Following the recent tornado, data reveal that nearly 70% of property owners in some parts of north St. Louis are underinsured or uninsured, which alarmed St. Louis NAACP leaders.

The storm’s aftermath and the percentage of people who are uninsured and underinsured often leave them open to neglect and unfair insurance practices, which manifest in predominantly Black communities in the area, said Adolphus Pruitt, president of the NAACP's St. Louis city chapter.

“It is in the best interest of the city and the property owner that they (homeowners) are fully insured, because if they're not and the home is damaged beyond repair, the city will lose residents and its tax base,” Pruitt said. “Whatever that property was worth before the storm definitely is not worth it now, so it's a good inves

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