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- LETTERS, Page 4Coverage by the Tankful
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- As an insurance underwriter, I agree with Andrew Tobias'
- assessment that the auto-insurance industry needs to become
- more equitable (BUSINESS, Feb. 27). I take exception, however,
- to the term "wasted money," used to describe the 40% of the
- insurance dollar that goes for administration and sales. Most
- of that money pays the wages of hardworking men and women. The
- average salary for those of us in the insurance industry is
- about $25,500. We are hardly the stereotypical fat cats of
- American society.
-
- Paul Anthony Robb Sacramento
-
- I like Tobias' idea of paying for insurance at the gas pump
- through a 50 cents-per-gal. premium. Let's have more creative
- thought like this, concentrating on finding new solutions to
- old problems. In this spending society, we need to rethink
- savings in every area of our lives.
-
- Barbara Rudd Roanoke, Va.
-
- True no-fault is a great way to streamline our
- auto-insurance system and get more money to injured victims
- faster. Every state should have had it years ago. But your plan
- to pay for the costs of accidents by a surcharge at the gas pump
- is flawed. You cite a savings in selling and administrative
- costs but ignore the expenses that would be involved in
- collecting and dispersing these additional gasoline taxes.
-
- Mechlin D. Moore, President Insurance Information
- Institute New York City
-