Roundtable on California's Homeowners Insurance Market 

On Thursday, June 6, 2024, the Little Hoover Commission held a roundtable discussion focusing on California's homeowners insurance market. We were joined by:
Daniel Berlant, State Fire Marshall, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Laurna Castillo, Senior Vice President of Western Region State Product Management, CSAA Insurance Group
Karen Collins, Vice President of Property & Environmental, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
Frank Frievalt, Director, Cal Poly Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Institute
Kate Gordon, Chief Executive Officer, California Forward
Sarah Heard, Director, MarketLab, The Nature Conservancy
Jim McDougald, Assistant Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Planning & Risk Reduction, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Michael O’Connell, President & Chief Executive Officer, Irvine Ranch Conservancy
Michael Wara, Director, Climate and Energy Policy Program and Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Nancy Watkins, Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman Inc.
Alister Watt, Chief Product Officer, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety
Dave Winnacker, Fire Chief, Moraga-Orinda Fire District