Hurricane Harvey

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So whaddaya know.  Leave it to Texass Republicunts to protect insurance companies and fuck over the citizenry.

This is what you get for electing them, assholes.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/texas-go...y-victims/

Texas governor may allow insurance companies to short-change Hurricane Harvey victims

An insurance reform bill signed into law by the Republican governor of Texas in May could allow insurance companies to underpay victims of the devastation brought about by Hurricane Harvey.

As Evans notes, “The law reduces the penalties insurance companies can face if they settle claims for too little, and it lessens the chance the companies will have to pay the homeowner’s attorneys fees if the homeowner sues. It also protects individual agents from things like diminished credit scores if they are individually sued.”
More pertinent, in light of the Harvey devastation, the bill includes all weather-related damages including floods, wildfires, hail and hurricanes.
According to Evans, the limitations should come as no surprise, with State Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) warning about the untended consequences of the bill during debate in May.
“I think we will hear from our constituents across the state when we have storms,” Whitmire stated.