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洛杉磯野火引發受害者對保險的焦慮

加利福尼亞州阿爾塔迪納(Altadena)——當洛杉磯的建築工人伊凡·德拉托雷(Ivan De La Torre)在火災摧毀的阿爾塔迪納地區查看滿目瘡痍的景象時,他心中不禁產生一個疑問:保險公司將如何承擔重建整個社區的費用?

隨著數百名洛杉磯居民返回家中,發現他們的房屋已化為灰燼,許多人擔心自己的保險政策可能無法覆蓋重建費用,未來的保險費將會高得驚人。

32歲的德拉托雷說:「我擔心保險公司無法處理所有索賠,然後申請破產,那樣就完了。這真的很可怕。」他的叔叔和妹妹都在這場火災中失去了房屋,而這場火災摧毀了阿爾塔迪納一半的房屋,這個社區大約有4萬居民。

66歲的演員里奧·法蘭克三世(Leo Frank III)在阿爾塔迪納失去了家庭住宅,他擔心保險公司可能會拖延支付索賠,並且無法覆蓋重建的全部費用。

法蘭克說:「我們會重建,沒有人能把我們的房子拿走。」他在帕薩迪納一個充滿捐贈物資的停車場中為96歲的母親尋找淋浴椅。他補充道:「但這會是一團糟。」

法蘭克表示,他知道一些鄰居在火災之前因為保險公司撤出越來越容易發生野火的乾燥地區而失去了房屋保險。「我們很幸運還有保單。」他說。

這場野火是加利福尼亞歷史上最嚴重的自然災害之一,已造成至少11人死亡,且摧毀或嚴重損壞了超過1萬棟建築。

路透社聯繫了加州九家主要的房屋保險公司以獲取評論。國家農場(State Farm)、全國保險(Nationwide)、全州(Allstate)、美克瑞(Mercury)、自由互助保險(Liberty Mutual)和農民保險(Farmers)均表示正在與保單持有人合作,幫助他們提出索賠,但並未具體回應居民未能獲得足夠賠償或未來保險費上漲的擔憂。

在本周火災發生後,加州保險專員里卡多·拉拉(Ricardo Lara)啟用緊急權力,暫停所有保險公司的保單不續保和終止,為期一年。

拉拉在周五的聲明中表示,下周他將在聖塔莫尼卡和帕薩迪納舉辦免費的保險研討會,這兩個地區是本次最大火災的附近社區。

美國保險股在周五下滑,分析師估計野火的保險成本可能超過200億美元。私人預測機構AccuWeather估計,火災造成的損失和經濟損失在1350億到1500億美元之間,這預示著房主保險費用將飆升。

州保險

儘管阿爾塔迪納從未經歷過如此規模的火災災難,但該地區坐落於聖加百列山脈的山腳下,這裡容易發生野火,導致獲得火災保險變得更加困難。

阿爾塔迪納的許多居民受到加州公平計劃(California FAIR Plan)的保障,這是一項由加州政府支持的保險計劃,專為無法獲得私人市場保險的房產所有者提供。

公平計劃未對媒體的置評請求做出回應。

隨著私人保險公司拒絕或撤回在加州易發火災地區的房主保險,居民們越來越多地轉向公平計劃,數據顯示截至去年九月底,阿爾塔迪納有958棟房屋參加了該計劃,比前一年增加了28%。

在本周遭受野火襲擊的洛杉磯市中心以西的富裕郊區太平洋帕利塞德斯(Pacific Palisades),使用公平計劃的情況更加明顯。根據保險公司的數據,該計劃下有1,430棟房屋參加,比前一年上升了85%,是2020年的四倍。

住在阿爾塔迪納的蓋比·雷耶斯(Gabby Reyes)表示,她的家在周三早上的火災中被毀,她說公平計劃的工作人員很有幫助,但她擔心自己的保單不足以覆蓋她與母親和女兒共同居住的房子的重建費用,因為火災僅留下了基礎。

「他們一直在與我們交談,表現得非常好。」雷耶斯告訴路透社,並補充道,投資者甚至曾冷不防打電話詢問是否可以購買她的土地。「當人們遭受重創時,這樣的電話是不可接受的。」

這場火災不僅讓居民面臨重建的挑戰,還引發了人們對保險制度的深刻反思。未來,保險公司是否能夠有效應對如此大規模的索賠,並確保居民獲得公平的賠償,將成為一個亟待解決的問題。這也提醒了人們,隨著氣候變化的影響加劇,保險行業可能需要重新評估其風險管理策略,並考慮如何更好地保護那些生活在高風險地區的居民。

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