Katrina: The Long Road to Recovery

It has been nearly two months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

While the pictures on television showed the great destruction, Insurance Journal wanted to get to the heart of the matter. Are independent agents and claims adjusters meeting the needs of policyholders in the region? How are businessowners rebuilding their lives and getting back on their feet? How is the insurance industry doing its job in this time of need?

This week, Insurance Journal Online Editor Dave Thomas and New Media Producer Chad Reese are in the Gulf Coast region talking to disaster victims and getting a first-hand look at the damage. While it has been two months since the killer storm hit, the two are finding scenes of destruction and shattered lives that have never been witnessed before in U.S. history.

Look for video, interviews, and more with Katrina survivors and businessowners in the coming weeks as Thomas and Reese visit Katrina’s Long Road to Recovery.

Latest Comments

• November 3, 2005 at 6:36 am

  LL says:

  The industry(all sectors of it, field adjusters, file examiners, agents) are performining as well as can be expected, given the size of the calamity. A carrier simply can\'t ... read more
• October 27, 2005 at 6:09 am

  Jeff R says:

  And we wonder why our clients are running helter skelter to attorneys. The industry, although facing claims and payments of potentially historic proportions, continues the cha... read more
• October 27, 2005 at 1:02 am

  greg says:

  the industry has failed miserably and were not prepared .I realise its somehting no one expected but they dont seem to even try to be consitent or symapthetic or helpful.Many ... read more