UPDATE: Mississippi Jury Finds State Farm Defrauded NFIP After Katrina
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2013/04/08/4579415/jury-finds-state-farm-committed.html#storylink=cpyA federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed a part of a claim brought by two former independent insurance agents accusing State Farm of defrauding the federal government with two engineering firms.
State Farm has been involved in a whistleblower trial since March 25 brought by sisters Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who claim the insurer doctored engineering reports following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in order to show damage was caused by storm surge, not wind.
Flooding—storm surge included—is not covered by a standard homeowners policy. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) handles flood risk.
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