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(Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)Tyler Perry criticized insurance companies that instituted policy changes before the fires that ravaged the greater Los Angeles area.
“Watching a daughter use a garden hose to try to protect her 90-year-old parents’ house because their insurance was canceled was gut-wrenching,” Perry wrote Instagram on Sunday, January 12.
“Does anyone else find it appalling that insurance companies can take billions of dollars from communities for years and then suddenly allow them to cancel millions of policies on the very people they made their fortunes off?” the filmmaker continued. “People who have been paying premiums all their lives are left with nothing because of pure greed.”
He concluded: “I’m keeping everyone in my prayers as I try to figure out what steps to take to do everything I can to help as many as possible.”
As the wildfires continue to spread through the Los Angeles area, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they’ve been affected. “Evacuated and safe with children, dog and cats. I am praying and thankful for the first responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in an Instagram Story statement on Wednesday, Jan. 8. In a subsequent post she (…)
According to Los Angeles TimesState Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, announced in March 2024 that it would not renew 30,000 home and condominium policies when they expire — 1,600 of which were located in Pacific Palisades.
According to Timesinsurance company Chubb stopped writing new policies for high-value homes that were designated as high-risk for fires, while Allstate also stopped writing new policies.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the wildfires, which began a path of destruction across Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, January 7, as strong winds ignited fast-moving brush fires across the Pacific Palisades. The fires have since spread to surrounding neighborhoods, including Malibu and the Hollywood Hills.
According to local authorities, the death toll has reached at least 16 people and is expected to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. NBC news reports that the flames have burned 37,000 acres and destroyed over 12,000 structures.
Los Angeles experienced a terrifying natural weather event – and its star community was heavily impacted. An extreme wind storm from Santa Ana gusts sparked fast-burning fires around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, with drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to seek safety, according to (…)
Over 150,000 people were subject to mandatory evacuation, including stars such as Mark Hamill, Jennie Garth and Mandy Moore. However, a number of well-known personalities were not so lucky, as their houses were completely destroyed by fires, including Paris HiltonAnna Faris, Heidi Montag and Spencer PrattBilly Crystal, Mel Gibson and Milo Ventimiglia.
According to AccuWeathercould be the costliest wildfires in U.S. history, with total economic losses currently estimated at $135 billion to $150 billion as of Thursday, January 9.
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