Texas Lawmaker Wants Probe into Windstorm Insurance Association Emails

Monday, December 23rd, 2013 Litigation Property Risk Management

A Texas lawmaker has called for an investigation into racist emails uncovered within the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, which acknowledged in court that bigotry could have influenced a claim filed by a predominantly Hispanic school district. The racist emails surfaced in a lawsuit brought by the Brownsville school district over unpaid damage from a 2008 hurricane, heaping more negative attention on a quasi-governmental agency beset recently by financial troubles.

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http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2013/12/23/315198.htm

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