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 another insurance thread, MI or NW Ohio with Chubb?

P:  9/7/2006 1:21:47 PM  
youjane1
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Anyone in Michigan or Northwest Ohio have jewelry insured through Chubb with a stand alone policy?  I'm really not liking what State Farm is telling me about their claims process, but every Chubb agent I've called around here isn't interested in dealing with me unless I switch my other policies over to them...   

 


Posted:  9/7/2006 1:21:47 PM

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P: 9/7/2006 2:33:17 PM
mrssalvo
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call or email Bill castro at www.totaldollar.com. I emailed him and he got back to me in a day or two. He'll write a stand alone policy.





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Posted:  9/7/2006 2:33:17 PM
P: 9/7/2006 2:43:50 PM
Cind11
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I went through Bill Castro and I'm in that area of Ohio.  I needed a stand alone policy too.

Posted:  9/7/2006 2:43:50 PM
P: 9/12/2006 9:11:51 AM
youjane1
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I don't see him on that page...am I missing something?  Where in Ohio are they based?  Everything on that site looks like NY...thanks for the help!
   

Posted:  9/12/2006 9:11:51 AM
P: 9/12/2006 9:42:19 AM
mrssalvo
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click on the total dollar link above...then clink on the Our Staff link...scroll down to personal insurance and William Casto is the first name there. you can click on his email link and it will email him. that's what I did and he called be back within 48 hours. He did call with a NY area code...





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Posted:  9/12/2006 9:42:19 AM
P: 9/12/2006 9:50:47 AM
Ellen
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Date: 9/7/2006 1:21:47 PM
Author:youjane1
Anyone in Michigan or Northwest Ohio have jewelry insured through Chubb with a stand alone policy? I'm really not liking what State Farm is telling me about their claims process, but every Chubb agent I've called around here isn't interested in dealing with me unless I switch my other policies over to them...
What did SF tell you? I have them, and when I got my new ring insured, he said they'd try and find what I had, but if not they'd cash out. I told him they'd probably be hard pressed to replace what I had, and that I wasn't wanting to buy from anyone else other than this vendor in the future. He said that's the way most people felt, no problem.

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Posted:  9/12/2006 9:50:47 AM
P: 9/12/2006 12:26:03 PM
youjane1
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mrssalvo- duh!  thanks!  my brain isn't working today...


State Farm basically told me they will replace it.  They said they don't really ever cash anyone out.  I told them it was a custom ring (it isn't, but just wanted to see what they'd say), and they said they'll try to work with the company I originally got the ring from, but that if they could get it cheaper from somewhere else they would do that.  That just doesn't really sit well with me, if I can't get a Chubb policy I may have to go with State Farm but after talking to them I wasn't thrilled with what I heard.  God forbid something happen to the ring, I don't really want some claims adjuster deciding what my fiancee will be wearing for the rest of her life...

Posted:  9/12/2006 12:26:03 PM
P: 9/12/2006 12:46:47 PM
Ellen
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Date: 9/12/2006 12:26:03 PM
Author: youjane1
mrssalvo- duh! thanks! my brain isn't working today...


State Farm basically told me they will replace it. They said they don't really ever cash anyone out. I told them it was a custom ring (it isn't, but just wanted to see what they'd say), and they said they'll try to work with the company I originally got the ring from, but that if they could get it cheaper from somewhere else they would do that. That just doesn't really sit well with me, if I can't get a Chubb policy I may have to go with State Farm but after talking to them I wasn't thrilled with what I heard. God forbid something happen to the ring, I don't really want some claims adjuster deciding what my fiancee will be wearing for the rest of her life...
Well, that may be what they said, and what they want you to believe. But I would imagine, if you were insistant on an exact replacement, and they couldn't come up with it, they'll eventually fold. My guy wouldn't tell me they'll cash out if they won't. I know someone else on here went through this exact scenario, and because they couldn't come up with anything comperable (and they knew it), they cashed out in the end. Not sure that it was SF though.

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Posted:  9/12/2006 12:46:47 PM
P: 9/12/2006 1:29:26 PM
mrssalvo
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Laney and I both went through our homeowners for a claim. I have allstate and i'm pretty sure so does she. We both carried our rings as a separate rider and had the like kind replacement policy. I had an OEC stone and they couldn't find anything close so they cashed me out. laney purchased her stone from GOG and submitted all the paper work. They couldn't find anything that she would accept that matched the specs of her original stone so they cashed her out as well. The key is making sure you have as detailed as possible appraisal making it hard for them to replace it. I will say that having just purchased a new stone I want a cash out policy which is why I pursued Chubb. They actually are not licensed in my state under some to gov't guidelines so I may swith my homeowners to Traveler's b/c they do offer a cash out policy for their jewelry.





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Posted:  9/12/2006 1:29:26 PM
P: 9/12/2006 1:51:15 PM
Ellen
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Mrss. said: The key is making sure you have as detailed as possible appraisal making it hard for them to replace it.


Exactly.

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"It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds."

-Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State

Posted:  9/12/2006 1:51:15 PM
P: 10/12/2006 12:13:19 PM
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Date: 9/12/2006 1:29:26 PM
Author: mrssalvo
Laney and I both went through our homeowners for a claim. I have allstate and i'm pretty sure so does she. We both carried our rings as a separate rider and had the like kind replacement policy. I had an OEC stone and they couldn't find anything close so they cashed me out. laney purchased her stone from GOG and submitted all the paper work. They couldn't find anything that she would accept that matched the specs of her original stone so they cashed her out as well. The key is making sure you have as detailed as possible appraisal making it hard for them to replace it. I will say that having just purchased a new stone I want a cash out policy which is why I pursued Chubb. They actually are not licensed in my state under some to gov't guidelines so I may swith my homeowners to Traveler's b/c they do offer a cash out policy for their jewelry.


Did you ever find out if Chubb can insure you in your state?

Let me know if I can help, as if you can't get the insurance with Bill Castro, I may have someone else to refer you to.

Rockdoc


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Thanks for everything and Rest In Peace,Bill.

Posted:  10/12/2006 12:13:19 PM

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