Skip to main content
Back to Show
Amanpour & Co.

The Cost of the LA Fires: Will Insurance Cover the Devastation?

As Californians lose their homes and their livelihoods, finances will become a crucial issue for many people needing to rebuild and carry on. Bloomberg Business reporter Leslie Kaufman says this is an "existential test" for the state's insurance system. She tells Hari Sreenivasan what it might mean for Americans as we face a future of increasingly extreme weather events.

Support Provided By
Season
December 11, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
Stefano Pozzebon; Leopoldo López; Shannon Heffernan; Julieta Martinelli; Susan Glasser
December 10, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
David Dimbleby; Kiran Desai; Zaynab Mohamed
December 9, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:43
Celeste Wallander; Peter Frankopan; Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani; Kaja Kallas; David Remnick
December 8, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
Ahmed Al-Sharaa; Clare Sebastian; Demetre Daskalakis
December 5, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:28
Rupert Smith; Annie Lebovitz; Will Sommer
December 4, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:48
Ivan Duque; Farnaz Fassihi; Joshua Yaffa
December 3, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:45
Julianne Smith; Ehud Olmert; Sen. Bill Cassidy
December 2, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:51
Yaroslav Trofimov; Andrey Kurkov; Steve Hartman; Bryan Muehlberger, Mahnaz Afkhami
December 1, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:50
Stephen Collinson; Brian Winter; John Kerry; Pastor Tim Johnson; Andrew Rice
November 28, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:45
Tom Johnson; Adam Cvijanovic; Fara Dabhoiwala
November 27, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:43
Nicholas Burns; Benny Safdie; Trymaine Lee
November 26, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:39
Dmytro Kuleba; Mark Strong; Lesley Manville; Kenny Chesney
Active loading indicator