For storm victims fighting their flood-insurance companies, tampered engineering reports may be just the tip of the iceberg.
As a general contractor who specializes in insurance repairs, Larry Steimel with Pequannock-based LA Design and Construction has had a front-row seat to some of the problems people have had rebuilding their homes. The biggest hurdle after Sandy, he says, has been the inflexibility of insurance adjusters when it comes to paying people’s claims.