Consumer Group Faults Katrina Response

Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) on Thursday released a comprehensive report documenting what is characterized as the insurance industry's poor response to Hurricane Katrina. The report, titled "The Insurance Industry's Troubling Response To Hurricane Katrina," details actual case studies of numerous Gulf Coast residents, revealing a significant pattern of callousness, unfairness, and generally inept performance by many companies, the group said in a press release. "In some cases, insurers' conduct worsened the suffering of policyholders, many of whom were left hungry and homeless by t...