CSAA Insurance in California Names Meyer COO
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, has named Greg Meyer chief operating officer. Meyer most recently served as the senior personal lines executive at Tower Group and...
View ArticleInsurers Get Tax Credits for Investments in Underserved California Communities
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursda announced $9.3 million in tax credits awarded to insurance companies and other investors that made more than $46.6 million in capital investments...
View ArticleCSAA Exec Named California Insurance Guarantee Association Chair
Jeff Huebner, vice president of treasury for CSAA Insurance Group, has been named chairman of the board of governors for the California Insurance Guarantee Association. Huebner joined CSAA Insurance...
View ArticleMcCaffrey Named Chief Financial Officer of CSAA in California
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named J. Paul McCaffrey Jr. its chief financial officer. McCaffrey has more than 25 years of experience. Most recently he was executive vice...
View ArticleRatings Downgrades for Members of California-based CSAA: A.M. Best
A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings to “a+” from “aa-” of the members of Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance...
View ArticleWhat Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind. Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have to do the driving, and...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Huebner Chief Risk Officer
CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, has named Jeff Huebner chief risk officer. Huebner will be responsible for managing all aspects of enterprise risk for the company, including traditional risk...
View ArticleCSAA Insurance Group in California Names Yoo Claims Executive
Walnut Creek, Calif. CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, has named Kevin Yoo as the company’s new claims executive. Yoo will lead the claims organization, including four claims operations centers...
View ArticleNorthern California Wildfires: Insurance Industry Ready to Assist With...
Rebuilding the Northern California areas devastated by wildfire will be a long-term effort, and insurers say they will be there to help their affected policyholders get back on their feet. Tens of...
View ArticleNetflix vs. HBO and the Race to the Insurance Customer
“The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us,” the chief content officer of Netflix said four years ago. In the insurance world, InsureTech Connect Conference founder Caribou Honig thinks...
View ArticleCSAA Chief Downey to Retire after 45 Years
Paula Downey, president and CEO of CSAA Insurance Group in California since 2010, will retire following a search for her successor. Downey recently led the AAA insurer through a six-year infrastructure...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Ro VP of Corporate Compliance and Employment Law
CSAA Insurance Group has named Junna Ro vice president of corporate compliance and employment law. For the past six years, she has led the corporate compliance and ethics function for the company. In...
View ArticleHedge Fund Baupost Reported to Hold $1 Billion in PG&E Insurance Claims
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group has been the poster child of the hedge fund industry’s ill-timed stock-market bets on the troubled utility PG&E Corp., which announced plans for bankruptcy. It turns...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Evans VP of Regulatory and Government Affairs
CSAA Insurance Group has named Katherine Evans president of regulatory and government affairs. Evans will oversee all areas of CSAA Insurance Group’s government and regulatory practices, and will...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Allstate’s Troy President and CEO
The board of directors of the CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA insurer, has named Thomas M. Troy to succeed Paula F. Downey as the company’s chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors....
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Acevedo Chief Information Officer, and Rogers Chief...
CSAA Insurance Group has named Paul Acevedo executive vice president and chief information officer. CSAA has also named Marlys Rodgers chief information security officer. Acevedo leads CSAA’s...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Goldstein Executive Vice President
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Linda Goldstein executive vice president in customer experience and marketing. Goldstein leads all aspects of marketing, including digital...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Jones Chief Human Resources Officer
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Melissa Jones executive vice president and chief human resources officer. As a member of the company’s executive leadership team, Jones leads...
View ArticleCSAA in California Names Vigus and Ummel Executive Vice Presidents
CSAA Insurance Group has named Ryan Vigus executive vice president, personal lines product, and Eric Ummel, executive vice president, commercial lines product. Vigus leads CSAA’s auto and home personal...
View ArticleCSAA Insurance in California Names Hecht, Huebner Executive Vice President
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Andrea Hecht executive vice president and chief financial officer, and promoted Chief Risk Officer Jeff Huebner to executive vice president....
View ArticleInvestors Back Startups for Commercial Auto, Climate Risk, High Risk Homes
An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a climate-risk related platform has $4.2 million in new seed financing, and a...
View ArticlePeople Moves: CSAA Names Brown EVP of Commercial, Woodruff Sawyer Names...
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Julie Brown executive vice president of commercial insurance. Brown will be responsible for the distribution of commercial insurance under the...
View ArticlePeople Moves: CSAA Promotions Launch Enterprise Strategic Initiatives Office...
CSAA Insurance Group announced new promotions to lead its product management division and newly formed Enterprise Strategic Initiatives Office. Laurna Castillo was named senior vice president of state...
View ArticleReport: Wildfires Have California in ‘Heightened State of Alert’
California, which has seen its eight largest recorded wildfires since 2017, is in a “heightened state of alert,” according to a new report that calls for urgent policy actions. The report was released...
View ArticleCSAA in California Outlines Carbon Reduction and Climate Commitments in ESG...
CSAA Insurance Group in California announced a commitment to achieving a 50% reduction in carbon emissions and carbon neutrality by 2025 on the heels of the release of its 2021 Environmental, Social...
View ArticleCalifornia Insurer’s Efforts to Keep Workers and Help During Pandemic Led to...
In the annals of how the pandemic changed things, toss in a positive tale from insurer CSAA Insurance Group. Walnut Creek, California-based CSAA, a AAA Insurer, offers automobile, homeowners and other...
View ArticleCalifornia Wildfire Innovation Fund Getting $25M Boost
A California fund to encourage wildfire innovation and lower the severity and frequency of catastrophic wildfire is getting a $25 million boost. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group made a...
View ArticleBarring Change, Allstate May Exit California Property Market Completely
The topic of a recent California insurance department workshop was the potential use of catastrophe modeling in ratemaking, but carrier representatives and consumers took the opportunity to air...
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