WASHINGTON–Insurance companies' handling of Hurricane Katrina claims will be investigated by the Department of Homeland Security thanks to Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss. who has a personal beef with his home insurer.
The senator, who is suing State Farm Fire & Casualty over a Katrina claim, inserted language mandating the investigation in the department's appropriations bill, which sets its funding for the year 2007.
Signed by President Bush on Oct. 4, the measure mandates a DHS probe over the next seven months.
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