Last Tuesday, June 24th, a Superior Court judge ruled that the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan ...

The FAIR Plan pays all covered claims, including smoke claims, consistent with California law and its policy forms, which are approved by the California Department of Insurance.

That decision was prompted by a lawsuit filed in 2021 by a man whose home, about 100 miles east of Sacramento, burned in a ...

Reps with the state’s home insurer of last resort said an appeal was unlikely in the court ruling, which said it violated ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s plan that provides insurance to homeowners who can’t get private coverage needs $1 billion more to pay out claims related to the Los Angeles wildfires, the ...

California’s last-resort fire insurance could get big commercial coverage boost, home ‘hardening’ discount. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announces upgrades to the FAIR Plan ...

California homeowners are suing the FAIR Plan, the state’s last option for those needing fire insurance, accusing it of failing to provide the legally required coverage for smoke damage.

Lawsuit: Cal FAIR Plan illegally denied fire damage claims The class-action filing seeks smoke damage coverage for 400,000 clients. To stream CBS 8 on your phone, you need the CBS 8 app.

Now, he worries about the smoke and soot, and said he's been dealing with the FAIR Plan for months. "The FAIR Plan stance is that our house is dirty, and that there's not fire damage," said Kerpelman.