WASHINGTON--A Democratic congressman has sent a letter to the chairman of a key committee seeking an investigation of insurance industry hurricane claims handling and premium rates.
Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., who has repeatedly criticized the insurance industry over the handling of hurricane damage claims, renewed his attacks in a six-page letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., that also asked for a full committee investigation of the industry.
"Despite billions of dollars of federal assistance, south Mississippi's recovery is obstructed by the actions of private insurance companies," Wrote Rep. Taylor in the Jan.5 letter.
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