[SEL] Insurance and safety rules

[bill at antique-engines.com]

Allied Insurance of Des Moines recently put an airplane in the air,
photographing properties through Iowa with trampolines.
They took those photos, figured out which properties with trampolines in
the yard were owned by their policy holders, and promptly sent letters
stating their homeowners insurance was going up by $300/year.
It's a fact - was on the news and my wife's cousin showed us the letter
last weekend.

Bill



> Hi Jeff,
>
> With that nonsense in Medina, OH (Boiler Explosion), the owner of the
> land
> where we had Tri-State Hist. Steam Engine Assoc. show in Finleyville, PA,
> said - - -
> "We're not having any more shows on my land."
>
> With that - Rumors started flying about insurance cost getting way too
> high -
> and - Inspections getting way too strict.
>
> Problem was they were all rumors.
>
> Tri-State started looking for a different site and the only thing that
> looked promising was joining with Washington County Fair.
> However - They wouldn't INSURE steam.
>
> Well hell - We're a STEAM club.  What good is a STEAM SHOW without
> STEAM.?
>
> We finally decided to dissolve and die with dignity.
>
> Joe "Pip" Betz said that.
> jlb94 at juno.com   - - -     www.oldengine.org/members/betz
>  ,-._,-.         "What I can do,
>  \/)"(\/        together we can do better."   (R.W. Arbes)
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