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AB 226, a borrowing mechanism bill passed by the state assembly, allows bond issues supporting the homeowners insurer of last resort – but doesn't specify traditional financing or catastrophe bonds. Cat bonds would not have to be paid back. Also, a climate finance policy advisor said, the bill doesn't account for future disaster risks.

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Transform legacy systems to address changing workforce and attract digital natives to the insurance industry.

Homeowners who invest in wildfire mitigation measures get no guarantee of breaking even in the form of premium discounts, an insurance attorney points out.

The inability to react to emerging trends quickly can cost insurers money and customers.

Fifty-one percent of insurance agency employees report feeling burned out, according to research from Liberty Mutual and Safeco.

Independent and mid-sized firms must make strategic choices about where and how to adopt new technologies.

A bipartisan group of representatives co-sponsored the bill, aiming to make permanent and expand eligibility for a deduction previously offered for 14 years.

Recent wildfire updates include the Federal Housing Authority's waiving of quality-control reviews and the upheaval of the state's commercial real estate space.

State lawmakers approved a trailer bill to last year's budget that aided Medi-Cal and provided funding to local governments affected by January's wildfires.