May 20, 2010
Simsol Insurance Services Inc. is seeking to be dropped from a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that a slew of insurers and adjusters defrauded the federal government by falsely classifying wind damage as flood damage following Hurricane Katrina, arguing that the loss-shifting allegations against it are impossible because it is an independent flood adjusting company, not an insurer.
October 18, 2007
A federal judge in New Orleans has dismissed a suit accusing several insurance companies, including Allstate Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., of defrauding the U.S. government following Hurricane Katrina.