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After the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina, insurance companies refused to pay claims to insurance holders who paid premiums on time and had binding legal contracts. What do you think the impact is to the "image management" that these insurance companies will have to deal with after all of the law suits?

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These companies will have to actually change their names as well as their image because individuals in the areas where this was an issue will not buy insurance from these companies again due to a lack of ...

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