last resort
noun
: something done only if nothing else works
Asking for more time should be our last resort.
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The Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan, the state’s insurer of last resort, offers increasingly expensive plans to customers with no other options.
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Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025
As of September, more than 1,400 homeowners in Pacific Palisades had policies from California’s FAIR plan, an insurer of last resort.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
More homeowners have turned toward California’s insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, in recent years.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
As a consequence of these decisions, California homeowners are increasingly struggling to find coverage, and the state's insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, has been increasing its overall policy count.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025
As of September, more than 1,400 homeowners in Pacific Palisades had policies from California’s FAIR plan, an insurer of last resort.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
More homeowners have turned toward California’s insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, in recent years.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
As a consequence of these decisions, California homeowners are increasingly struggling to find coverage, and the state's insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, has been increasing its overall policy count.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Last resort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20resort. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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