James Barbier frequently comments on SLABBED but is better known to SLABBED readers as the author of the excellent paper Sop featured in the January post An outside look at the False Claims Act cases: Holding State Farm Accountable (Why McIntosh is Evidence of Fraud).
In a comment earlier today, James suggested suggested we open a thread for discussing a review of Katrina claims. Join in and I’ll be back in a bit with mine. James’ kicked off the discussion with his I’d-wanna-know list:
Here’s what I want from the insurance claims files….which includes wind/homeowners and flood….
- insured address (later map to google, miles from beach, miles from storm track, etc.)
- adjuster flood (name/company), adjuster wind (name/company)
- engineer (name/company),
- # site visits, date visit 1, date visit 2, date visit 3,
- pictures?,
- wind: last premium rate, max coverage – building, max coverage – contents, actual payout – building, actual payout – contents
- flood: last premium rate, max coverage – building, max coverage – contents, actual payout – building, actual payout – contents.