Lets say you have more than one insurance policy covering a car. (This is based on a true story!) You have a policy with company A to insure the car. You then take out a policy with company B. And…
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Do Not Burn Your Own Car
Apparently, due to high gas prices, some people are burning their own cars. This would be a bad thing to do. Burning your own car is insurance fraud. It is a felony in California. If you cannot afford your car,…
Who Owns The Car After A Claim?
Someone reported that they had their car stolen. The insurance company was processing the claim when the police called and the car was found. Who owns the car now? This is an interesting question. If the insurance company had just…
Insurance Fraud – Again!!!!!!
This is a story that really annoys me. An attorney has been accused of insurance fraud. He was, allegedly, the mastermind behind an insurance fraud operation that would recruit people to get into accidents. Apparently, some of these people were…
Questions to Ask Your Insurance Company Before You Rent a Car
The general rule is that your insurance company will provide you coverage when you rent a car on your vacation. However, its a general rule, and does not apply to every policy. But, if your policy covers you, you will…
A Website Everyone Should Go Read
Its not often that I openly plug an organization, and I can only think of one other that I have plugged, the CPCU Society, but here is another one. United Policyholders is a group who attempts to educate the public…
Insurance Companies Want to Use Computers to Monitor Your Driving
The insurance companies, in their effort to boost their bottom line, are now asking people to install computers in their cars that will track their driving patterns. The insurance companies argue that this will allow them to determine who is…
High School Students and Auto Insurance
The California Department of Insurance has issued a press release. This time they are tackling something useful: high school students and auto insurance. One day per semester, including summer school, I go to one of the local high schools and…
3 Myths about Insurance
MSN has a great article about insurance myths. Here are their 3 top insurance myths: Your benefits should be equal to your premium payments Insurance should cover events that are likely to happen Insurance is a rip-off, so you should…
Who to insure with?
I was reading through Google groups (which can be fun reading!) today and there was a discussion about what insurance company people should get. One person was looking for insurance and others were chiming in with their opinions. The answer…