<\/a><\/p>\n I’ve seen a lot of questionable conduct by insurance companies, but the latest proposal may take the cake.<\/p>\n Texas Farm Bureau is now petitioning the Texas Department of Insurance to allow it to offer a “discount” to its home insurance customers in exchange for customers giving up their rights to a fair trial of any dispute.<\/p>\n But the good folks at Texas Watch<\/a> have been trying to find out the details on this backroom deal and have come up with some details about the proposal.<\/p>\n First, the proposal tries to take away customers’ rights by requiring mandatory arbitration clauses.\u00a0 Under the provision,<\/p>\n all disputes would go to mandatory, binding arbitration;<\/p>\n Gee, if your dispute is decided by a judge hand-picked by the insurance company and paid by the insurance company, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve seen a lot of questionable conduct by insurance companies, but the latest proposal may take the cake. Texas Farm Bureau is now petitioning the Texas Department of Insurance to allow it to offer a “discount” to its home insurance…<\/span><\/p>\n\n