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

Thousands of wildfire survivors whose smoke-related claims were denied by the FAIR Plan could now appeal to receive payments.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled that the California FAIR Plan's smoke-damage policy, which limits claims ...

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

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

A California judge has ruled the state’s bare-bones home insurance program’s handling of smoke damage claims is unlawful.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that the California FAIR Plan’s smoke-damage policy directly violates state law by ...

"The FAIR Plan needs to be a temporary option, not the only option," Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stuart Rice on Tuesday said that the California FAIR Plan Assn.’s policy violates the insurance code because it provides less coverage than what is ...

The ruling: Judge Stuart Rice said the California FAIR Plan violates the state’s insurance code because it offers less ...

“This landmark ruling establishes that Fair Plan's smoke-damage denial policies are illegal, paving the way for thousands of ...