* * * * *
The Universal Sense of Humor
A few weeks ago I received a check for a considerable sum of money. It wasn't
from a company that I recognized and there was nothing within to indicate
what it might be for, I assumed it had something to do with the sale of Condo
Conner [1]. I of course deposited the check and forgot all about it.
Until today.
Found out that my car insurance was cancelled (and today was the last day of
coverage) and that the check I received some weeks ago was the balance
remaining on my now cancelled insurance. In talking with my insurance agent
it turns out my account was cancelled because of a speeding ticket I received
in April of 2001.
Which, if you do the math, is over one and a half years ago!
Seems they took exception to a speeding ticket at 18 miles per hour over the
posted limit over one and a half years ago with no tickets since and felt
they no longer needed my business.
Okay.
I'll skip the rants about the racket known as “insurance.”
Now, last week I received in the mail (postal mail, not e-mail) notification
that I am potential “Settlement Class member” of a class action suit against
my previous car insurance company and that if I elect to participate and that
insurance company loses the suit, I get back $10 per six-month policy period
(which for me, would mean a whopping $20—woo hoo).
Guess who's the only insurance company that gave me a quote?
The universe has a bizarre sense of humor.
[1]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/08/08.1
Email author at
[email protected]
