From: HOWARD WRIGHT (dvsww2@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 13:05:15 PST
I'm wondering if it is the relationship with the agent that counts. For
years I had Nationwide on my cars and civilian trucks. I bought an m886
ambulance and they wouldn't insure it as it was a commercial vehicle. The
box is stripped out for a cargo hauler. I finally got in touch with a guy
that I shoot with who is a Farmer's agent and he wrote the policy as a 3/4
ton Dodge pickup. They did question the VIN as it did not jive with their
computer profile. As it is liability and medical only rather than
collision, it shouldn't matter. I guess it's bad news to say ambulance
around insurance people> [Original Message]
> From: Baker, George R. - Eastman <grbaker@eastman.com>
> To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Date: 3/21/03 9:41:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] insurance
>
> Like I said in an earlier post State Farm gave me a policy on my Stuart
> tank, I have used them for the last 23 years and have been extremely
> satisfied with. I have had several claims and on everyone the matter was
> settled in less than a week, often within 24 hours. It cost a little more
> but you get what you pay for. Piece of mind is priceless.
>
> GRB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Ehle [mailto:mehle@willard.lib.mi.us]
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Subject: Re: [MV] insurance
>
>
> I have FB but not for much longer. I recently had an accident, called my
> insurance agent, and he was not concerned that I was ok, which I was,
> but that the other party might sue. I had to talk to the other insurance
> company involved (progressive) and they were very relieved-sounding that
> I and the other driver were not hurt, and expressed concern over the
> loss of my truck. I had just paid off the truck, so my insurance was
> bare minimum. Ironic - he made a ton of money on the truck during the
> life of the loan I had on it. You would think that he would have treated
> me better.
>
> Also, our bill would increase dramatically without warning. Full
> coverage on 2 vehicals was up to $200/month. When I would call to find
> out what was up, he would just give me some mumbo jumbo about stuff that
> did not seem to me to have anything to do with my policy. I never made a
> claim with them, and our bill never went down. Always up. He would also
> badger me every time I went to his office in person to buy life insurance.
>
> We would try to insure our dune buggy every year with him. He would say,
> "sure, no problem". Invariably, we would get a call from one of FB's
> underwriters that our dune buggy was "High Risk", and therefore
> uninsurable. He did insure my M35, but even though it is never ever
> used for money, he refused to issue anything but a commercial policy.
>
> When we buy our next vehicle, we will be going with AIG (my wife is a
> teacher) or progressive. FB sucks!
>
> Mark Ehle
> 1970 AMG M35A2
>
>
>
>
> David Cole wrote:
>
> >
> > Speaking of insurance, what is the list experience with Farm Bureau? I
> > have three vehicles with them right now and when I went to have my
> > house refinanced, the refinance guy pulled my credit report and told
> > me that Farm Bureau had done a credit check two weeks prior. It was a
> > red flag for the refinance guy and caused a lot of consternation.
> > Have any of you guys seen the other insurance companies do the same
> > thing? I had my M51 insured with them but they dropped it about 2
> > month later saying it didn't fit their "profile", whatever that
> > means. I'm thinking about dropping them now.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:29:35 -0500, <MVTrucker@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Be very, very careful about insurance, especially JC Taylor. I have
> >> fifteen vehicles on my Taylor policy, all twenty-five years or older.
> >> For years, I recommended Taylor to my truck buyers, but a customer in
> >> CT, contacted Taylor before he came down to get the truck. Taylor
> >> wanted a picture of the truck in a garage. He explained that the
> >> truck was in NJ and they asked why. He told them that he just bought
> >> it and had to go get it. They said: "You will not be covered for the
> >> drive home." Wow! Big time shock. Taylor's application has an area to
> >> enter non-club related miles, implying that you are covered in non-
> >> club use. I don't know the answer.
> >> In NJ, with Historical Vehicle tags, you are prohibited from just
> >> going for a Sunday drive, so if doing so and got in an
> >> accident, Taylor could probably back out because you violated NJ's
> >> law on HMV use. Something to think about.
> >> I went ahead and put regular tags on my deuce, insured it as a
> >> private, non-commercial use truck, pay the higher premium through my
> >> fleet policy carrier and don't have to sweat.
> >> Joe Young
> >>
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