Independent Agents Feel Hurricane Katrina's Full Force

Residents in many areas of the Gulf Coast watched their lives change forever on Aug. 29, 2005. When all was said and done, Hurricane Katrina went in the record books as the country's worst natural disaster, leaving a large swath of death and destruction in her wake. While independent insurance agents and claims adjusters were expected and ...

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