I, too, love USAA, and have nothing bad to say about anything they do.  I
love those checks, too.
  I have all my kid's names (including 3 step-kids, that are all adults now)
registered with them, and they all benefit from using this excellent company
for thier own vehicles.
  Unfortunately, many folks don't qualify...........

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Good Insurance companies Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES

> At 05:26 PM 11/10/2008, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>>OK. So why doesn't someone who has experienced a GOOD insurance
>>company give that company's name?
>
> USAA and USAA-CIC.  USAA is for present and former military officers;
> USAA-CIC is for present and former military enlisted and their
> present and former dependents.  They consider both of these to be
> preferred-risk pools.  They have good rates, they treat you well, and
> they (usually) send you a little dividend check once a year -- $80 or
> so for USAA-CIC, probably more for USAA.  They also have a bank that
> treats you well with credit cards -- afaik anyone can do business
> with them.  I've been with them since 1975, and my family long before
> that.  They insured the van as an RV at my request, including
> coverage of all original furniture and fitments, and (before that) at
> my urgent pleading (I only want to be made whole...) paid $6000 to
> fix the thing from a sideswipe, which was about twice what they
> reckoned it was worth.  Other party was at fault but uninsured.
>
> When CU has rated insurance companies, they've consistently been at
> the very top (typically along with State Farm).
>
> They've been a little slow getting onto the internet, but that's
> because they'd been way ahead of everyone else doing business all
> over the world on the telephone.
>
> http://www.usaa.com
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"