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Re: GEICO sucks

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From: David Charlap
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <32347823.41C6@fccc.edu>, Steve Rosen  <SM_Rosen@fccc.edu> wrote:
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>I got a good laugh out of that.  Seems that they can't legally deny
>insuring people in Philadelphia, but if they make the rates high
>enough....

They weren't allowed to do this in New Jersey either.  They responded
by leaving the state.  And they did it in a way that caused maximal
damage to their customers.

They left the state without warning.  Anybody holding a policy from
them had it summarily cancelled when they left.  It then went on these
people's records that they had their auto insurance cancelled, so no
other company would issue them new policies.  They forced thousands of
good drivers into the state's "JUA" pool (same as other states'
assigned risk pools.)

For this reason alone, I wish every executive of GEICO corporation
would suffer a massive and painful stroke.

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From: david@visix.com (David Charlap)
Subject: Re: GEICO sucks
Date: 1996/09/12
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