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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    CA’s top home insurer won’t issue new policies due to wildfire risk

    State Farm, the largest home insurance provider in the state, will no longer issue new policies. It’s a sign that climate change is upending the economics of housing.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 31, 2023 • 1 min read

    State Farm, the largest home insurance provider in the state, will no longer issue new policies. It’s a sign that climate change is upending the economics of housing.

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    Love and immigration in film, curbing LA traffic with fees
    1. 0:00CA’s top home insurer won’t issue new policies due to wildfire riskYou’re reading this
    2. 9:01LA considers congestion pricing to ease traffic and pollution
    3. 17:08Casey DeSantis: Asset or liability to husband’s presidential hopes?
    4. 26:54In ‘Past Lives,’ Korean childhood sweethearts reunite in US
    5. 42:51Some car makers want to ditch AM radio. Congress might stop it
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Love and immigration in film, curbing LA traffic with fees
    1. 0:00CA’s top home insurer won’t issue new policies due to wildfire riskYou’re reading this
    2. 9:01LA considers congestion pricing to ease traffic and pollution
    3. 17:08Casey DeSantis: Asset or liability to husband’s presidential hopes?
    4. 26:54In ‘Past Lives,’ Korean childhood sweethearts reunite in US
    5. 42:51Some car makers want to ditch AM radio. Congress might stop it
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