am
Rediscover the positive motivations underpinning your work and explore different ways to capitalize on your unique strengths each workday. Plus, get a refresher on how to focus on your professional growth and keep moving forward.
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Helping Staff Find Joy at
Work
Wednesday, 6/28, 11:00-11:45am
Your commitment to the wellbeing of your team will pay countless dividends for them and for the organization. Learn about the link between employee engagement and workplace productivity. Identify the obstacles that can adversely affect employees’ joy on the job. Get tips on creating and nurturing a positive work environment.
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Guess who runs marathons but can also make a mean Black and White Sundae? | |
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DIBAC Working Session
In today's hybrid work culture, it is still important to meet with colleagues face-to-face. DIBAC's Leadership team recently met at 801 K with Z, our new head of HR, to introduce her to the council's priorities and history. The Leadership team plans to meet again next week to discuss future programming.
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Happy Pride!
Pride Month began as a commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising in New York in 1969, and is celebrated every June. Pride is considered the beginning of gay activism and other civil rights movements. Created to honor the contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community, these celebrations often include parades, parties, festivals and picnics.
Help us celebrate LGBTQIA+ and Pride month by downloading one of the new virtual backgrounds designed by CalHr.
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Caribbean American Heritage Month
Throughout our history, Caribbean Americans have brought vibrant cultures, languages, traditions, and values that strengthen our country and add new chapters to our common story.
In recognition of Caribbean Americans’ countless gifts and contributions to our nation, we celebrate National Caribbean American Heritage Month every June described in this Proclamation from The White House.
Looking for something relevant to read? Here are 30 books written by Caribbean authors and four weeks of Book Club Events. For more information visit Caribbeanamericanmonth.com.
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Tribute to Tina
by Charlotte Fadipe
June is Black Music month, so it is fitting to note the passing of the icon Tina Turner.
For more than 5 decades Tina’s music sizzled as she rocked across the stage—beginning at a time when few Black women were accepted in this genre.
Even if you are not a fan of her music, it is worth noting that her life story is a great example of resilience and triumph.
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photo cred: DENIZE ALAIN/SYGMA via Getty | |
Tina was born into a share-cropping family in the segregated South, performed on the chitlin circuit, endured poverty, and survived years of domestic abuse. When she escaped her tormenter, she had just 36 cents to her name, but like a phoenix she rose from the brink of financial ruin to relaunch her career, in her mid-40s, embracing Buddhism along the way. Press reports estimate that she had amassed a fortune of $250 million when she died last month. | |
photo cred: Alexandra Winkler/Associated Press Archives | |
A trailblazer who won eight Grammy Awards, Tina was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Twice. Her worldwide sold-out concerts were high-octane affairs (about 180,000 people attended her 1988 Rio de Janeiro concert!). Yet away from the limelight, the ‘Queen of Rock and Roll’ spent the last few years living quietly and happily with her second husband, Erwin, at their home in Switzerland. According to press reports, the couple didn’t act like ‘superstars’ but a ‘normal’ couple when they were in town. He loved her so much that he donated one of his kidneys to her when she fell ill in 2017. The tributes are still pouring in for Tina, who died at 83. She was ‘Simply The Best.’ | |
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Local Events
Wednesdays: Farmers Market, Capitol Mall (10:00am-1:00pm)
Wednesdays at Winn: Open-air market with vendors, live music and free outdoor activities at Winn Park (3:30pm-7:30pm)
Thursdays: Farmers Market, Cesar Chavez Park (10:00am-1:00pm)
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Saturday, 6/10: Water Lantern Festival Gibson Ranch Regional Park, Elverta
Saturday, 6/10: Second Saturday Art installments and pop ups, local galleries, live music, special events, and dining and drink specials
Thursday, 6/15 from 5:00pm-8:00pm: Happy Hour at the Sacramento Zoo
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Bay Area Events
Monday, 6/12-Sunday, 6/18: Black Food & Wine Experience: African Diaspora food, wine and cocktails from celebrated and rising chefs, winemakers and spirit purveyors ($35-$275). San Francisco Ferry Building
Saturday and Sunday, 6/10-6/11, 6/17-6/18, 6/24-6/25 from 1:00pm-3:00pm: JTown MusicFest Taiko drumming, jazz and contemporary music performances (free admission). Japantown Peace Plaza 1610 Geary Blvd. San Francisco
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State Farm News and the Nothing-New That Lead to It
This week’s Media Digest has a special section dedicated to the announcement by State Farm that it will no longer be writing new homeowners insurance policies in California. The announcement from State Farm, one of California’s largest home insurers, got a lot of press attention. But the reasons underpinning the announcement are industry trends that we at CEA have been talking about for quite some time. Click the link to read more, along with our usual round-up of news content mentioning CEA and the mitigation efforts we are engaged with.
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