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latest on Harvey's aftermath - 49 dead as flooding continues to overwhelm the area (Original Post)
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2017
OP
The costs will be staggering but the insurance companies are celebrating because
world wide wally
Sep 2017
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. ...
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)2. ...
I expect it to go higher.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)3. The costs will be staggering but the insurance companies are celebrating because
70% of the homeowners didn't have "flood" insurance. Only the most wealthy had that because they are the ones that could afford "extra" insurance.
spiderman17
(27 posts)4. I don't understand your point
The only insurance "company" that provides flood insurance is the National Flood Insurance Program. Are you saying that the federal government is celebrating because people didn't buy flood insurance?