Interesting, my experience with State Farm on my Healey is the exact
opposite. Always paid my bills without complaint (only ever had one
claim though). Sine State Farm does 50% of the business in CA, my
guess is it all depends who handles your case. My agent has always
been awesome.
On 1/30/10, Jack Feldman <qualitas.jack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Before we turn this into a love fest for our insurers, let me warn you about
> my experience with SF.
>
> When I had a claim, the adjusters had never seen a Healey, didn't know it's
> value, and proceeded to bargain down the extimate. As far as they were
> concerned it was just an old car. Whatever the shop wanted for labor was too
> much, and this was a rural shop where the price of labor was lower than the
> city. They also tried to deny some damage because the hadn't seen a car that
> didn't have integral, plastic or rubber bumpers. The also refused to pay for
> painting the lower half of a fender because only the top was damaged. They
> expected a match when the paint color was not easy to find.
>
> Collector car insurance companies understand your car, and don't try to get
> away cheap as SM did.
>
> However, *I am absolutely delighted with State Farm for my non collector
> cars.* I am with a great agency that is always available, and takes my side
> in some disputes. They went to bat for painting that whole fender, and when
> SF refused to budge, gave me some gas cards to compenstate for my paying. I
> was truly sorry to take my cars away from their care.
>
> I was sorry to find out they couldn't write my collector insurance.
>
> Jack
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