More whites appeal Katrina claims

[White Shogun]

Whites Appealed Katrina Insurance More
Oct 24 6:01 PM US/Eastern

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and FRANK BASS
Associated Press Writers

NEW ORLEANS&nbsp ;


Though poor and minority neighborhoods suffered the brunt of Katrina's fury, residents living in white neighborhoods have been three times as likely as homeowners in black neighborhoods to seek state help in resolving insurance disputes, according to an Associated Press computer analysis.

The analysis of Louisiana's insurance complaints settled in the first year after Katrina highlights a cold, hard truth exposed by Katrina's winds and waters: People of color and modest means, who often need the most help after a major disaster, are disconnected from the government institutions that can provide it, or distrustful of those in power.

Full article.
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What are the odds that, a) there were more dispossessed white homeowners than black, and b) they were insured at higher rates than blacks.

 

[screamingeagle]

odd, the MSNs never mentions this.

 

[Deus Vult]

Whites living in New Orleans were far more likely to actually own the homes they lived in, and were probably, among homeowners, more likely to have proper homeowners insurance. The majority of black New Orleanians lived in public housing or houses and apartments owned by someone else. Renters can purchase insurance on the contents of their rented homes, but it is evident not many had renters insurance.Edited by: Deus Vult