As LA Rebuilding Begins, Pain Points Emerge For Banks, Insurers

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It's been five weeks since wildfires ripped through Los Angeles. While the human toll and physical costs have been well documented — 29 dead, 16,000 structures destroyed — we’re only now getting a clearer a picture of the financial pain being exacted on homeowners and the banks and insurance companies with whom they did business.