Progressive President Apologizes for Wrongful Investigation Tactics

August 24, 2007

  • December 27, 2008 at 7:08 am
    Paige Anderson Weeks says:
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    clm mgr,

    Yes there was fraud on the Pitts part. Now, their lawyer is suing my former employer for 20 MILLION dollars on the PREACHER’S (Kings) behalf. My former boss let my license lapse and told me NOT to get served in the Progessive case. I did anyway. I have nothing to hide. I did as I was INSTRUCTED during training. They (my former boss and his lawyer) are trying to pin all this on me. My boss’s lawyer said, “When I went into the Bible Study group, that I was a free agent.” I was covered under Merlin’s umbrella. My lawyer friend says, “They are trying to nail Jell-O to the wall. Don’t answer any questions and if you do, tell the truth and that is EXACTLY what everyone is afraid of.

    I am not afraid. I, personally, do not think I did anything wrong. I was doing the right things for the right reasons.

    Peace to everyone!

  • December 29, 2008 at 8:35 am
    wudchuck says:
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    i am glad you did your job. i am an insurance agent. it behooves me to think that everyone thinks that big brothers have money.

    QUESTION: did they or did they not commit fraud? YES! apparently, they lied and got a smaller settlement.

    i am suprised that they have not gone back after them for the fraud or at least by the state. fraud does cost and increases the premiums. i think they decided to sue for the extra stuff because they did not get what they wanted to begin with. i also think that the lawyer was probably upset the he did not get as much money as expected. he figures now, that he can recover one way or another even if they win or lose. this kind of lawsuit is frivilous and should be punished.

  • December 29, 2008 at 11:49 am
    Paige Anderson Weeks says:
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    WudChuck,

    Just two days ago, a lawfirm called my father and the man said he worked as a Private Investigator and wanted to know if I was at my father’s home. I have not called them back. The Pitt’s and all their crap is like a booger you can’t get off of your finger. Why are they after me? My former boss has to be insured by law. He was the one that gave me the order to do what I did so, what do you think they want? What do you think I should do? Flip on my former boss who wants to hang all of this on me?

    Anyone else have ideas?

    Peace,

    Paige

  • December 29, 2008 at 6:00 am
    Ann Parkey says:
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    This is another example of “criminals” having rights to waste taxpayers’ money for financial gain.

    Dealing with the system during a civil fraud suit inspired me to get a degree in criminal justice with the possibility of a career in fraud investigation.

    Look out Pitts, Kings, Brookshires, and all the other sorry citizens who try to take from others illegally. What goes around comes around, and you will get yours.

    Our textbook cited a frivilous lawsuit filed by an inmate. This inmate pretended to believe he could get pregnant by having sex with a homosexual. He was suing because the doctor wouldn’t give him birth control pills.

    “Only about 2,000 petitions were filed per year in the courts concerning inmate problems (1961). By 1975 that number had risen to approximately 17,000; and in 1996 prisoners filed 68,235 civil rights lawsuits in federal courts nationwide.”

    Laurie Asseo, “Inmate Lawsuits,” Associated Press wire service, May 24, 1996; and Bureau of Justice Stastics, “State and Federal Prisoners Filed 68,235 Petitions in U.S. Courts in 1996,” press release, October 29, 1997.

    Other petitions were filed because an inmate got only one roll with his dinner; another because he didn’t get a luncheon salad; and a third time because prison- provided TV dinners didn’t come with a drink (Schmalleger, 2007).

    Law-abiding citizens need to speak out about such ridiculous actions.

    What do any of you think you could do legally to publicize this attempt to “get rich quick”.

    Restorative justice in Australia has a good idea that SHAMING offenders produces positive results. We have freedom of speech! Research the law, and legally show the preacher and the Pitts what others think of their greed and alleged dishonesty!

  • December 30, 2008 at 10:47 am
    Paige Anderson Weeks says:
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    A Philadelphia resident was charged with 62 counts of Insurance Fraud and 22 counts of Identity Theft in his effort to out-smart seven different insurance companies.

    The man obtained four automobile insurance policies with Progressive Insurance Company. Days later, the gentleman filed four separate damage claims reporting that all four vehicles had been vandalized. After realizing that the man never even paid for the insurance policies, Progressive denied all claims. Subsequently, Progressive reported all four matters to the District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit.

    Investigators uncovered 70 additional insurance claims involving AIG, Allstate, Geico, Progressive, Safe Auto, Safeco and Unitrin Direct. Further investigations revealed that 60 of those claims were denied due to insufficient payment. In addition, 22 of the claims were filed under the identity of an innocent victim.

    The man had no shame when repeatedly identifying himself as a police officer, an accountant, a bounty hunter, a soldier and other various professions in order to expedite his claims. The “phantom” was denied over $120,000 in 45 different claims, but received over $29,000 in settlement on 17 fraudulent claims.

    The criminal case is pending.

    (Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office)

    http://www.helpstopfraud.org/content/?/effects/cases&item=4962



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