Thousands of homeowners who think they were lowballed by flood insurers after Superstorm Sandy should keep an eye on their mailboxes next month, although for most it likely will be a longer wait for justice.

Executives at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which underwrites nearly all flood insurance policies in the U.S., divulged details about the still-forming review process during the first meeting of the Sandy Task Force, a committee that includes U.S. senators from New Jersey and New York

FEMA head Craig Fugate said Tuesday the plan is to start first with the claims where an engineering review was performed by any firm that has been tied to some of the questionable actions that have come to light in recent months. After that will be policyholders whose insurer had a structural inspection performed by any other firm; then, finally, anybody else whose policy was paid out below policy limits.

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