And the saga in Mississippi continues.
From Scruggs’ blog:
We’ve released a television ad on WLOX urging State Farm customers who had damages in Katrina not to sign up for the mediation process developed between the company and Insurance Commissioner Dale. State Farm’s past practices with policy holders has shown us all that they do not have the families’ best interests at heart. We believe that they will rely on the fact that people are anxious to settle to ram through a low offer, not a fair and reasonable one for which Judge Senter called.[.]
We hope that this ad will make people think twice about signing up for a deal that was made between State Farm and Commissioner Dale, a perpetual apologist for the industry. What is needed now is a settlement agreement which will ensure that State Farm makes reasonable offers and pays policyholders in a reasonable timeframe, much like the 640 agreement we settled earlier this year.
I’m waiting for someone to sign a contract to sell the story to for a soap opera or a telenovella.