This page contains links to news items and original documents relating to Holocaust Era claims.

CDI News

• Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi & Jewish Community Leaders Continue to Fight for Justice After U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down California's Holocaust Victims Relief Act  June 26, 2003   
  
• Insurance Commissioner Reminds Holocaust Survivors and Heirs of Claim Filing Deadline January 16, 2002
  
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Ruling on the Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act February 7, 2001
  
• Holocaust Policyholder List Obtained -- Insurance Commisioner Announces Submission by Dutch Association of Insurers April 4, 2000
  
• Insurance Commissioner Subpoenas Munich Re Officials to Investigate Efforts to Resolve Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims  March 7, 2000
  
• Insurance Commissioner Holds Investigatory Hearings Regarding Readiness of Insurance Companies to Comply With California's Holocaust Registry Law  December 2, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Reaches Second And Third Agreements In Two Days With Companies to Resolve Insurance Claims of California Holocaust Survivors  December 1, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Announces Landmark Agreement With Aegon to Resolve Insurance Claims of California Holocaust Survivors  November 30, 1999
  
• Holocaust Investigatory Hearing Announcement  November 18, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner to Subpoena Companies to December Hearings to Investigate Efforts to Resolve Unpaid Holocaust-Era Insurance Issues  November 9, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Announces Multiple Actions to Investigate Insurance Companies Identified in April for Holocaust Claims Payment Denial  June 22, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Lauds Supreme Court Decision Removing Obstacles From Holocaust Victims Seeking Justice   June 17, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Applauds Significant Rulings by Los Angeles Superior Court Regarding Holocaust Era Insurance Claims   June 1, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Launches Aggressive Program To Secure Restitution For Holocaust Survivors and Their Heirs   April 30, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Deploys Team to London Meeting of International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC)  March 3, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Appointed to Holocaust Issues Executive Monitoring Committee February 24, 1999
  
• Insurance Commissioner Lauds Court Decision as Another Victory for Holocaust Victims and Their Heirs  January 27, 1999

Other Efforts To Resolve Holocaust Era Claims

• Creation of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assests in the United States.  Source: "New commission will examine Holocaust assets in the U.S." International Monitor, March 1999.
• Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. Source: U.S. Department of State Press Release, November 30, 1998 - December 3, 1998.
• Seminar on Holocaust-Era Insurance Issues, Organized by the U.S. Department of State, is Held in Prague.  Source: U.S. Department of State Press Release, November 4, 1998.
• New York's Holocaust Victims Insurance Act is Signed into Law.  Source: New York State's Holocaust Claims Processing Office Web Page, July 1998.
• Creation of New York State Commission on Recovery of Holocaust Victims' Assets. Source: New York State's Holocaust Claims Processing Office Web Page, May 8, 1998.
• German Government and Conference of Jewish Material Claims Reach an Agreement to Establish a Fund for Compensation of Holocaust Victims in Eatern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Source: Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman for the U.S. Department of State, Jan. 13, 1998.
• New York State Banking Department Opens Holocaust Claims Processing Office.  Source: New York State's Claims Processing Office Web Page, September 15, 1997.
• Swiss Banks Create Private Sector Humanitarian Fund to Alleviate Plight of Holocaust Victims and Heirs.   Source: U.S. Department of State Press Release, February 5, 1997.

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