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FEMA to Review All Flood Damage Claims From Hurricane Sandy
Posted: March 12 2015 Original Story: www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/nyregion/fema-to-review-hurricane-sandy-flood-claims-amid-scandal-over-altered-reports.html?_r=0 By: David W. Chen The Federal Emergency Management Agencyhas agreed to review every flood insurance claim filed by homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy, amid accusations that damage assessment reports were fraudulently altered to minimize claims. The agency’s administrator, W. Craig Fugate, also revealed in a letter to members of the New York and New Jersey congressional...
read moreFEMA Opens Review To Every Single Hurricane Sandy Flood Insurance Claim After Fraud Allegations
Posted: March 11 2015 11:13 PM EDT Original Story: www.ibtimes.com/fema-opens-review-every-single-hurricane-sandy-flood-insurance-claim-after-fraud-1844358 By: Catherine Dunn FEMA administrator Craig Fugate agreed to reassess every single Sandy flood claim during a meeting Wednesday with the four U.S. Senators from New York and New Jersey. Fugate has also accepted the resignation of David Miller, the associate administrator for the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, which oversees the flood insurance program, an agency...
read moreHurricane Sandy: Buried Adjuster Report Raises New Fraud Allegations Against FEMA Flood Insurance Program
Posted: March 05 2015 5:27 PM EST Original Story: www.ibtimes.com/hurricane-sandy-buried-adjuster-report-raises-new-fraud-allegations-against-fema-1837986 By: Catherine Dunn Humphrey Uddoh wrote a letter to a federal judge in New Jersey last month about two insurance adjusters who appeared at his Jersey City home after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 — one a welcome guest, the other quite suspicious. The first man, Uddoh says, assessed that the home had sustained flood damage totaling at least $80,000. The second man, Uddoh says, showed up...
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