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Re: Insurance

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From: dye
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:30
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In article <MPG.29acfab26a35ff049897ef@news.speakeasy.net>,
Mark Anderson  <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote:
>I realize no one reads this group so I'll vent on a stupid State Farm 
>commercial.  If Jerry keeps running into his house because he's an 
>idiot, it's not Jerry who would drop his insurance, it would be State 
>Farm who would drop him.  But the commercial suggests otherwise.
>
>The State Farm radio commercials are the most devious I have heard in 
>awhile.

After my garage fire, I joined most everyone else in the neighborhood
and had my roof repaired after a very bad hailstorm last year.

SF dropped me.

The first in the pile of "change your insurance to ours" junk mail
was Allstate.  I called the local agent, who after a quick look
on the computer said "sorry, can't cover you".

Weeks later, a letter arrived "including information from LexisNexis..."

LexisNexis will give its information to anyone who can prove their
name/address for free, so I did.

It is scary how much information they had, including all car/auto
insurance claims, every address/PO box I have had since college,
every work address, etc.

I wonder if their "opt-out" really works.

https://personalreports.lexisnexis.com/access_your_personal_information.jsp


--Ken

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Ken R. Dye                               an optimist is a guy             |
Chicago, Illinois                        that has never had               |
http://dye.datsun510.com/index1.html     much experience                  |
dye1146 at g mail dot com                                    archy        |
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