New rules enacted last September for the insurer of last resort in California—the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) plan—could leave homeowners insurance policyholders statewide on the hook for covering losses if totals exceed the plan’s ability to pay.
“The bottom line is the FAIR plan will have enough money to pay claims, but the way it will make sure it has enough money is by assessing all California policyholders, eventually,” Dave Jones, former commissioner of the California Department of Insurance, told host Siyamak Khorrami during a recent episode on Epoch TV’s “California Insider.”
“If it gets there, that’s what will happen. People will get an additional bill … which will come as a big surprise to Californians.”…