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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!James_J_Kowalczyk
- From: James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: Cheap Insurance Rates??
- Message-ID: <69728@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 21:27:48 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Nov13.191114.10872@athena.mit.edu>
- <PA_HCL.92Nov14062638@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu>
- <1992Nov15.225846.14021@spdcc.com> <1eav73INNh8@thor.genrad.com>
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- rep@thor.genrad.com (Pete Peterson) writes
- >In article <1992Nov15.225846.14021@spdcc.com> rdonahue@spdcc.com
- > (Bob Donahue) writes:
- >>pa_hcl@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu writes:
- >>>Insurance prices are fixed by the state,
- >>
- >> Sort of true - there are some basal rates fixed by the state.
- >>
- >>>all insurance companies in Mass will have the same rate
- >>
- ...
- >> State Farm will not insure cars in MA (that
- >>can also mean cars *driven* in Mass, even visiting) - State Farm also is
- >>not widely regarded as being scrupulous with claims when they don't
- >>want to be!
- >
- >This is simply NOT TRUE. State Farm insures my '84 300ZX turbo (hopefully
- >I'll be selling it soon) and my '93 Corvette in Massachusetts. My '89
- >Tracer is insured with some bogus company called "Arbella" because I was in
- >a hurry when I registered it and it was easier to go an insurance agent
- >that was 1/4 mile from the dealer than to go to State Farm to get it
- >insured and registered. I will probably switch that one to State Farm
- >also, when my policy next expires (January). I've heard lots of bad
- >reports about AAA and Allstate (probably the worst in the country), but
- >very few adverse reports on State Farm.
-
- State Farm (in Framingham, MA) insures my car, too. When I moved here
- from out of state in 1990, I just transferred my policy. They told me
- that this is the only way they will insure new customers in MA. I assume
- that customers who held policies prior to State Farm deciding not to
- take new customers here are still also covered.
-
- Having only one agent in the entire state might prove to be a hassle
- if I ever file a claim, but so far it has worked out fine.
-
- Jim Kowalczyk James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com
-