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Insurance news made as FEMA takes new flood claim review direction

G. Turner
hurricane sandy flood insurance news

This, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency has admitted that they have evidence of fraud. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have now made insurance news as they have agreed to provide the victims of Superstorm Sandy who feel that their claims have not been properly paid, with another opportunity to receive a review. This could provide as many as 144,000 claims with the chance to undergo a fresh review. Moreover, the review opportunity is also making FEMA flood insurance news as it will not be limiting the…

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Flood insurance claims probe sought by New Jersey Senator

H. Cutner
Hurricane Sandy Damage flood Insurance surcharge

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez feels that victims of Superstorm Sandy were shortchanged by insurers. According to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (New Jersey), the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) should be conducting an investigation into allegations that are being made that flood insurance companies that have been handling the flooding damage claims from Superstorm Sandy are manipulating the situation in order to shortchange policyholders. Senator Menendez held a press conference from his office in Newark, New Jersey. At the press conference, Senator Menendez called for Craig Fugate, the FEMA Administrator, to…

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Connecticut insurance payout timing for Sandy running out

H. Cutner
Connecticut Insurance

Fifteen months after the superstorm smashed its way through the area, homeowners are still waiting for their insurers. While Superstorm Sandy may no longer be making the top headlines anymore it doesn’t mean that the Connecticut insurance industry has finished up with all of the claims and payouts that were wrapped into this horrendous natural disaster that ripped across the east coast of the country. Some homeowners insurance customers are still waiting to receive the payouts for their claims. The problem is that time is starting to run out according…

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Insurance news from Superstorm Sandy continues a year later

Julie Campbell
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Many homeowners are still waiting and fighting with FEMA to be able to receive payouts. Though a year has now passed since Superstorm Sandy started making insurance news headlines, there are 88,750 people among the 155,287 who have filed a claim with an insurer or FEMA, who have been deemed unqualified for payments. There are hundreds of homes that were demolished during the storm that remain off-limits. Today, the insurance news has transformed from the initial devastation that occurred as a result of the storm, into the ongoing battle that…

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Homeowners insurance heads skywards for the Jersey Shore due to Sandy

H. Cutner
homeowners insurance policy multiple claims

Half of a year has passed since the Superstorm struck and now rates are being impacted. As homeowners insurance policyholders on the Jersey Shore start to receive their renewal notices on their policies – six months after the storm destroyed the region – many consumers are noticing that their premiums have skyrocketed when compared to what they were paying before the storm struck. Residents of the Jersey Shore are still trying to rebuild from the damages left behind by the storm. After facing considerable out of pocket costs from the…

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