[fleagle]

"Of all the slimeball businesses out there, insurance companies are right up there with oil companies and legal firms."

Absolutely. I'm a capitalist, of course, but there are certain businesses that should exist above and beyond simple profit. Other examples, IMHO, include nursing homes and childcare centers.

But I digress, insurance companies are a necessary evil, but that doesn't mean they have to take the "evil" part to heart so strongly...

[TankerKC]

I'm a capitalist, of course, but there are certain businesses that should exist above and beyond simple profit.

Schizophrenia

[ZULU]

I have to agree, they are necessary evils. But apparently they need some control. An insurance company that uses capricious and illogical methods to set rates, like a person's education shouldn't be permitted to do business in a civilized state.

And an insurance company which refuses to underwrite a line of insurance they offer in a particular state when they want to suck up profits on other lines in that state, should likewise be banned from that state.

Pain and suffering litigation should be strictly controlled as well.

The insurance companies and trial court attorneys have played "monkey in the middle" with the American consumer far too long.