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Insuring pit bulls, State Farm pays out double the norm for dog attacks
Animals 24-7 ^ | April 8, 2018 | Merritt Clifton

Posted on 04/09/2018 4:35:00 PM PDT by Norski

Policies on other breeds subsidize pit bull owners

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois––State Farm, both the leading U.S. property-and-casualty insurance company and among the few that cover pit bulls, paid out a record $132 million in 2017 to settle dog attack claims.

State Farm released this information in a prepared statement recognizing Dog Bite Prevention Week 2018, April 8-14.

The State Farm payout appears to have been nearly twice as much as if . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at animals24-7.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: attack; chet99; dog; insurance; pit; pitbull
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1 posted on 04/09/2018 4:35:00 PM PDT by Norski
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To: Norski

Does Chet99 know this?...


2 posted on 04/09/2018 4:37:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Someone pinged him on the other thread that was pulled. I very vaguely remember some hooraw years ago about him, but have not seen a post by him for a very long time. Still active?


3 posted on 04/09/2018 4:40:14 PM PDT by Norski
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To: Norski

Someone on the State Farm board of directors must be a Pit Bull owner, or wishes to be one. There is no other reason for this money losing arrangement.


4 posted on 04/09/2018 4:47:22 PM PDT by lee martell
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Well, I believe that one should always follow the money.
I don’t have any idea how many directors the board of this insurance company has, but statistically, if they own 100 dogs collectively, 6 of them will be pit bulls.


5 posted on 04/09/2018 4:55:34 PM PDT by Norski
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To: lee martell

yes but I wouldn’t worry too much about Snake Farm.
trying to collect legitimate claims from them can be like trying to get HilLIARy to just STFU


6 posted on 04/09/2018 5:07:04 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

“Snake Farm”!! Lol.


7 posted on 04/09/2018 5:20:43 PM PDT by lee martell
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