Sean in the press.
A running log of independent news coverage, op-eds, and interviews. May 2026.
Sean Lee announces the California Catastrophe Reinsurance Partnership
A new statewide framework to stabilize catastrophe risk, reduce pressure on the FAIR Plan, expand affordable homeowner coverage, and modernize how California manages wildfire and climate exposure. Public-private partnership, data-driven risk management, and stronger consumer protection.
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Also available as downloadable PDF →
李先進角逐加州保險廳長 · 華人首位
Sean Lee becomes the first Chinese American candidate for California Insurance Commissioner. The Ph.D. scientist and former JPL/NASA researcher proposes transparent, technology-driven regulation to restore consumer trust amid rising premiums and insurer market exits.
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加州保險專員候選人 Sean Lee 啟動競選 · AMTV interview from the Irvine campaign launch.
李先進宣布參選 2026 年加州保險專員
Irvine campaign launch event. "The first Asian candidate" for this statewide elected position since 1990, focused on transparent technology-driven regulation.
加州保險專員候選人李先進啟動競選，聚焦保險改革
Coverage of the Irvine campaign launch. Premium increases, insurer exits, and wildfire risk addressed through proposed technology-driven regulatory reforms.
李先進競選 2026 加州保險專員
WeChat coverage shared inside Chinese-American community networks across California.
From the campaign desk
Why the FAIR Plan is failing
Dr. Sean Lee on the structural reasons California's insurer of last resort cannot keep doing what it is doing.
Op-edA 2026 voter guide for insurance
The questions every California voter should be asking the Insurance Commissioner candidates.
AnalysisThe top candidates, ranked by record
A side-by-side of the major candidates' actual policy experience.
Media inquiries: see /contact/ or download the press kit at /press/.
Press kit. Bio. Photos. The plan.
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Bio
Dr. Sean Lee is the Ph.D. scientist and 28-year insurance industry veteran running for California Insurance Commissioner in the June 2, 2026 primary. His plan, the California Catastrophe Reinsurance Partnership, is the first concrete framework to bring private insurers back to California's wildfire-exposed regions.
Dr. Sean Lee is a Ph.D. scientist and 28-year insurance industry executive running for California Insurance Commissioner in the 2026 primary. After nearly three decades inside underwriting, executive leadership, and catastrophe-pool design, he is running because the people writing California's policies have stopped showing up for Californians. His flagship policy framework, the California Catastrophe Reinsurance Partnership, takes wildfire tail risk off insurers' books and brings private capacity back to the market. The campaign refuses contributions from insurance companies and industry executives. The primary is June 2, 2026.
Speaking topics
- The California insurance crisis and how it became unfixable through normal regulatory tools
- Reinsurance pools, federal flood, and what California can learn from Florida
- FAIR Plan exposure and the upcoming reckoning
- Premium affordability, Prop 103, and the 7-percent threshold few voters know about
- AI-assisted regulatory review and modernizing the Department of Insurance
Downloads
Single-page printable flyer: the crisis stats, the six-point plan, credentials, important dates, QR code. Letter size, FPPC line baked in. Open the share page →
The same one-pager as a direct PDF download, for printing or attaching to email.
Dr. Sean Lee's 30/60/90-day emergency agenda to stabilize the market, protect homeowners, reduce FAIR Plan dependence, and stand up the CCRP. Read on the site →
The California Catastrophe Reinsurance Partnership: six pillars to protect homeowners and stabilize the market. Read on the site →
The problem, the proposed solution, key objectives, expected benefits, and the first 90-day commitment on a single page.
Background, scientific and insurance credentials, key priorities, and signature proposals. For reporters and event programs.
Sean Lee announces the California Catastrophe Reinsurance Partnership: a public-private framework to stabilize catastrophe risk, reduce pressure on the FAIR Plan, and expand affordable homeowner coverage. Read on the site →
Bilingual press release on Dr. Lee's Las Vegas appearance, regional insurance coordination, and the "Transparent Governance · Fair Competition" platform.
Protect California branded vote-by-date flyer. QR code, FPPC line, ready to share.
May 6, 2026 launch event at 300 Spectrum Center Drive, Irvine. Print-resolution PNG.
Volunteer recruitment flyer with task buckets and engagement pathways.
2-page technical brief of the California Catastrophe Reinsurance Partnership policy framework, for policy and trade press.
Committee #1489551, current statement of organization, latest disclosure filings.