That is a possibility. State Farm is struggling in Florida, and has made it clear they want to leave. My take on this is that as long as they are here they plan on making a profit on people who are not willing to change.
Dan ________________________________ From: Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Sort of - Car Insurance Your agent may experience a lot of customers that are leaving for other companies, knows she can't compete, so she's not putting forth the effort to do so. Brian On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:12 AM, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Just my point. I complained, begged, cajoled, pointed out my loyalty to > State Farm numerous times when setting things up with my former agent down > here. Her only response was to point out how expensive insurance is in > Florida because of the no fault laws and excessive insurance fraud. > > I told her I was going to shop around, so this should not come as a > surprise. > > As for things like the redundant coverage, well, that's her fault for not > asking the right questions or simply not caring. I find it interesting that > the Allstate guy asked me numerous questions about other coverages I had, > such as medical and disability, in order to put this together. He pointed > out at least two instances where I had overlapping or redundant coverages. > I never got those questions from the State Farm agent, just her sympathy > about how hard times are right now... > > Dan > > > ________________________________ > From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:03 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Sort of - Car Insurance > > AFAIK all insurance agents work for commissions. The Allstate guy is > getting nothing from you now, so he'll offer you whatever he can to get > your business. The State Farm guy already has your business, and if he > finds ways to cut your cost he makes less money. Or at least that's how > they might be looking at it. > > Did you ever *ask* your State Farm guy if he could find a way to reduce > your costs? It would be nice if agents were continually doing this > proactively for their clients, but realistically the squeeky wheel is > what gets attention. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
