Litigation

?Whistleblowers? barred from testifying as witnesses in State Farm Insurance Hurricane Katrina case

By Tracy Coenen

Back in August 2006, I reported on Kerri Rigsby and Cori Rigsby, sisters who worked as independent adjusters for State Farm. The sisters were deemed “whistleblowers,” for their allegations of corruption at State Farm Insurance.

The sisters came forward, claiming that there was fraud in the  Biloxi and Gulfport field offices related to the processing of Hurricane Katrina claims. They said that supervisors were pressuring adjusters and consultants to attribute hurricane damage to water, rather than wind, so that claims would not have to be paid. Under the State Farm policies, water damage is not covered, but wind damage is. (more…)

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Full post as published by The FRAUDfiles Blog on April 05, 2008 (boomark / email).