Letter: Stand up to insurers

Quote from the Washington Post: “Weary insurers retreat from coasts.”

Pshaw! It is just plain ludicrous to think that the homeowners insurance industry should cry foul when they have disasters occurring and have to pay out. What does the word insurance mean?

The insurance industry is walking a fine line of graft and almost downright theft. Insurance companies take our funds, because they are allowed to, but will not pay up when the time has come. It is a slap in the face when they are saying, “We insure under sunny skies only.”

This industry needs to be knocked down a peg or two, possibly 10. It is the homeowner who should be outraged and stand up to this industry and elicit Congress to act and investigate.

If they cannot insure in the event of the disaster, then they should stay out of the business. This industry makes soft money off the sweat of the backs of others. There should be a coalition against this, so great that it topples the largest carrier. People should be fed up with the doublespeak and the industry’s spin.

These companies enjoy the requirement that you have to pay for insurance on your home and bask in the sun when they can just opt out at their own discretion, and yet rely on the federal government to pick up the tab, when the industry cries, “Woe is us.”

Who has allowed this legal theft? What are your senators saying? Do you live in an area that is prone? If so, speak out, because while you sleep and events are on the horizon, there is an industry stealing you blind.

Kevin Braniff/Naples