Home Insurers Bitten by $350M in Dog Claims; Average Claim Tops $24K

June 25, 2008

  • June 25, 2008 at 1:47 am
    Wow says:
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    1/3 of all homeowners liability claims are from dog bites? What a cool statistic.

  • June 25, 2008 at 1:57 am
    Mr. Obvious says:
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    My daughter was nipped by the neighbors mutt a few years ago. She got a nasty gash on her thigh. We merely had the owner pay for the doctors visit to get it cleaned and stitched. I could have made almost $25,000 on it if I had merely turned it into their HO insurer. DANG, I missed another payday.

  • June 25, 2008 at 2:06 am
    Peg says:
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    So many times articles of this sort are written based on breed dynamics. This was an excellent article, good all over advise with out the hype.

    Kudos

  • June 25, 2008 at 2:08 am
    Dread says:
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    A significant segment of society has been brainwashed by personal injury attorneys that any and every accident is chance to make some fast money. Difficult financial times only exacerrbate this mentality. America has evolved into a claims conscious and litigious society that constipates the legal system with un-meritorious suits.

  • June 25, 2008 at 2:09 am
    Wook says:
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    I dunno..I mean, I heard about a guy who had part of his pecker bit of by a pit-bull and he only got $25,000
    Then I heard about a dentis who had part of his (working) finger bit off too, but he got $250,000
    So, what’s the industry telling us ?
    A fingers’ worth more than your pecker

  • June 25, 2008 at 2:13 am
    axel54 says:
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    So why are dog owners and those who don’t own dogs charged the same on your basic homeowners’ policy?

  • June 25, 2008 at 2:14 am
    Claimsguy says:
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    Better never come to my house or one of my seven rescued dachshunds will rip you apart

  • June 25, 2008 at 2:24 am
    Bob says:
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    So why are dog owners and those who don’t own dogs charged the same on your basic homeowners’ policy?

    Because those who don’t own dogs account for 1/3rd of the liability claims – brought caused by hightened levels of stress! Want a true friend? Get a dog and treat them right!

  • June 25, 2008 at 3:24 am
    KMO says:
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    First you get rid of the attorneys, 95% of them give the rest a bad name.

  • June 25, 2008 at 3:26 am
    Mike says:
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    Dont you deserve money if your kid has to go around with a scar on her body for the rest of her life? All because some jerk cant control his pit bull?



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