Overtime In 2013, an arbitrator found that Travelers Insurance Companies willfully failed to pay overtime to their Auto Damage Appraisers. Then, instead of complying with the law, Travelers simply walked away. |
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Consumer Fraud In 2004, Ivan Vilches was hired by Travelers as a Senior Auto Damage Appraiser. In 2009, he was fired for refusing to participate in consumer fraud. If you filed an AUTO CLAIM with TRAVELERS INSURANCE after 2006, please contact: TRAVELERS.class.action@gmail.com |
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By 2006, Travelers knew that 2 out of 3
claims could be underpaid, if payment was made within 48
hours. At 50,000 claims per month, the profit potential was
astronomical. To benefit from this fact, Travelers
hired more people for their Claims Departments and imposed a
Contribution to Profits Quota on them. |
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A repair estimate is a list of what needs to
be repaired or replaced. Either requires labor, and the
replacement part price is set by the manufacturer. But there
is an alternative known to the industry as an "M&M" part
(Mickey mouse or mysterious manufacturer). These parts only
exist on paper, and their price is anything you can get away
with. By using M&M parts on the estimate, a $2500 headlamp becomes a Reconditioned $500 Headlamp. In the end, when the Company Quota comes in, the would-be $10,000 estimate can easily be turned into a fraudulent $5,000 estimate. But this is only the tip of the iceberg... |