Household Insurance

[T.H. Oughts]

I got my renewl on my insurance today. I noticed they have now added that they will not pay for a new computer if it is killed by a virus, worm or any other similar....

 

[Debbie]

Damn but if my computer got a virus and completely crashed?

OOOOPs I was shifting it and tripped over the cat.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

OOOOPs I was shifting it and tripped over the cat.

Well yeah, that's what I was thinking. Are they for every computer that is claimed on, going to checked it for a virus?????


The bridge on my glasses broke from general wear and tear a couple of years ago. I rang to see if it was covered. The phone operater said to me once I had asked the question, "Umm Mrs Oughts did you just say your glasses fell off when bending over the check the letterbox. Yes we can replace your glasses for that."

I tell ya...... when they start telling you the scam lines to use.

 

[Debbie]

LMAO My sister works for an insurance
company. 0 800 no. For claims and enquiries. Probably was her,
with her "goddamn I am bored monotone voice" as she thinks what she wants for lunch!

 

[Jessie]

My dad works for an insurance company. He's a Senior Clamis Rep. for Farmer's Insurance. Poor guy...has to deal with assholes all day long. No wonder he's so weird...no wonder I'm so weird. Tee hee hee.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

LMAO My sister works for an insurance
company. 0 800 no. For claims and enquiries. Probably was her,
with her "goddamn I am bored monotone voice" as she thinks what she wants for lunch!

LOL, someone gotta do the job

A friend used to be a claims officer for a company. One of the staff had excepted a claim and was just waiting for her to rubber stamp it. But once my friend had a quick read through he realised there was enough bed linen claimed stolen off the washing line for 5 households not one, lol. The first clerk had not picked that up......

 

[Lost Cause]

I'd check with your local computer whiz store. They might know of a company that carries such insurance. To me, I consider a virus or worm to be vandalism! Sounds like your trusty, dusty, insurance company hasn't adjusted for the twenty-first century! Might for a hobby, look for another carrier. *** Worst case scenario, if you crash due to a virus, ..er...the leg gave out on your desk, and the computer fell, knocking out your hard drive...yeah...that's the ticket......fell...yeah! Good Luck!

 

[T.H. Oughts]

My dad works for an insurance company. He's a Senior Clamis Rep.

Yeah but imagine the funny stories he gets to tell at dinner parties about people trying to pull the wool over their eyes.

 

[Jessie]

Oh totally. I know *all* the good ones....like the time a friend of his went out to this guys house to investigate a fire...Long story short, the guy had his daughter flushing evidence down the toilet, and when the insurance rep. caught the guy flushing it, the guy threatened to use Kung Fu on him...complete with Praying Mantis poses.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

Worst case scenario, if you crash due to a virus, ..er...the leg gave out on your desk, and the computer fell, knocking out your hard drive...yeah...that's the ticket......fell...yeah! Good Luck!

True, but the chances are unless you have full replacement policy a computer, if it's more than a year old it is not worth claiming on for the $50 you might get back.

 

[Debbie]

Yeah but imagine the funny stories he gets to tell at dinner parties about people trying to pull the wool over their eyes.

I hear you there! LMAO My sister never repeats what happens at work but I do get FWD plenty of emails full of snippets of funny past claims. No names, no identifying comments at all but damn some of the claims are so funny! From all over the world. LOL Insurance claims.

"I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment."

"Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have."

"The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intention."

"I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way."

"I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car."

"I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident."

"I drove my truck under a bridge, and it didn't fit."

"I was on the way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident."

"As I approached an intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident."

"My car was legally parked as it backed into another vehicle."

"An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished."

"I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull."

 

[Jessie]

LOL

Ha! Those are some top-quality ones, Deb.