January 06, 2011
By: Carrie Van Brunt
Residents of areas affected by the recent string of tornadoes in Missouri have been filing numerous home insurance claims, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Missouri's biggest home insurer, State Farm, told the newspaper it had received 350 claims from homeowners in and around St. Louis, where the storms struck. Jim Camoriano, a spokesman for the insurance company, added that a tornado produced a different pattern of damage than other natural disasters.
"The storm is unique in that unlike an ice storm that blankets everybody, it is concentrated in various spots, with tornadoes lifting and touching down again," he said.
Residents affected by the storm should be wary of anyone offering cut-rate repairs door-to-door, Camoriano told the paper, pointing out that crooked contractors could simply take up-front payments and run.
A total of seven people were killed in Missouri and neighboring Arkansas by the storms, which occurred just after New Year's Day. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently toured damaged areas, according to the Jefferson City News Tribune.
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