March 29, 2024
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Risky Business

Risky Business

Beware of beach weddings

An insured had a beach wedding and a beach reception. They were married at sunset and after dinner, they decided to light Chinese lanterns, make a wish and let them go flying. The lanterns were supposed to float up in the sky and over the ocean. One of the lanterns...

Tongue tied

Claimant got his tongue stuck in a metal water bottle. When asked how he did this, he explained that he saw a segment on TV, showing how kids had gotten their tongues stuck in the water bottles and he was wondering how that happened and tried it on him. Sure...

BLAME IT ON THE AIRBAGS? HOW BIZARRE!

On a Christmas morning, a faulty driver does not pay attention when the car in front comes to a sudden stop. Instead, she rear-ends him. Though the insured driver was not injured, the impact was strong enough to deploy the airbags. Unfortunately, she was holding her pet Chihuahua on her...

Think twice before you make brownies???

It was the claimant’s turn to make some tasty treats for her daughters’ school. She decided to bake Triple Fudge Brownies. Being in a hurry to rescue a dentist’s appointment, she took them out of the oven, cut them in squares and set them on the counter to cool. She...

Intoxicated driving at its worst

An insured driver had three at fault accidents while intoxicated.  In the first accident, she crossed the centre line and clipped the mirror off of an oncoming vehicle. The other driver had quick reaction time and avoided further damage. No one was injured but there was damage to both vehicles. ...

Travel for memories not for raising claims!

  A tourist went on a trip to Morocco and paid a guy to ride a camel. The camel misbehaved and actually pooped on the tourist, soiling his clothes and causing significant embarrassment. The claimant demanded that the guy who rented the camel provide his insurance information. The man had...

It???s payback time!

A claimant filed a claim against her neighbour stating that she and her upstairs neighbour got into a very heated argument. The neighbour threatened her saying she was “going to get her back” and ran back upstairs to her apartment. A few minutes later, she came back downstairs and smirked...

PLAYING SUPERWOMAN

A 72-year-old woman parked her car on a very busy street and did not put the gear into parking mode. She started to get out of the vehicle when it began moving. She immediately lost her footing and was dragged across two lanes of traffic over 100 yards. The car...

TOO FAT TO FLY?

Three airline companies turned down a woman when she attempted to return home from a trip because they didn’t have seatbelt extenders and the wheelchair wouldn’t support her weight as she was in excess of 400 lbs. The woman died shortly after her unsuccessful attempts to return home. Her husband...

The blazing tree

A new employee of a local tree service company filed a workers’ compensation claim. The worker sustained injury as a result of a tree fire that spread to his work pickup while he was sitting in the vehicle having lunch. Apparently, the employee was attempting to remove a tree and...

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