During a rain storm a huge limb from my neighbor's tree fell on my privacy fence, breaking it and knocking down a large limb from my own tree, covering up about half of my garden. My neighbor called his insurance company, American Family, and was told that they would look at it right away. Five days later they still hadn't come, so we gave them a call.
The agent, Robert Redmond, said there was no need to come to look because it was an act of God and, therefore, not his insurance company's problem. I asked him how he and his company knew God's will. He changed his tune and said it was an act of nature. Duh! Isn't that what insurance is supposed to cover?
Also, how did the agent know God did it if he didn't even come to look? I guess God speaks directly to insurance agents in these cases. How do insurance companies get away with practicing theology without a license.
Could I go to a priest or a Rabi and get a second opinion? Would it hold up in court if they swore that God didn't do it because he was busy preparing a special place in Hell for liars and cheats at the time so He couldn't possibly be the one knocking the limbs off my neighbor's tree.
As in the case of Katrina victims, insurance companies have been using this lame Act of God excuse to screw people out of their claims. How can we challenge Insurers to prove that they really know the difference between God's will and an outright accident?
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