California FAIR Plan runs tight vs funding tower, assessments ever-likely

California’s insurer of last resort for fire coverage, the California FAIR Plan, may smell smoke in its very own financial statements, with insufficient funds on hand to cover its own retentions for multiple events even as policy uptake continues unabated.

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