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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FAIR Plan Secrets: Why California's insurer of last resort is so secretive (and why it could cost you) 05:27 Since the LA fires on January 7, much more attention has been put on the California ...

State Farm is one of the insurers under pressure for backing out of the California home insurance market. Even though the ...

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

Karl Susman, insurance expert, discusses the impacts of a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge’s ruling that the California FAIR plan violated the state’s insurance code.