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Group: Geico Insurance Rates 'Very Unfair'
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| 3/20/06
Posted on 03/20/2006 5:25:49 PM PST by mathprof
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To: R. Scott
ROTFL!!!!! Thanks for the visual. That'd be a great campaign photo.
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posted on
03/21/2006 7:00:48 AM PST
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: mathprof
All other insurance carriers didn't suddenly go belly-up, did they? Is GEICO a monopoly now?
I heard that they also *gasp* use age and driving history as weighing criteria too! The cads!
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posted on
03/21/2006 7:05:18 AM PST
by
Doohickey
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
To: mathprof
I used to have Geico until 21st beat them. Geico, on a whole was a great company to deal with but they couldn't beat 21st and they even said so.
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posted on
03/21/2006 7:07:02 AM PST
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
To: PhiKapMom
I think GEICO's service is excellent as well. In two accidents in the past year that were not my fault, GEICO gave me the option of settling with the other driver's insurance myself, or letting them handle it. The choice is was obvious, and in both cases I got a check for my deductible back within a month.
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posted on
03/21/2006 7:09:52 AM PST
by
Doohickey
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
To: clintonh8r
Exactly. People that tell Gieco how to prepare it's actuary tables ought to be legally required to pay 10% of the cost every time Gieco gets made to eat a claim and receive 10% of the proceeds when Gieco gets a premium. Run this experiment for about a year, and they will be much more interested in having the math guys, not the "social justice" advocates do up the actuary tables.
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posted on
03/21/2006 8:55:39 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
("Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don't throw them at me. - W. Sultan)
To: steve-b
Most likely, people with high credit scores are more likely to pay middling damages out of pocket rather than submit claims
People with higher deductibles are. I'm still unconvinced about the fairness of using credit scores in the auto insurance rate calculation.
To: Spirochete
Credit scores are partially dependent on individual judgment and decision making. So is driving. I see no problem with it from a logic standpoint.
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posted on
03/21/2006 8:58:39 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
("Brother, you can believe in stones, as long as you don't throw them at me. - W. Sultan)
To: George from New England
"What crime would I be commiting IF I LIED about my education on a Geico application?"
Since insurance is usually regulated by the states [McCarran-Ferguson act], it probably wouldn't be a federal crime. The problem is when you try to collect, and they use your false statement as a basis for denying your claim.
"I doubt that they can verify your education claims."
Well of course they can't verify your education claims if they are false. They could prove them false, though. The real question is whether they would bother. If they did, the truth would come out real fast.
To: Warren_Piece
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posted on
03/21/2006 9:26:03 AM PST
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: mathprof
It's the law of large numbers, people! Every insurance company uses these rating factors, no matter what they say. If the actuaries find that people with Bachelor's degrees get into less accidents and get less tickets than someone with a high school education - guess what?!? They're getting lower rates. That's life. (I'm an insurance sales agent for one of the biggest companies in the world, so yes, I know what I'm talking about!)
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posted on
03/21/2006 9:28:38 AM PST
by
arizonarachel
(wear our the cats? 2-24-06)
To: Indy Pendance
A product whose purchase is mandated by the government is hardly an example of capitalism.
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posted on
03/21/2006 9:29:44 AM PST
by
flada
(Posting in a manner reminiscent of Jen-gis Kahn.)
To: mathprof
Heh. Wouldn't that include your "good student" discount, State Farm, Allstate policyholders with teenagers?
To: birbear
As bad as their commercials are, they aren't blatantly insulting and sexist like Progressive.
To: GarySpFc
![](http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/TacoBell.gif)
Same ad agency. Similar idea. Word has it (perhaps urban legend), the brainchilds for Taco Bell's ad came up with the idea at the end of their wits. They were sitting at a cafe and they saw a chihuahua walk by. The rest is history.
PS. They left Taco Bell and demanded that they have full rights to the animal. It is illegal for Taco Bell to show the chihuahua in any form.
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posted on
03/21/2006 9:40:50 AM PST
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: mathprof
Why should low risk drivers subsidize the insurance of high risk drivers?
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posted on
03/21/2006 9:46:44 AM PST
by
Spiff
("They start yelling, 'Murderer!' 'Traitor!' They call me by name." - Gael Murphy, Code Pink leader)
To: billbears
Pay attention to the subtleties in the gecko's body language.
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posted on
03/21/2006 9:53:00 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Doohickey
Geico will call you back and make sure the repairs were done satisfactorily.
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posted on
03/21/2006 10:14:41 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Liberator
I just saved $1,200 and also had Farmers.
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posted on
03/21/2006 10:18:56 AM PST
by
Busywhiskers
(Democrats est delinda.)
To: George from New England
What crime would I be commiting IF I LIED about my education on a Geico application?
Fraud
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posted on
03/21/2006 10:19:52 AM PST
by
Busywhiskers
(Democrats est delinda.)
To: Old Professer
Well I called out of curiousity. They only offer liability for motorcycle insurance here in NC. Which sort of defeats the main purpose for motorcycle insurance if you ask me.
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posted on
03/21/2006 10:37:47 AM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
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