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<DIV>In a message dated 9/20/2005 8:08:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,
skline@peak.org writes:</DIV>
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=2>At 03:55
AM 9/20/2005 -0700, you wrote:<BR>>I had State Farm for business insura=
nce
for quite a few years, until they <BR>>informed me about 4 years ago th=
at
they were no longer writing policies <BR>>for small businesses like
ours. I have been with Zurich since <BR>>then. Trouble is,
State Farm was about $200/yr. Zurich is $500/yr. I <BR>>hav=
e
not had any luck finding a cheaper alternative.<BR>><BR>>Mark
Potter<BR><BR><BR>They've always been economical for me, too, and I never =
had
any trouble <BR>with claims. The problem is, after Katrina (now possibly
compounded by <BR>Rita) any national insurance company will have such a
crushing load of <BR>claims that all rates will probably have to go throug=
h
the roof. Not their <BR>fault.<BR><BR>Susan<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Not to mention they'll take a long time to process. I have a towi=
ng
claim in right now--wife's car's timing chain slipped and ate some valves.&n=
bsp;
I think it will be a while more yet before I see a check for that. But=
it's a really minor inconvenience compared to what many people are going
through.</DIV>
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<DIV>A real test of the company's quality will be how well they proces =
the
claims of the truly needy.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>