WASHINGTON--Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said the battle he is waging to force insurers not to "mistreat" Mississippi residents over their Hurricane Katrina claims has "reinvigorated" him.

In remarks at an April 4 Edgewater, Miss., Rotary Club luncheon reported by the Gulfport Sun-Herald, Sen. Lott also said insurance representatives in Washington have been "surly" over his legislative efforts to remove the industry's antitrust exemption and work for other changes.

Sen. Lott has filed against his insurer, State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., for refusing to cover wind damage to the waterfront home in Pascagoula, Miss., that his family lost to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The case is scheduled for trial in September.

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