Re: Fw: The good hands people need a lesson in ethics

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Barbara I would love to tell you what I think. The

reason I found is because of my

insurance company completely mishandling my claim.

Thank God for your chat group and

www.insurancejustice.com without groups like that I

would never have been able to cope. The information

is so helpful. I had no idea about mold but relied on

the expert adjuster to handle my claim. Because of

the way he handled the claim I now have stachybotrys.

I now am faced with employee health problems along

with my own. Not to mention walking away from my

business. I agree with you on boycotting these

companies. I am not sure I agree it hurts them since

they have more money than oil companies. The best

defense you and I have is knowledge. Sharing cases

and information only hurts them. I filed my first

lawsuit one year from the accident on Friday. There

will be more to come maybe crimminal charges. The

information has been gathered from the internet.

Thank you all for sharing. Sorry for the soap box.

Sheila

--- bherk <bherk@...> wrote:

> oops - good neighbors or in good hands - they all

> blend together. guess I

> need to get a piece of the rock or become more

> progressive.

>

> I wish I could answer that question - why they do

> this. Especially after

> that expose about their use of nonmedical people to

> deny claims from their

> policyholders for medical benefits. They are paying

> out millions in

> lawsuits following the stupid axiom Ford made famous

> in the Pinto lawsuits.

> My husband used to work for Allstate as a claims

> adjuster before he went to

> law school and he said at the level he was working

> at, they appeared to be

> an excellent company. They paid claims promptly and

> lived up to the ideals

> of " good faith " - then, they went public and that

> was the beginning of the

> end. No wonder

>

> What they need to do is hire an outside consultant

> to review their

> policies - an objective person to see how it " plays

> in Peoria " who isn't

> afraid to tell them to cut it out before they get

> into trouble. Since Marc

> is the one who wrote the complaint for the

> department of insurance against

> Met Life for ripping off nurses - selling them one

> product and telling them

> it was another - he sees a lot of this type of

> behavior but it used to be

> just the shady fly-by-nights that took the risks

> with their reputation.

> Now, there doesn't appear to be a shred of decency

> between them all. This

> in not okay and we need to write and tell them. Not

> only would I not buy

> their products, I wouldn't buy their stock.

>

> Call me crazy, but even corporations have karma and

> despite what they try

> and tell themselves, they will be held personally

> accountable - one way or

> another. So, what do we want from them - we want

> them to sell the product

> they represent to us - not bait and switch. We want

> them to adjust claims

> fairly and promptly. Can you imagine how much money

> these companies would

> have saved had they taken their duty to us seriously

> and warned us years ago

> when they found out about mold.

>

> Every day I get a letter or phone call that tears my

> heart out - people

> having to walk away from everything they have -

> wedding and baby photos,

> heirlooms, things that are precious only to them and

> things of great value.

> Then, when they are at their most vulnerable, most

> miserable, their " good

> neighbor " kicks them to the curb instead of lending

> them a hand. Imagine

> trying to rock your crying child to sleep in a hotel

> - crying because their

> lovie or special binky had to stay behind and having

> your insurance company

> working against you. Some of them even foster or

> reward a corporate culture

> that encourages their claims department to view all

> claims as bogus or

> suspect. Sorry to go ranting on and on but this

> grates on me as I know it

> does on many of you. Tell me what you think.

>

> Barbara

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: <KJac100892@...>

> <bherk@...>

> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 1:14 PM

> Subject: Re: The " good hands people " need a lesson

> in ethics

>

>

> : Right church, wrong pew. These are the " good

> neighbor " people. However,

> the " good hands " people certainly do precisely the

> same thing.

> :

> : I never did get State Farm though. They are a

> mutual company. That is,

> owned by the policyholders. There are no

> shareholders and the policyholders

> only care about their premiums and claims handling.

> So, why do this?

> :

>

>

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