Joel has given us more information and phone numbers.
Thank you for inviting me and for those kind words. I should have also shared with the audience that the Department of Insurance has an 800 number that people may want to call to get some additional advice with their homeowners issues: 800 927 4357.
Also the Department is holding a workshop on its potential move to allowing wildfire risk models- which I mentioned will increase premiums but hopefully (no guarantees)also increase availability.
If your audience is interested in weighing in on this technical level, here is the link to the invite for that workshop:
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And thank you for working with your community!
It was a pleasure,
Joel