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<p>The growing incidents of wildfires is making it difficult for
vintners and grapegrowers to secure affordable commercial
insurance coverage - as many of us have already found out. Last
Wednesday the Wine Institute and Family Winemakers sponsored a
webinar with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara - and you can
watch the recording here:</p>
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<p>And since this webinar there is an update: <b>on Friday
Governor Newsom signed SB-11</b>, which makes the FAIR insurance
plan now available to agriculture (which it had not previously
been). "<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Farmers,
ranchers and vintners will be able to purchase necessary basic
property insurance from the FAIR Plan, including for the family
home, the barns.. and the buildings..." and other structures.
It apparently does not include agricultural commodities,
livestock or equipment.</font> You can read more about SB-11 and
its significance <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2021/statement077-2021.cfm">here</a>.
It will take a few weeks for this to be implemented. <br>
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<p>If your insurance has not been renewed and you want to 'do
something' you can contribute to the data the Dept. of Insurance
is collecting to help effect legislation by filing a Complaint of
non-renewal on the California Dept. of Insurance website at <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.insurance.ca.gov">insurance.ca.gov</a>
. Data collected through the website will be available later this
summer and will help to inform the legislature, with the intent of
creating solutions to solve the problem. To File a Complaint, go
to the 'File A Complaint' page <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/101-help/">here</a>,
and you can register as a guest to fill out the form. <br>
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<p>Things seem to be moving along. And in the mean time I think we
all are holding our collective breath to get through this wildfire
season without incident.</p>
<p>Thanks much,</p>
Mary Lindsay<br>
Muns Vineyard<br>
VASCM<br>
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zoom webinar and 59 views on Facebook as of this afternoon.
Nonetheless, we believe this is an important conversation
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