Racicot Comments: Miss. Lawsuit Overshadows Katrina Recovery

March 28, 2006

  • March 28, 2006 at 7:38 am
    I\'ve seen it with my own eyes says:
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    I took supplies to Bay St. Louis, MS after the storm. I am a casualty adjuster who simply wanted to help people in need. What I saw was complete devastation. The memories will be with me forever. What I did see in a couple of areas were houses completely washed away but the roofs on the ground. I don\’t know if it was the roof of the house that belonged on that property or not. In one roof I noticed 6 shingles gone but everything else was in tact except for the house below the roof. The devastation was incredible but in my humble opinion (I am not an expert), it appeared the storm surge simply leveled properties…in some places for miles.

  • March 28, 2006 at 2:17 am
    LLCJ says:
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    Why can\’t all public officials have common sense such as this?

  • March 28, 2006 at 2:23 am
    Finally says:
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    AMEN!!!!

  • March 28, 2006 at 2:23 am
    Nancy Gates says:
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    Jim Hood is an embarassment to the industry and to his state.

  • March 28, 2006 at 2:35 am
    Fraud Manager says:
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    The Attorney General for Mississippi is using his office and position to leverage the insurance industry. It is his hope the scope and magnitude of Katrina will void policy terms and conditions to the benefit of the voting public. It is my hope that a very brave judge prohibits his efforts.

    If indeed there is found to be falsified engineering reports as alleged in the lawsuit then a criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted for the individuals involved in that endeavor. A criminal conviction would remove those individuals from the insurance industry and leave it to those of us who would never entertain such efforts. That, Mr. Hood, if true, is where you efforts should be concentrated, not the civil arena.

  • March 28, 2006 at 2:55 am
    Not Worried Agent says:
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    The only loosers if Hood wins will be the insurance consumers. Agents will reap the benefits of much higher commissions from higher premiums. Commissions from books of property business could double or trible in a few years easy. If it were not for greedy lawyers and politicians like Hood premiums would be so low agents could barely make a living.

  • March 28, 2006 at 3:06 am
    Garamendi relative? says:
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    Is Hood related to Garamendi from good old California? Sounds like it: loves to hear himself talk, makes no sense, does not care if he knows what he is talking about or not, wants the poor and/or lazy people to like him so they will vote for him, wants to be on the front page of the newspapers and on the news, has no idea what is really going on.

  • March 28, 2006 at 3:42 am
    Dave says:
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    If you have not been there dont bother responding.

    Spent 6 months on the coast, watching clearly wind damaged property being denied coverage, because of \”Rising water\”

    What aout the insured that had wind & flood coverage? Even if the flood was not required because they were above the 100 yr plain. Now we have a 500 yr flood and the rles change?

    Why is the wind coverage being challenged when the wind was there 6-8 hrs before any water reached the land?

    More to follow……………………..

  • March 28, 2006 at 3:50 am
    Texas Rita Survivor says:
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    Wind alone does not do the damage seen in Mississippi. Granted, there might have been some minor damge to buildings (except those already falling down), but flood is the only thing that could have leveled the buildings.

  • March 29, 2006 at 8:18 am
    Mike says:
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    After what I have seen from the insurance companies (I live at gorund zero), I\’d say that the insurance companies are the embarrasment if not downright criminal.



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