[Ducati] Insurance Ponderings

[Ronald Betts]

Glad to hear your up and riding and yes Timmy, there is justice 
sometimes....



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: Gleeb Gliber Galactica Gavorti <evilposterchild at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: Ducati List <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: [Ducati] Insurance Ponderings
>Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:34:11 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hey all
>
>   I had a few minutes and thought it  good thing for me to relate my 
>insurance experience with you good folks in hopes you can get the best 
>experience available when you need a good company.
>
>   As some of you may know I was hit by an uninsured motorist.  Well Geico 
>paid for my Multistrada including the tax I paid when I registered it and 
>paid for the impound fees of the bike (a few hundred bucks).  I was paying 
>less than $200 annually for my coverage, btw.
>
>   Since then I tried to hire an attorney to go after the guy who hit me 
>but after some research he decided there was no money in it for him and 
>said "bye."
>
>   But thereafter, Geico called me and said they would go after the guy to 
>try to get him to pay the $1000 deductable I paid.  I mentioned I had many 
>other bills asociated with the accident and he told me to send them over.  
>Take this guy for everything he took me for (minus pain, suffering, brain 
>damage and lost pay because I could not work) if we can find him.  But at 
>the least I should be able to get his truck and maybe some money too.
>
>   Geico is now in the process of using their attorneys in the matter and 
>their investigarors to find the whereabouts of this guy (he's still around, 
>according to MY research) and will also contact his employer to garnish the 
>guy's wages.
>
>   That's pretty damn great service from an insurance company.  They did 
>not even raise my rates.  HOWEVER while I was incapacitated my brother 
>dealt with the adjuster for me and he WAS something of a butthole.  But MY 
>experiences have all be grand so far.
>
>   Just thought I'd share.
>
>   PS: I'm riding pretty much every day again (after 5+ months off) and 
>getting my skills back.  Oh, and I am done crashing.  2 helicopter rides to 
>the hospital in the past 5 years.  ENOUGH!  (helicopter rides currently go 
>for $1000 per mile, in California.  And when you are all f'ed up you cannot 
>eve enjoy the ride :-(
>
>   Ride well!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>   Gabriel
>
>
>"There's nothing wrong with you that an expensive operation can't prolong." 
>  -Python, Monty.
>
>"Get off your cross...  We need the wood!"   - ?
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