last resort
noun
: something done only if nothing else works
Asking for more time should be our last resort.
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Despite being the insurer of last resort in Florida, the number of Citizens policies has ballooned in recent years as private insurers have dropped customers and raised rates following losses due to payouts and litigation.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Do your best to handle it internally with the team and not bring it up immediately to HR.
Consider HR as your last resort, only if things are serious enough and the bossy attitude is disrupting the whole team.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
California homeowners will be asked to shoulder temporarily higher fees in order to bail out the state's insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, after the Los Angeles wildfires caused enormous losses last month.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Virtually every homeowner in California may have to dip into their pockets to help cover the cost of January's Los Angeles wildfires, after the state's insurance regulator approved an industry-wide levy for the insurer of last resort.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Do your best to handle it internally with the team and not bring it up immediately to HR.
Consider HR as your last resort, only if things are serious enough and the bossy attitude is disrupting the whole team.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
California homeowners will be asked to shoulder temporarily higher fees in order to bail out the state's insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, after the Los Angeles wildfires caused enormous losses last month.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Virtually every homeowner in California may have to dip into their pockets to help cover the cost of January's Los Angeles wildfires, after the state's insurance regulator approved an industry-wide levy for the insurer of last resort.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Last resort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20resort. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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