( November 12, 2024, 1:59 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a homeowners insurer in an insured’s lawsuit alleging that the insurer was vicariously liable for the negligence of an insurance agent that resulted in the insured’s underinsurance for a fire loss to her Malibu property under a California FAIR Plan Association insurance policy, concluding that the insured failed to present evidence that raises a triable issue as to whether the agent was the defendant insurer’s agent when she assisted the insured in procuring the FAIR Plan policy....