Friday, July 13, 2018

Camp Crystal Lake

He’s Back (The man behind the mask).


Liability 


If camp staff had’t been negligent, poor little Jason Voorhees never would have drowned in Crystal Lake.  This would have prevented numerous nights of sleeping with my lights on in 1980.  Friday the 13th was released in May 1980 and 12 movies later, another sequel is planned for September 2020.


Go to school to get more knowledge


Most insurance companies have used education along with about 30 other factors including age and gender to determine rates but New York state insurance department ruled that using education as a variable is not fare to people without college degrees.  “The result is that drivers with higher education and income pay less for auto insurance with no rationale evidence that they are better drivers.”



Hot for Teacher


Teachers, accountants and nurses getting education discounts from GEICO might see their policies increase at renewal due the NYS rule that education can no longer be a factor in determenig insurance rates.

WSJ Article

“New York Financial Services Superintendent’s office said that the giant insurer would comply with the state’s move late last year to ban what her department has concluded is an unfair practice”.



Big no-no!


In last month’s New York Department of Financial Services regulation, GEICO joined Liberty Mutual and Allstate in being  prohibited from using a driver’s education level as a factor in determining rates.

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