Special Report: Lessons Learned from Previous Audit Reports on Insurance under the Public Assistance Program

We identified lessons learned regarding insurance findings and recommendations we reported in previous audit reports. To accomplish our objective, we compiled and summarized reportable issues concerning insurance under the Public Assistance program from our reports issued in fiscal years 2013–2017; analyzed the insurance findings and recommendations in those reports; and quantified the financial significance of those findings. We determined that from fiscal years 2013–2017, DHS OIG issued 37 reports with 40 recommendations totaling $322.1 million in questioned costs for reportable issues pertaining to insurance. These issues included duplicate benefits, insufficient insurance, and misapplied or misallocated insurance proceeds. Because this special report contains no recommendations, no response from FEMA is required.