The weird and wonderful world of insurance claims

You may be mistaken for thinking that the life of an insurance claims handler could be a pretty boring one. Under that dusty and rather boring exterior beats the heart of a sometimes altogether more interesting career. Joking aside, the insurance industry does have its more entertaining points and if you know where to look you can find claims with a surprising amount of hilarity.



Take the story of the digital radio that fancied a "dip" in the pond. I came across the story whilst researching this article and found it to be quite amusing. Picture the scene; a blissful, warm summer's day, the radio playing nearby and quite suddenly "splash". Did the radio fancy a cooling dip in the pond you ask? Not quite. It was revealed during the course of the phone call to the claims advisor that the policy holder's granddaughter had decided the fish in the pond were missing out on the music. Wouldn't it be nice to share it with them? Oh dear....

Whilst reading this story I find another detailing the Labrador who it seems had a penchant for modern art. You can probably guess where this one is "leading", if you pardon the pun. Well the unfortunate home owners were to have their liking of modern art put to the test when they returned home. Upon doing so they found their dog had dipped his tail in a tray of white emulsion and proceeded to wag it all over the carpet, sofa, walls and so on.

If you find yourself becoming the victim of this type of "accident" I would highly recommend ensuring you have a home insurance policy, believe me, you need it.

I thought I'd make a foray into the world of car insurance claims next to see what amusing tales could be found there also. Well I certainly wasn't disappointed. I found a list of some of the strange explanations given by claimants, here are a couple; a customer collided with a cow and was asked; "what warning was given by you?" to which the customer replied; "my horn". When asked what warning the other party had given, he replied; "Moo". Imagine trying to keep the conversation serious after that one.

How about the claimant who gave the following description of events; "I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in- law and headed over the embankment." Somehow I doubt he realised just how humerous that sounded at the time.

As my final note I'd like to tell you of the gentleman who rang to claim on his travel insurance for a stolen camera. Quite a normal and serious happening you may think and not one that should be given as an example of a strange or funny claim. The thing is, you haven't asked who, or "what" stole the camera yet. The answer is more unusual than you may think. There he was minding his own business, whilst visiting Gibraltar, when a monkey (which I presume would have been a Barbary ape) harassed him and proceeded to steal his camera. Even the most hardened claims advisor would struggle not to find that one funny.

So there you have it, next time you take out an insurance policy of any kind remember that one day you too might find yourself fishing for a radio or grappling with a monkey for your belongings and relax, safe in the knowledge that however strange you claim is you will be covered.


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