For over 45 years, the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies has been the industry's primary voice in  Sacramento. Founded in 1962, by Occidental, Pacific Mutual and Cal-West  life insurance companies, ACLHIC began as the Association of California Life Insurance Companies (ACLIC) with an Executive Vice President, Lewis  Keller; a secretary and a small office in Oakland.   In 1995, the association's name was changed to the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies (ACLHIC), reflecting the increased attention paid  to health and disability  insurance issues. 

From the start, ACLHIC's main goals have been to advance the interests and well-being of the life and health insurance industry before legislative  and administrative bodies.   Because trust has been established over the years, legislators know the industry appreciates the broader public policy concerns, and the industry can be reassured that  policy makers are less likely to impose arbitrary or discriminatory prohibitions.