You might try thinking about this issue Here's a hint Do car insurance, home owner's insurance, renter's insurance and health insurance "screw" people in the same way?
Which ones are prevented from competing for customers by regulations and tax codes that keep you from shopping for different insurance companies? On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 6:41 PM, coatesmoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is the same situation that is happening worldwide. Globalisation > and American Insurance companies are using tha same tactics worldwide. > The exception is health insurance. Europeans are not suffering like > the good old USA. > > On Jul 24, 9:04 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Zeb, > > > > So then, you are obviously in favor of more restrictive contols over > > corporations by government? This is the SAME industry that has control > > over our health industry NOW! > > > > On Jul 24, 1:46 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The same rules apply in NJ. GOVERNMENT allows this. The same > > > government that some people want to turn our medical system over to. > > > It boggles my mind that people willingly go over this cliff. > > > > > On Jul 24, 2:41 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Little incident happened today that makes me furious and I'll be > > > > damned if I can think of any excuse/justification other than plain > old > > > > fashioned greed on the part of insurance companies. > > > > My oldest son is just now recovering from an extended period of > > > > unemployment bad enough that he had to return a new Jag that he could > > > > no longer afford. I loaned him an old 4-wheel drive I kept for > fishing > > > > trips. I, of course ,had it licensed and insured in my own name. > > > > He recently started a decent job and was going to buy a used Malibu I > > > > loaned him the money to buy. He called the insurance agent he'd had > > > > for years to check on the insurance rate for it and was told he would > > > > have to file what is called an SR-22 and would have to pay high risk > > > > rates, the same as if he'd had multiple chargeable accidents, moving > > > > violations and/or even a DUI! Why, he quite reasonably asked. He was > > > > told it was because he had not had auto insurance for more than 6 > > > > consecutive months. That's it! > > > > He had been driving with the same driver's license, had received no > > > > tickets, no accidents, no nothing. So far as his actions as a safe > > > > driver were concerned nothing whatsoever had changed. Why would > > > > someone who did not own a car have auto insurance? > > > > Conveniently, for the insurance companies, it is state law in > Missouri > > > > than one MUST have auto insurance. You can't even get your car > > > > licensed w/o showing proof of insurance and getting caught driving > w/o > > > > adequate insurance is a minimum of a $500.00 fine and the threat of > > > > having your driver's license suspended. > > > > > > Looks to me like a simple case of the insurance industry saying > "well, > > > > we are fucking you just because we can and there's not a damned thing > > > > you can do about it". How many people in today's economy are getting > > > > royally screwed like this I have to wonder?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
