tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post6147987377904413106..comments2024-03-28T14:01:51.325+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: ExtortionYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84318496768976822662019-04-24T20:56:44.645+01:002019-04-24T20:56:44.645+01:00I have to have flood insurance, living where I do....I have to have flood insurance, living where I do. In five years it had gone from $1500 to $3600. It's a national program, but you go through a private company. The agent at Farmer's insurance said, "Oh, I don't make any money on that, the government keeps raising it." So I cancelled and had no insurance for a year. Then I contacted a Farm Bureau insurance company. They said the basic rate is actually $1700, and said the agent had been raising the rates for her own profit. For three years now it has stayed at $1700. So yes, dishonesty abounds.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77783957734015955512019-04-24T01:09:17.017+01:002019-04-24T01:09:17.017+01:00Yes, costs do seem to increase when the insured ha...Yes, costs do seem to increase when the insured hasn't changed or made a claim and the same happened to us with our auto insurance. A call to ask "why? resulted in the rate being dropped down to what we had been paying. I suspect the same will happen when our renters insurance policy comes due as it's with the same company. Every year, I have a similar "discussion" with the satellite radio service we use in both our cars - it goes up, I call, and then I get offered a "better" rate which is lower than the previous one, but still a bit higher than the last year, which I would expect...slight increase is preferable to huge jump.<br />Sadly, you have been spammed by Mumbai Escorts, which is happening to a lot of fellow bloggers. My advice is to mark it as spam. This makes the comment be deleted from your comments log vs. deleting it which shows that the comment has been deleted. I wrote about these unscrupulous spammers just recently after being spammed a dozen times overnight and mostly on earlier posts. I check comments on a daily basis and as necessary mark as spam immediately.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-27376885432466494682019-04-19T20:58:27.371+01:002019-04-19T20:58:27.371+01:00We recently missed our house and contents insuranc...We recently missed our house and contents insurance renewal by accident. When we discovered our error and my husband went in to renew he was given a much lower quote for the next year's premium as it was treated as new business!JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31526354519472675072019-04-19T11:02:32.132+01:002019-04-19T11:02:32.132+01:00Reading this has just reminded me, I need to ring ...Reading this has just reminded me, I need to ring up about Toby's insurance, which they have decided to raise by £50 this year.Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88440737624702127472019-04-19T08:23:56.235+01:002019-04-19T08:23:56.235+01:00Two of my clients are insurance companies. I would...Two of my clients are insurance companies. I would not go for a contract with them, as I know how they work, how they treat their employees and their customers. But I fear the others aren't much better.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-631560229362808252019-04-19T07:35:56.284+01:002019-04-19T07:35:56.284+01:00Adrian, thanks you so much for your comment. I am ...Adrian, thanks you so much for your comment. I am back and getting well :)))Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988802569095580501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79803794644987740722019-04-19T07:35:11.343+01:002019-04-19T07:35:11.343+01:00All companies especially finance and insurance sol...All companies especially finance and insurance solely exist to churn out a profit, they come up with all sorts of legally permissible and sometime illegal practices to increase revenues. It shouldnt be the case but unfortunately it is so :))Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988802569095580501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51928571495991499142019-04-19T00:03:25.668+01:002019-04-19T00:03:25.668+01:00We haven't had this problem here . . . yet . ....We haven't had this problem here . . . yet . . . but now I will heed your warning. Good for you for getting those charges lowered.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72987516904717886192019-04-18T22:30:10.371+01:002019-04-18T22:30:10.371+01:00The same has happened to me several times with sev...The same has happened to me several times with several several companies for car,house and plumbing insurance. The premiums have doubled from one year to the next sometimes by hundreds of pounds. When I have then rung them to cancel my policy, suddenly they can offer me a premium at the old price. I have great delight in telling them to stick it where the sun don't shine. I then go on the comparison websites and get it much much cheaper. This needs to be investigated if it is happening on such a large scale.