Farmers Insurance is at it again! Yep, good old Farmers. Farmers, apparently, “Gets you back where you belong.” Well, maybe it should be “Gets in you the back all along.” (Hmmm….anyone see a future career writing jingles? I have a…
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The Health Insurance Crisis
Now, it is not often that I get political. And, it is not often that I post cartoons, but today seemed like a good day. Why? Because I received two today. The first, found here, Download new_yorker_cartoon.pdf, is a cartoon…
Allstate Barred in Florida
WOW! Okay, I get that businesses make business decisions based on what they think will happen in the future. (Exhibit A: Ford and the Pinto) But, Allstate has taken bad business decisions to a whole new level. First, it refused…
Don’t Drink and Drive
It is amazing that this has to be said every year. But, new statistics show that the number of people arrested for DUI in California over the holidays is up. The Sacramento Bee is reporting these numbers. I think the…
Don’t Fall for the Jury Duty Scam
A new scam is making its way around and it involves the legal system. Con artists are calling people and telling them that they have missed jury duty. In order to avoid getting arrested, you are told that you have…
Kentucky Jury Deciding McDonald’s Strip Search Case
Fascinating story out of Kentucky. An 18 year old McDonald’s employee claims she was made to strip when a caller identified himself as a police officer. The call was a hoax. The employee blames McDonald’s for not telling employees that…
10 Things Insurers Can Do To Keep Customers
I have recently had two clients pull their insurance from their insurer and place it with a different company. Both clients were very dissatisfied with the service they received for the payment of their cars and their medical bills. (Both…
Refunds from Farmers Insurance
Farmers’ Insurance has agreed to refunds for its horrible “Use it or Lose it” program. A blurb: Farmers Insurance Group has agreed to pay $3.4 million in fines and customer refunds to settle complaints that the insurer unjustly raised premiums…
Interesting New Read
If you decide you want to handle a case by yourself, and I by no means suggest it, you will get bogged down in legalese. Well, while not quite a dictionary, Party of the First Part by Adam Freedman, does…
How did they do that?
A Boston man pled guilty in a glass eating scheme. Apparently, he and his wife were going to different establishments, eating glass, and then making insurance claims. How do people like this get caught? It really is quite easy. When…