California FAIR Plan Sued Over Alleged Unlawful Wildfire Smoke Claim Denials

( January 8, 2026, 7:23 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A pair of property insurance policyholders sued the California FAIR Plan Association in state court alleging that the state’s “insurer of last resort”engaged in bad faith insurance practices and breach of contract by relying on unlawful policy provisions to deny or underpay wildfire smoke contamination and loss-of-use claims arising from the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, in violation of California insurance law....