<br />ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8316762897868456152019-04-18T16:36:56.800+01:002019-04-18T16:36:56.800+01:00Insurance is a nightmare. I dealt with it in the s...Insurance is a nightmare. I dealt with it in the states, but here, since we don't own our house, we don't even have insurance -- honestly if the whole place burned down we'd be able to replace what we need more cheaply than paying for insurance over a period of years. We just don't have much stuff, and most of our furniture we got used. (And no Clint, so that eliminates car insurance!)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55665280877904896022019-04-18T14:42:25.618+01:002019-04-18T14:42:25.618+01:00My husband is a master of getting rates lowered. I...My husband is a master of getting rates lowered. I imagine he's saved us thousands over the years doing this. I think he enjoys it. Not just the saving part, the talking part. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12052670174121955192019-04-18T14:08:42.389+01:002019-04-18T14:08:42.389+01:00This one particular Cable/Internet provider (who h...This one particular Cable/Internet provider (who have a bit of a monopoly) are roundly hated by most of us!Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2431047995600211112019-04-18T09:55:45.105+01:002019-04-18T09:55:45.105+01:00Correct Mr Dunham. That is exactly what I did with...Correct Mr Dunham. That is exactly what I did with regard to the car insurance. Crazy!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14862675442890186262019-04-18T09:52:53.965+01:002019-04-18T09:52:53.965+01:00You can even play off two particular UK insurance ...You can even play off two particular UK insurance companies against each other - the one with the bulldog and the one with the red phone - despite them both being under the same ownership and using exactly the same software and documents. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23977830302771350222019-04-18T09:17:45.802+01:002019-04-18T09:17:45.802+01:00Maybe the "trick" I referred to is not a...Maybe the "trick" I referred to is not as widespread over there in the D.S.T. (Divided States of Trump).Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4453128898833082842019-04-18T09:15:16.568+01:002019-04-18T09:15:16.568+01:00Have you been bumping into other folks' cars d...Have you been bumping into other folks' cars down at the supermarket?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54874663429791577652019-04-18T09:13:45.609+01:002019-04-18T09:13:45.609+01:00I thought that The Mafia had been rooted out in Th...I thought that The Mafia had been rooted out in The States.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54795447050864675122019-04-18T09:12:55.425+01:002019-04-18T09:12:55.425+01:00They were created by The Devil.They were created by The Devil.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-23868446506813045372019-04-18T09:12:09.219+01:002019-04-18T09:12:09.219+01:00What it is a guy called Bill Catrina? Bill Cosby? ...What it is a guy called Bill Catrina? Bill Cosby? Bill Clinton?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84672100043907703952019-04-18T09:10:30.936+01:002019-04-18T09:10:30.936+01:00In a perverse way, it's comforting to learn th...In a perverse way, it's comforting to learn that this underhand practice also happens in Canada.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3987534400362615912019-04-18T09:09:00.375+01:002019-04-18T09:09:00.375+01:00They seem to laugh at loyalty.They seem to laugh at loyalty.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81249067476075989102019-04-18T02:37:24.593+01:002019-04-18T02:37:24.593+01:00Around here extortion and inflation are the same t...Around here extortion and inflation are the same thing. Complaining, politely or not, does not seem to help. These days the world revolves around money and many of us are pushed to the edge because of that.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19191100636431588112019-04-18T01:57:15.105+01:002019-04-18T01:57:15.105+01:00My car insurance went up 47% The Micro manager did...My car insurance went up 47% The Micro manager did some high pitched complaining. Usually like your case they would find some way of partial reduction. Not this time.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25815301725397151562019-04-18T01:43:03.436+01:002019-04-18T01:43:03.436+01:00In the US insurance companies have to deal with th...In the US insurance companies have to deal with the insurance commissioner in each state. But he is and elected official whose campaign was likely paid for by the insurance companies. It is officially condoned extortion.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73569669455390922262019-04-18T01:37:39.984+01:002019-04-18T01:37:39.984+01:00On the subject of stones and rocks...which we were...On the subject of stones and rocks...which we were in your previous post....I think insurance companies, worldwide, are cast with the same stone!<br /><br />It's prudent for one to be vigilant, alert and read the very small print when it comes to insurance companies.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com