<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">My premiums jumped 20% in '02, but since then have been +/- 5% .  This year they went down a little.  Never filed a claim.  The year they went way up, I shopped around a little, but couldn't find anything remotely as reasonable, or with as broad a coverage.  YMMV.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Mike Spalding RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=DBee840388@aol.com href="mailto:DBee840388@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 8/12/2005 2:37:37 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Safeco business insurance</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/12/2005 1:15:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, Piannaman@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I got a quote from them that has me looking for competing bids.<BR>Andrew<BR>At 04:53 PM 8/11/2005, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>To the list:  Just got a renewal notice from Safeco that my insurance will be raised 32% for the upcoming year!! Has anybody else encountered something like this?  <BR> <BR>Don Bee, Sr., RPT<BR>Chicago Chapter</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>My rates have gone up a bit, too.  I find it curious, and it got me wondering:  how many people have actually filed claims with Safeco?  Anybody on this list?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I, for one, have never filed a claim.  I have it for the same reason I have medical insurance:  catastrophic occurence!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Of course, if I were to cancel my policy, I'd have a Fazioli action fall off of my workbench...:-)  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I may be mistaken, but it seems as though the rate increase is due to whatever restructuring or sale took place when the Potter, Leonard name went away.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Dave  -  I've been with Safeco for years now and have never filed a claim (knock on you-know-what).  Thinking seriously about not renewing.  Don Bee</DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>