Aug 25, 2010

STATE FARM FORGERY

STATE FARM FORGERY: "FORMER STATE FARM EMPLOYEE TESTIFIES THAT STATE FARM AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES REGULARLY FORGE CUSTOMER SIGNATURES
FORMER STATE FARM EMPLOYEE TESTIFIES THAT STATE FARM AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES REGULARLY FORGE CUSTOMER SIGNATURES: 'FORMER STATE FARM EMPLOYEE TESTIFIES THAT STATE FARM AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES REGULARLY FORGE CUSTOMER SIGNATURES

At a time when insurance companies are seeking legislative concessions in many states, it may be instructive to review how one former insurance company lawyer exposed alleged corporate policies that, if true, would constitute fraudulent criminal behavior and bad faith. Amy Girod Zuniga, a former member of State Farm’s litigation team, gave a deposition in support of a lawsuit filed by Roderick and Krista Taylor in 1995. She testified that State Farm agents and employees forged customer signatures to exclude earthquake coverage from policies after the earthquake. She testified that State Farm was aware of the pattern of forgeries because the company paid claims whenever the forgery could be exposed and proven by the Insured.'"

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