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TheLosAngelesfireswillbeextraordinarilyexpensive

洛杉矶大火将造成巨大损失

Source:TheEconomist

Thefiresthatare?burningthroughsouthernCalifornia?maybeshocking,buttheyarenotsurprising.AnyonewholivedintheHollywoodHillswas?aware_______thedanger.Andforanyonewhoforgot,theirannualinsurancerenewalprovidedareminderatconsiderableexpense.Suchmomentsoccasionally?dampened（沮丧）themoodintheCityofAngels.Nowthepromised?catastrophe?hasarrived.

OnthemorningofJanuary10thfirefighterswerecontinuingtobattletheflames,whichhavesofar?displaced（v.转移）180,000peopleandledtotendeaths,as?fierce?windsthreatenedtospreadthe?embers（余火）fartherstill.Evenatwhatcouldstillbea_______（relative）earlystage,thewildfiresarelikelytobeamongthemostexpensiveever.HomesinthePacificPalisades,aneighbourhoodstill?ablaze（adj.着火的）,sellforaround$4m.ManyHollywoodactorshavealreadylosttheirresidences.Farthernorth,theEatonFireismenacing（v.威胁）less?affluent（富裕的）suburbs.JPMorganChase,abank,suggeststhattheeconomicdamagecouldamounttomorethan$50bn,of_______$20bnwillbe?insured.

ThefireswillexposefailuresinCalifornia’s?creakinginsurancemarket.Companieshave?retreated（v.撤退）fromprovidinghomeinsuranceinthestate.In2022Allstate,thenCalifornia’sfourth-largesthomeand?casualty（意外事故）insurer,_______(stop)sellingpolicies.InMarchStateFarm,anotherinsurer,cancelled30,000home-insurancepolicies,including1,600inthePacificPalisades.Thefirmhighlightedthe_______(rise)riskoflossesfromwildfiresasareasonforpulling?outofthemarket.

Expensiveinsuranceisonething;fleeinginsurersisquiteanother.Theirdecisiontoleavecanonly_______(explain)bymeasuresthatpreventthemarketfromworking?properly.Untilrecently,Californiancompanieshadbeen?forbiddenfromusingmodel-basedestimatesofcatastro