Every time I've made a claim on any policy it has resulted in a premium
increase at renewal, pay now or pay later it seems.

On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 4:26 PM Steve Jones <st...@togservice.com> wrote:

> This is a situation where a resident had toget the repair done and already
> paid the bill.
> I'd  have negotiated with the plumber, maybe had luck, maybe not.
> I could argue about the lack of paint, but then the consumer gets screwed.
> Its 2800 and a water bill. Dont know how bad that will be but it filled a
> ditch apparently.
> Could have been worse because the resident could have had them come on
> Thanksgiving instead of friday.
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022, 3:52 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
>
>> Generally I have video proof that they were not marked.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Fabien
>> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 2:40 PM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] The Hartford claims
>>
>> We have Hartford but do not have any smallish claims like that to know
>> what their response would be. I would be more concerned about making
>> any claim as a brand new company / policyholder. What's the $$ of the
>> damage in question. My general policy is for a damage that we were
>> really at fault, under maybe $3000ish I would just pay it. Same for a
>> damaged piece of equipment etc. Anything over $5k I would probably
>> make a claim. When we have had an at-fault claim, I have had success
>> in negotiating with the utility. Local power/gas co will knock off 25%
>> for prompt payment and asking nicely. Some utilities really inflate
>> the repair costs and others are very reasonable. If it's an inflated
>> bill I would have a discussion about that. We do get damage bills all
>> the time for telco cables that were mismarked and we hit and were not
>> at fault, those I tell them once we were not at fault and here is why
>> and then ignore them. Eventually they give up and stop bothering.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 2:32 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Any of you fine gents use the Hartford for general liability?
>> >
>> > Is there some method to talk to an agent with these guys without filing
>> a
>> > claim? Calling just circles me to claims agents, and they wont tell me
>> > anything.
>> > Im just trying to find out what the impact of a small claim is with
>> these
>> > guys and whether its best to just pay out of pocket if the liability
>> does
>> > fall on me.
>> > I dont want to save a couple grand out of pocket to have my rates
>> > skyrocket or coverage cancelled since its a new account, but then
>> again, I
>> > pay for more coverage than I need for what I do so its kind of a waste
>> to
>> > not use it.
>> >
>> > If any of you guys have filed a claim with them, how smooth is the
>> > process?
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