John Egan is an experienced personal finance journalist who has written extensively on mortgages and home equity, insurance, credit and credit monitoring, banking, and other personal finance topics.

Last week, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a significant expansion of the California FAIR Plan’s ...

California Insurance Commissioner Approves Major FAIR Plan Expansion to Help HOAs, Builders, Farmers, and Businesses Access ...

Now she had two policies: The California FAIR Plan for fire and State Farm for everything else. She said the total cost was more than $6,000. "I'm paying two policies," she said, "more than double ...

It provides policies for commercial properties, mobile homes, traditional homes and other structures. California FAIR Plan is an insurance conglomerate that provides coverage for those living in ...

The California FAIR Plan Association is asking a judge to order the former homeowners of a Malibu residence that burned down in the Palisades Fire in January to get together with a judgment creditor ...

California's insurer of last resort for fire insurance says it needs $1 billion to ensure it can continue paying claims in the wake of the Palisades and Eaton wildfires. And State Insurance ...

These days, the FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan ... policies at rates and policy language approved by the state’s insurance department. Only 0.5 percent of homeowners in ...

From September 2019 to June 2024, the number of FAIR Plan policies for California homes soared by 164%, the plan’s data shows ...