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“White lie” claims

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“White lie” claims

Insurance is quite a fickle industry where you pay for a virtual product and when in need you can make a claim. I do understand it is a scheme where the majority pays for the minority. Even with Cash Backs after a set number of years – what happens to the remainder of your money? Why do they keep your money? You actually haven’t paid for anything (service) if you haven’t made a claim at all – your insurance takes your money for just in case something bad happens. In my eyes you basically pay for peace of mind.

One can reason that you are entitled to make “white lie” claims, as you already paid for being covered. Unfortunately, claims like these are seen as FRAUD. It is a criminal offence if you get caught – you can go to jail as it is seen as Commercial Insurance Fraud.

Let me give you an example – The motor vehicle is insured by the Father and the young son which would be penalized if he got his own insurance “piggybacks” on the father’s insurance policy. Instead of the son insuring his vehicle, the father opts in to tell the insurance it’s his vehicle. The son is added onto the main policy holders (The Father) insurance as a “secondary driver” of the insured vehicle. This makes it more affordable and seems to be ok with the Insurance Industry.  

The twist comes in that the Son (Secondary Driver) gets into a massive head-on collision. The son gives a statement/affidavit to the Investigating Officer stating that “I can’t remember anything” but the father gives a statement saying the following “the other driver failed to keep a proper lookout, from an opposite direction lost control and caused a head on collision with my vehicle.” A full payout was made to the Father.

Would it not be common sense that the statement which was given to the South African Police Service should be also used as statement on the Insurance claim?

Would it be acceptable for the Insurance to make a payment for a claim such as this?

Why is “piggy backing” even allowed by Insurance Companies?

Should it not be industry standard to check up on clients claims and interact with the IO on an open Police case before making a payout?

Clearly, people bend the truth to fit their own agendas. Good people need to pay more on insurance policies because of fraudulent claims made by unsavory characters. I suggest that Insurance Companies should amend their Terms of Services – for one, when making any Motor vehicle claim, the statement/affidavit made to the SAPS (AR) must be also used in the Insurance Claim form.

What do you think – please let us know what you think in the comments below?

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Naked, raw anger

American provocateur Oliver Stone appeared to be at war with himself at Saturday's 25th anniversary Ebertfest screening of "Born on the Fourth of July." Stone, a decorated Vietnam veteran, and the director of such films as "JFK" and "Natural Born Killers," was uncharacteristically soft-spoken when he talked about making "Born on the Fourth of July." He characterized the film, an adaptation of fellow vet Ron Kovic's memoir, as being full of "naked, raw anger, and it's mostly from Ron. I had made my peace with the war, I thought. It was Ron that activated my anger. I was not doing my own story, but there are some things similar to my own story."

Stone added: "The film is so angry, and it doesn't let up, but you have to understand: this guy was living in hell. I was sitting there rewatching the film and I thought 'God, this movie just doesn't fucking end. This is Hell! I just cannot be here anymore.' Young people, at the time, rejected the film, young women especially. Tom Cruise is castrated in the movie, and this is not easy to take."

Stone explained that Cruise took Kovic's role after star Al Pacino left an earlier incarnation of the project in 1979. Stone originally adapted Kovic's novel for "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin, but the film lost its funding two weeks before principal photography. Stone was heart-broken, especially after watching Pacino rehearse Kovic's part for two weeks. But Kovic was even more devastated. "He was so excited about Al Pacino," Stone remembered. "We had a scene where [Ron] was chasing me down Venice Beach, like the scene in the movie with Tommy [Cruise] and Willem Dafoe in Mexico. He wanted to kill me. He was enraged: 'Why couldn't we do this movie?' I said, 'Ron, I swear to you, if I ever make it in Hollywood, I will come back, and make this movie.' And he remembered that."

