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- From: lsg001@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Graham Wilson)
- Subject: Re: car insurance scam
- Message-ID: <By6AxI.BDD@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Legal Department - Coventry University
- References: <722097911.3647@minster.york.ac.uk> <BxyM6n.8Aw@eonsw.demon.co.uk> <1992Nov23.124833.16422@edscom.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:29:35 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <1992Nov23.124833.16422@edscom.demon.co.uk> rpt@edscom.demon.co.uk (Richard Tomlinson) writes:
- >In article <BxyM6n.8Aw@eonsw.demon.co.uk> ian@eonsw.demon.co.uk (Ian Leonard) writes:
- >>>Anyone care to join me in hating insurers?
- >>
- >>Yes me. My modem got zapped by lighting. I tried to claim. They are
- >>refusing because although I don't connect to any customers or earn
- >>any money from the modem (I just read the news and a bit of email), I
- >>may read an article which is helpful in my work. It should therefore
- >>be covered by a business policy. They are right in their logic but
- >>the frightening thing is the way they questioned me. They were looking
- >>for an escape and they continued until they found one. This concerns
- >>me because they can use the same tactics to squirm out of something
- >>really important.
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- ** I would seriously consider taking this matter up with the Insurance
- Ombudsman in London.
-
- In every situation where you insure items on non-business grounds
- there is likely to be some overlap with commercial usage. In this
- case it appears to be very small and the insurance company are being
- unreasonable.
-
- Incidentally, what is the name of the insurance company ?
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- * Graham Wilson * lsg001@cck.coventry.ac.uk *
- * LL.B. Law III * Coventry University *
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