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Private plans, such as State Farm, required to give to Fair plan so all residents have access to fire insuranceCalifornia’s home-insurance safety net does not have enough money to pay all of the claims from damage caused by the Los Angeles wildfires and has asked private insurers to contribute $1bn toward those claims.All private insurers operating in California are required to contribute to the Fair plan, a plan of last resort established so all Californians would have access to fire insurance. More than 450,000 California homeowners got their insurance through the Fair plan in 2024 – more than double the

Exclusive: Strategies for life sciences to be published earlier but broader report expected in JuneLabour’s long-awaited industrial strategy will not now be published until June, while ministers will bring forward plans for individual sectors in a bid to show they are working to kickstart growth, it has emerged.Strategies for life sciences – highlighted by Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, in her high-profile growth speech in Oxfordshire – and advanced manufacturing have been earmarked for early publication. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/12/labour-postpones-long-awaited-industrial-strategy Author : Heather Stewart and Richard Partington Publish date : 2025-02-13 00:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Eaton fire destroyed more than 9,400 structures in the neighborhood while residents mourn loss of communityAfter the Eaton fire tore through Altadena last month, residents of the historically Black Los Angeles neighborhood – many of whom had purchased their homes decades earlier – began putting up signs declaring: “Altadena is not for sale.”However, it appears that the first burned-down property put up for sale is in escrow, just over a week after the fire reached containment. The sale is expected to close Friday, says Brock Harris, a real estate agent, who adds that he’s received “lots of calls from people