A ruined floating home in North Bay Village, Fla. that was destroyed by Hurricane Wilma on Oct. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/ Lynne Sladky)

The federal government overpaid upward of $177.2 million for disaster recovery in Florida in 2004 and 2005, says a new report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General.

According to an article by The Hill, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) failed to have insureds affected by seven seperate hurricanes during that period–including Hurricane Katrina–maximize their own private insurance before receiving federal funds. FEMA’s Florida-based emergency management department, which handled the disaster claims, did an “inadequate” job reviewing insurance plans, says the IG report. The IG says FEMA paid out funds for damages “that insurance should have covered.”

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