A bill to initiate reforms to the California FAIR Plan that include changes to customer service and claims, and added transparency was introduced on Monday.
Assembly Bill 1680, the Make It FAIR Act, authored by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon and sponsored by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, is designed to strengthen claims handling, expand coverage options, and improve transparency for wildfire survivors.
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The act enacts reforms identified in the California Department of Insurance’s recent Report of Examination, which found the FAIR Plan had failed