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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
Tue May 24, 2016, 10:23 PM May 2016

Is anybody watching the Frontline show on PBS

about how insurance companies have been ripping off people whose homes were destroyed in Hurricane Sandy? The insurance companies have been fraudulently changing engineering reports to state there was no damage when the engineers who actually inspected the property said there was damage.

The people are getting screwed again.

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Is anybody watching the Frontline show on PBS (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 OP
Didn't they stop paying claims after Katrina as well? d_legendary1 May 2016 #1
yes canichelouis May 2016 #2
IMO the insurance industry LiberalElite May 2016 #3
Wal-mart cashiers as case workers. SMC22307 May 2016 #4
I think when the revolution comes, insurance executives and professional conservative media Doctor_J May 2016 #5
Not as bad as the bankers...n/t Moostache May 2016 #14
Is Ken Feinberg involved? nt OnyxCollie May 2016 #6
60 Minutes did a segment on the insurance fraud too. Archae May 2016 #7
Those who have missed it elmac May 2016 #8
Saw part of it. elleng May 2016 #9
They need to go to jail. nt silvershadow May 2016 #10
A large scale version of what happens all the time bhikkhu May 2016 #11
K&R ReRe May 2016 #12
The most dishonest, unethical people in America are ... nikto May 2016 #13
It's here Marty McGraw May 2016 #15

SMC22307

(8,088 posts)
4. Wal-mart cashiers as case workers.
Tue May 24, 2016, 10:50 PM
May 2016

Elevated homes, sea-level homes, empty lots... it looks really junky and disjointed.

"Mistakes were made."

"At the end of the day..."

30% profit margin to insurance companies.

Ugh.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
5. I think when the revolution comes, insurance executives and professional conservative media
Tue May 24, 2016, 11:13 PM
May 2016

mouths are going to have it particularly rough.

Archae

(46,262 posts)
7. 60 Minutes did a segment on the insurance fraud too.
Wed May 25, 2016, 12:08 AM
May 2016

The changed reports.
I have no doubt this Frontline will be more detailed, since Frontline usually is.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
8. Those who have missed it
Wed May 25, 2016, 12:24 AM
May 2016

can watch it on the PBS site or on ROKU with the PBS app. May need to wait a day or 2 after the broadcast.

bhikkhu

(10,708 posts)
11. A large scale version of what happens all the time
Wed May 25, 2016, 12:58 AM
May 2016

I went through something similar when we had a house fire, dealing with the insurance company for three years afterward. Its always best to remember they are corporations, designed to make a profit for their shareholders. Paying claims is the opposite of making a profit, so they avoid it and minimize it whenever possible, however friendly they might appear in their commercials. The main thing to keep in mind is that, in the end, you have a legally binding contract, and involving a lawyer (or the threat of a lawyer) usually leads to better behavior on their part.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
12. K&R
Wed May 25, 2016, 12:58 AM
May 2016

It's a damn shame, isn't it? You make your payments, every year, on time, no late payments, cause you know if you don't they will cancel you within 24 yours. When the storm comes, the insurance companies are slower than molasses and sometimes never complete the process.

"Oh well, that's good ole Capitalism for you. We can just start all over again."

Did Christie ever get his citizens caught up yet after H.Sandy? When is someone going to tell HIM to sit down and shut up?

And no, I didn't catch it. Will look it up on PBS this weekend and watch it.

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