[laotzu]

Of all the slimeball businesses out there, insurance companies are right up there...

The overwhelming majority of those in the insurance industry are honorable, and honest people.

If insurors are such "slimeballs", why aren't you self-insuring? What kind of person would continually funnel money to "slimeballs"?

It would be so nice, just for one day, to not hear how Americans are scum. You have made it clear that today will not be that day.

[street_lawyer]

"The overwhelming majority of those in the insurance industry are honorable, and honest people."

You can say that about Muslims also. but the ones who are not can sure make up for the good ones.

[Melas]

If insurors are such "slimeballs", why aren't you self-insuring?

Psssst, the only people who can self-insure are those who don't really need the insurance in the first place. I would love to dump my auto insurance and self-insure. The only thing stopping me is couple hundred grand in liquid assets that I could use to post the requisite bonds to legally do so.

[jalisco555]

If insurors are such "slimeballs", why aren't you self-insuring?

While I don't agree with the slimeball characterization the reality is that we have no choice but to get insurance. No bank will write a mortgage to people who don't have homeowner's insurance and most states (I think) require drivers to be insured as well.

[mmichaels1970]

This guy (zulu) hates WalMart too. Pretty anti-capitalism if you ask me. I think he likes to stir things up.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1742735/posts?page=21#21

Allstate works great here in Ohio. Not many Lake Erie hurricanes I guess.

[ZULU]

"The overwhelming majority of those in the insurance industry are honorable, and honest people. "

Excuse me while I recover from laughing.

Insurance comapnies are gamblers who want to bet that the sun is going to come up tomorrow, and get paid for it.

Thanks to insurance companies we have mandatory seat belt laws and a host of regulations and restrictions that never existed a few years ago - but their brothers in conspiracy -the trial court attorneys with their frivolous lawsuits contribute to that too.

[cp124]

The overwhelming majority of those in the insurance industry are honorable, and honest people.

Insurance is a scam.

[lucysmom]

What kind of person would continually funnel money to "slimeballs"?

People who are required for one reason or another to have insurance. Not all of us can afford to self-insure but must have insurance as a condition of a mortgage for instance.