Elderly widow files claim after house fire, then loses insurance

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Josephine DiCioccio’s family has called the house on Goethe Street their home for more than 40 years, and they have been faithfully paying their homeowners insurance premiums every month for most of that time.
But that all changed on February 8, after an electrical fire caused extensive damage to their Lovejoy home, and Josephine filed a claim with her insurance carrier to cover the repairs—the insurer accused Josephine of trying to inflate her claim and