Katrina: Insurers Settle with Homeowners

From UPI:

Attorney Zach Scruggs announced that his office helped homeowners resolve 227 claims with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. on behalf of Mississippi's . In January of this year, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. settled with 640 of Scruggs' clients for $80 million. There are another 34 that have settled. Still pending are 470 cases with State Farm.

Finding contractors to do the work for the insured homeowners is the next headache.