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There’s a lot of vested interest in building, with wood, in areas that shouldn’t be built in,
[O ... O]ne of the major insurances [sic] companies canceled all the policies in our neighborhood about four months ago,
People want to live in beautiful places,
retired fire chief Glenn Corbett told The Independent It looks like a bomb went off,
he said in a text message In the long term, we’re not going to be able to ‘rate increase’ ourselves out of this problem,
One sees relatively low premiums in high-risk markets in California, but that might be starting to change,
said Philip Mulder, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies the industry Imagine that you live in LA, are a Rams fan, and you lost your house in a fire that State Farm revoked your coverage for, and now you have to watch your team play this weekend in State Farm Stadium'
Critics were quick to point out the irony, with user @Ralphamsden commenting Love you, Rob, but why would an insurance company insure houses in an area that the state is mismanaging so badly the question of a catastrophic fire is not if but when?
Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
State Farm is known for its commercials touting Rob, I am not defending insurance companies by any means, but Newsom's one-party CA regulations were the real catalyst for the cancellations 4 months ago
Replying to Schneider's post, user @PDjurisic said She's trying to keep her parents home from burning, because their home insurance canceled their FIRE PROTECTION
Luigi was right about everything.
Already people on social media are drawing parallels with the LA fires, and on X one person wrote It is necessary to take these actions now.
Thank you California insurance companies for supporting residents who pay taxes and love California
California is burning and thousands had their fire insurance canceled months ago. MAGA is crying conspiracy. There isn't one. The truth is simple. Large swaths of our country are becoming uninsurable due to climate change, due to fire or floods. And it will only get worse."
Skyler Johnson, chair of Suffolk Young Democrats, wrote on X Chad is one of the best people I know,
wrote friend Tom Rhalter in the fundraiser he organized through GoFundMe for Comey People aren't strangers to the risks. But this fire is just laying siege to these communities, and we're seeing major structural loss in places we haven't for a very long time. This is going to be a catastrophic event."
They're 90 years old. They've lived in this house for 75 years. They've had the same insurance, and these insurance people decided to cancel their fire,
she added, clearly frustrated I know I'm not supposed to be here, but this is my parents' home. They just got canceled from their fire insurance. So they're dealing with this,
You are looking at BILLIONS of dollars in personal property damage. This will bankrupt California's Fire insurance fund."
Cyrus Sanati, a columnist at Fortune magazine, shared a picture of fire-damaged properties on X and wrote
