A year after CBS News California Investigates exposed secrecy inside the California FAIR Plan, the insurance commissioner is backing a bill that would open meetings and financial records and require ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Altadena resident Seriina Covarrubias visits her house in Altadena on Feb. 28. Her garage was destroyed and her house survived but ...

The proposed bill would require the hiring of more staff to manage claims and make the insurer issue more comprehensive coverage options.

In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that ...

The FAIR Plan, California’s last-resort insurance program for homeowners needing fire coverage, is seeking approval for steep rate hikes averaging 35.8%, though some policyholders could actually see ...

California lawmakers called Wednesday for the state’s “insurer of last resort,” the California FAIR Plan, to evolve to insure ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The California FAIR Plan released new numbers showing enrollment continues to grow, adding 21,859 residential policies in the final three months of ...