Florida Insurance Scams That You Should Be Aware Of

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Insurance )



There are a couple of agencies in Florida that provide rental service. All agencies provide minimal Florida car insurance and optional collision insurance. The latter can cost you much and is only necessary when your own car insurance in Florida does not cover you collision in a rental car.

In a modern insurance business, unsuspecting consumers get cheated and the cheatings focus on selling unneeded policies. There are two biggest scams in auto insurances and these are selling policies that are documented by insurance companies that are bankrupt and sometimes insurance companies that do not exist anymore and are also adding fake additive charges to the consumer’s bills.

Florida insurance has had many instances of these scams which pretty much give them a very unpleasant record when it comes to insurances. A couple of years ago, a south Florida insurance owner was arrested and charged criminally with swindling customers by slipping unwanted or unneeded charges into their auto policies.

Four agents who was working for another insurance agency in Florida were also charged months later with administrative complaints in a similar scheme.

A jargon called sliding, which is a deceiving sales scheme is what these agents used to rip off consumers.

Sliding is charging customers for insurance products without their consent or knowledge. This is a statewide problem and they have received numerous complaints of this from people in different parts of Florida. Each complaint or case is being thoroughly investigated though. Florida insurance department investigators have also been campaigning to stamp out sliding throughout populated states.

Now you might be wondering how you can remedy sliding problems. You should read your policy carefully not only when it arrives but even before you purchase one. You should also report any coverage that you did not want or order from your insurance company or agent. Immediately call your state insurance department if you didn’t get satisfaction.


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