The collapse of this earlier incarnation of "Born on the Fourth of July" now seems inevitable. Stone remembered that Universal Studios wasn't enthusiastic about the film, especially after Hal Ashby's Vietnam War film, "Coming Home" (1978), banked a measly sum at the box office. There was just too much competition at the time, Seitz added. "Vietnam did not begin to be dealt with in cinema until the mid- to late-70s. And there was a wave of Vietnam movies in '78: 'Coming Home,' 'Apocalypse Now,' 'The Deer Hunter,' 'Go Tell the Spartans.'" So "Born on the Fourth of July" could only be made after Stone's Oscar-winning "Platoon" came out in 1986. This was almost ten years after producer Martin Stegman asked Stone to adapt Kovic's memoir in 1977.

Cruise's presence also greatly helped Stone make Kovic's angry vision come to life. Seitz pointed out that "Born on the Fourth of July" came out at the height of Cruise's popularity, just after "Top Gun," a film Stone praised as "an amazingly well-done movie." "Those of you who are young, you have to see it," Stone insisted. "If it came out today, it would still be popular."

Stone's recommendation was striking since "Top Gun" and "Born on the Fourth July" convey opposing messages. Seitz called "Top Gun" a "recruiting poster" while "Born on the Fourth of July" is a "critical look at the recruiting poster mentality." A disillusioned Stone said that recent events in Ukraine made him think "Top Gun 2" would be a big hit with contemporary viewers. "This patriotism remains to this day," Stone added. "There was a recent poll, by Gallup, believe it or not. But it said that 51% of 16-28 year-olds in this country think that Vietnam was a good war."

"Born on the Fourth of July" serves as a corrective to that mentality, a takedown of institutionalized "groupthink," in Stone's words. He joked that his film "did not become a big date movie," but good, personal civics lessons rarely are. The film is, as Stone said, Kovic's "confession," and as "close to a Capra film as I'm going to get." It's also Stone's story, no matter how much he wants to deny that personal connection. "All of Ron's childhood is like my childhood," Stone reflected. "So competitive, male-driven...even with his mother! 'You have to be #1, you can't be #2 in life.' Such a crazy philosophy; it cuts us off, and leads to perilous failure."

After the audience applauded that sentiment, Stone added that he thought the false patriotism he objects to in "Born on the Fourth of July" is prevalent even today. He accused President Obama of condoning the Vietnam War, and likened Obama's stance to Reagan-era "exceptionalism." In fact, Stone is so pessimistic, that he told one audience member that his movies will never be able to effect public policy. "No artist, no social creature can stand up to that power," Stone lamented. "Even Martin Luther King, as great a man as he was, could not stand up to that system, especially not in the last three years of his life. And no one has succeeded. No one has led us out of the wilderness in a long time. You hope you can throw a little pebble in the water, and that it has resonance."

Despite its creator's fatalism, "Born On the Fourth of July" has left ripples. Stone expressed great admiration for Kovic, praising him for affecting change in America's VA hospitals, and actively protesting both Gulf Wars. "He's one of the strongest men I've ever met in my life," Stone said. "I don't know how he's able to go through what he does every day." Like Kovic, Stone's film is inspiring, a brutal, funny story about individual perseverance against oppressive utilitarianism.

-Simon Abrams, “The Naked, Raw Anger of Born on the Fourth of July,” RogerEbert.com, Apr 29 2014 [x]

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Is Grace enough?

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Is Grace enough?

This is a must read…

Receiving Grace and the consequence of the Law.

We have been forced to adopt a secular mindset when it comes to SIN and Forgiveness. People think it is their right to do what ever they feel pleasing but when it is time to pay the consequences – they get angry and feel offended by being caught in the act.

In a world where our youngsters are left to decide if they want to believe in Gender – No Capital punishment allowed and GOD not permitted in schools – how are we going to make them believe in Grace and Law. Think about it – Ultimately all our laws are still based on Christian value…

I was taught – If you done something wrong MAN UP – If you are wrongfully accused – FIGHT!

The Article below will definitely be worth your while…

Grace and Law

For many centuries it was traditional for Christians to think of Law and Grace in opposing terms. However, the opposite of Grace was never Law, but disgrace. Just as the opposite of Law was never grace, but lawlessness.

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