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3 February 2026Reinsurance

California FAIR Plan likes cat bonds for plugging tower co-pays

California's residual insurer, the California FAIR Plan, likes catastrophe bonds and could continue to leverage them or other alternative capital to patch up huge co-payment requirements in its own reinsurance tower, FAIR Plan president Victoria Roach has told lawmakers.

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