Judge in whistleblower case demands that the federal government get involved in the case

The federal judge who unsealed a whistleblower case last month about insurance companies overbilling the National Flood Insurance Program is demanding that the U.S. Department of Justice get involved in the case or explain itself. The unusual move comes from U.S. District Court Judge Peter Beer, who unsealed a case in which a group of former insurance adjusters say that they have collected evidence that insurance companies have defrauded taxpayers by overbilling the federal flood program while underpaying claims for Hurricane Katrina wind damage to save the companies money.