LA neighbors have vastly different post-wildfire rebuilding options due to insurance crisis
FAIR, with its high premiums and basic coverage, was designed as a temporary safety net until policyholders find a more permanent option. Yet the number of FAIR Plan residential policies more than doubled from 2020 to 2024, reaching nearly 452,000 policies last year.
Fortunes differ after wildfires in insurance crisis
TR?N NGUYEN Associated Press Writers Before a wildfire ravaged their street in northwest Altadena, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson lived next door to each other in nearly identical houses.
After California wildfires, neighbors face unequal recovery due to insurance crisis
Before a wildfire ravaged their Altadena, California street, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson were neighbors in nearly identical houses. How they’ll navigate rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes that reveals the nation’s growing home insurance crisis.
LA wildfires highlight nation’s insurance crisis as homeowners try to recover lost homes
The nation’s growing home insurance crisis is in the spotlight as California homeowners begin the long road to rebuilding after the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
LA wildfires highlight the insurance crisis in the US
Before a wildfire ravaged their Altadena, California street, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson were neighbors in nearly identical houses. How they’ll navigate rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortune
California Wildfires Insurance Inequity Things to Know
Chris Wilson, right, and Louise Hamlin, two neighbors who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire, walk through the remains of their homes in Altadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
LA neighbors have vastly different rebuilding options due to insurance crisis
Next-door neighbors lost their near-identical homes in a California wildfire, but how they are navigating rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery, a stark reflection of the
How L.A. wildfire survivors face an unequal rebuilding battle due to insurance crisis
As wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters become more frequent due to climate change, many property owners find themselves struggling to find or afford private insurance.
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'It was chaos': Firsthand accounts of evacuating from the LA fires
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