The Funniest Stories Ever Told Insurance Claims
When agencies designed their insurance claim forms they have made a very fatal mistake. They left an area, large gaps for drivers, owners, travelers and anyone filing a claim with the hand to describe in their own words, exactly what happened because of their accident. These white spots have given birth to some of the funniest sinister stories ever told! Here is an overview of what insurance professionals today to see cross their desks each day:
• Explaining the causes of the accident driver said: "I was going to the doctor with back trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident. "
• Who says middle age has no drawbacks? A pilot reported on his form of insurance claim they had "been the driving force of [my] car for forty years when [I] fell asleep at the wheel."
• "I do not think the speed limit applied after midnight. Huh?
• "When I saw I could not avoid a collision, I stepped on the gas and crashed into another car. "Why did not we think?
• A lawyer in Charlotte, appreciating the value of a good cigar, assured his package of 24 rare and expensive cigars through his insurance. One month later, after having smoked all equal happiness, the man then filed a claim with his insurance company to reimburse cigars. His request? They were lost "in a series of small fires", which was widely covered by the policy owners his insurance.
A judge has actually ruled in favor of the man, saying the insurance company had found cigars to be insurable without defining what they considered "unacceptable" fire and forced the insurer to pay the man $ 15,000 in damages. The insurer paid the claim, then turned around and had the man arrested for 24 counts of arson. Guess who had the last word?
• A pilot on his way to work one morning, said in a very angry, he was on his way to work this morning when he ran into a bus at the end of his training. His explanation? The bus had the audacity to be five minutes earlier.
• A young woman, anxious to see her Navy husband returned from a lengthy tour of duty on a submarine, happily traveled to the port and parked his car on the end of the slip where the submarine was due one inch teaches inexperienced to lead the submarine struck the coupon, causing car to take a dive unexpected and alarmingly in the water. Needless to say that the cost of a new car was to Uncle Sam!
• A pilot reported that while driving through an agricultural country, a bull "must have been tickled by a fly, because it violently gored the car man. The question is, what was the car during this time?
And finally ...
• Only in Louisiana. A form of insurance claims stated clearly and succinctly, that the man needed to profit from its insurance claim as "broken windscreen. Cause unknown. Probably voodoo.
What were they thinking?
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