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Tuesday, August 28, 2007Progressive Insurance Spies On Church Groups Progressive Northern Insurance stepped waaaaaay over the line in investigating claims, when its investigation included infiltrating and taping private, church sponsored, support groups where people unrelated to any litigant were confidentially bearing their souls.According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a pair of detectives hired by Progressive became members of the Southside Christian Fellowship Church in August 2005 in order to get damaging information on two church members involved in a 2004 traffic accident. The detectives talked their way into a private support group where members discussed abortions, sexual orientation and drug addiction, and taped the sessions, the newspaper said. The CEO of Progressive then apologized after they were caught red-handed by the newspaper. Under the label of "Insurance Industry" at the right, I have chronicled some of the misconduct in the insurance biz over the last year, but this story has to take the cake. (hat tip to California Personal Injury and Insurance Blog via Bob Kraft's P.I.S.S.D.) Labels: Insurance Industry
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In reference to your articles on Progressive Insurance it is my opinion that the information suggests that the violations committed by Progressive are not isolated incidents but rather Corporate Malfeasance and that Progressive has a long trajectory of such violations as acknowledged by their own employees concerning: alleged shoddy car repairs, refusal to pay claims, alleged drug abuses. It is obvious that Progressive’s employees are reaching out for help in public forums and asking for investigations of the activities of this company.
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Similarly in my personal experiences with Progressive, I have been demeaned into making public pleas in an attempt to receive the medical treatment which I need and which my physician personally informed Progressive is a medical necessity. Progressive Insurance Has Treated Me as Roadkill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_-IQJD1B... Progressive Insurance Sex, Lies and Drugs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGeyYe5Df... www.ProgressiveClaimsHelp.com Employee Dissatisfaction, low policyholder retention rates, lawsuits, high employee turnover, Glenn is going to have to do a lot of spin to convince his stockholders that this is some sort of new economic model for Corporate Growth. It is my opinion that Progressive is no more than a pyramid scheme in which they accept premiums with full knowledge that they will not honor the terms and conditions of said insurance policies. The mangled bodies and ruined lives Progressive leaves behind as a result of their false claims and refusal to honor Insurance Policies, results in a domino effect and a cost to society in States involved which have to foot the bill for medical expenses, unemployment compensations, home foreclosures, bankruptcies, while Progressive records excess profits. Progressive’s Insurance Policies become no more than taxpayer supported welfare Links to this post: << Home
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Subscribe by EmailAbout the authorEric Turkewitz has litigated New York personal injury and medical malpractice cases for 20 years, and is the founder of The Turkewitz Law Firm in New York. His firm's website is at www.TurkewitzLaw.com. View by Label
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