Pacific Palisades, Eaton, Hurst fires intensify; Hollywood Hills, Woodley, Lidia fires ease; five pe…

The potential cost for insurers of the Los Angeles fires is already expected to be 10 times higher than Australia’s Black Summer bushfires.

Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co predict insurance claims to surpass $US20 billion ($32.3 billion) – double the $US10 billion they predicted a day ago. In a…