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- From: shekar@bnr.ca (Shekar Benakatti)
- Subject: Re: Can one be denied insurance based on citizenship?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.180336.12495@bnr.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:03:36 GMT
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- In article <92356.085639RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
- >In article <1h0aq4INNoie@uwm.edu>, fino@point.cs.uwm.edu (Alexander Finogenov)
- >says:
- >>
- >>: shekar@bnr.ca (Shekar Benakatti) writes:
- >>:
- >>: >I was recently denied Insurance because I am not a citizen
- >>: >of USA, but a permanent resident. I have been informed that
- >>: >they cannot legally do this to a permanent resident just
- >>: >because he is not a citizen. Does anyone know what I can
- >>: >do? The insurance company is refusing to put this in
- >>: >writing.
- >>:
- >>: >I wonder if one day a grocery store refuses to sell me food
- >>: >because I told them that I am not a citizen?
- >>: >
- >>
- >>Call your state's insurance comissioner office. Tell them about that. But
- >>never use this insurance company...
- >
- >I have to agree, I have insurance buttwipes calling me all the time
- >trying to sell me insurance for this that and the other and not one
- >of them ever asked about citizenship.
- >
- >Perhaps you could offer your insurance commissioner to go in there with
- >a "wire" and sting them. I'm sure something like that could get their
- >license pulled... and they damn well deserve to have it pulled!
- >
- >Certainly don't deal with them, they don't sound too reputable...
- >would you mind telling us who this was? was it a major one or just
- >an insurance broker type?
- >
- >Robert
-
- The Insurance company's name is AMICA and they are rated #1
- by consumer's report!! I did call State board of insurance
- only to be told that it is insurance company's policy and to
- get their reason in writing. I heard GEICO also does this
- kind of thing.
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