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The Storm After the Storm.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- 60 Minutes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- HiRise Engineering.
- Wright Flood.
- Administration of Justice.
- Environmental Policy and Politics.
- Natural disasters.
- Homeowner's insurance industry.
- Hurricane Sandy, October 22-23, 2011.
- Local Subjects:
- HiRise Engineering.
- Wright Flood.
- Administration of Justice.
- Environmental Policy and Politics.
- Natural disasters.
- Homeowner's insurance industry.
- Hurricane Sandy, October 22-23, 2011.
- Genre:
- News story
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- An investigation into the allegations that thousands of homeowners were denied their flood insurance claims after the effects of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 due to fraudulent engineers' reports. The insurance companies in question (HiRise Engineering, Wright Flood, and U.S. Forensic) all declined requests for interviews and claim the reason the reports were changed was to allow for a peer review process. The New York attorney general's office is investigating possible criminal activity. The insurance companies in question are overseen by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who admitted to seeing the fraudulent reports and say they are in the process of negotiations to settle the claims. Includes interviews with: Bob Kaible, homeowner in Long Beach, NY denied full flood insurance after Sandy; Steve Mostyn, Texas trial lawyer helping Sandy victims; John and Gail Mero, married homeowners in East Rockaway, New York denied full flood insurance after Sandy; Andrew Braum, engineer for HiRise Engineering; and Brad Kieserman, FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 16, 2024).
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