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What did the Legislature in Madison do to Agents to Support any Legislative Effort to Reduce
our Wisconsin Auto Insurance? Auto Insurance Premium Increases
In my 29 years of As Tim stated, many Wisconsin motorists are experiencing significant
being in this business I increases in their auto insurance
have never seen such premiums. These increases are a result
an injurious move of significant changes to insurance laws Do you have questions
to the tax payers of that occurred when the state budget on how these
this state as the one was passed last summer. Now is the mandates will affect
recently forced through appropriate time for the Legislature your policy?
by the Wisconsin to act to modify the law to reduce the
Legislature. This was Tim Starr dramatic insurance premium increases
an absolute one party CIC, CRM, CRIS, CWCA Join us for an
that are currently being experienced by
move that is already
President & CEO informational webinar on
most Wisconsin motorists.
creating huge increases January 27th at 12 p.m.
in auto premiums. And those that voted Many motorists are finding it very
for the bill have the gall to blame the difficult to afford these premium Go to events at
insurance companies who never wanted increases and are looking for www.starrgroup.com to
this in the first place, as they knew it immediate relief. The Starr Group and register!
was unnecessary and would increase the members of the Independent Insurance
insurance premiums for all consumers. Agents of Wisconsin are concerned
for their clients and will support any and all legislative efforts, no matter
I called many of those responsible for the the author, that will provide motorists relief from these dramatic insurance
passage of “increase the premiums for all premium increases.
Wisconsin drivers” and I have witnessed
the essence of political arrogance and The bottom line is: something needs to be done now for the best interests
ignorance. But most disgusting is the of motorists.
carte blanche denial that their action had
Every Wisconsin legislator should support legislation to reduce this financial
anything to do with premium increases.
hardship. We would encourage legislators to act quickly to address this
Wisconsin taxpayers, I apologize for the
pressing problem.
behavior of our elected officials. At a time
in this Country when we are very leery of We encourage all motorists to contact their legislators to ask them to
our government exercising a vast amount support legislation to fix this problem. Please provide your legislator with
of authority, the Wisconsin Legislature specific examples of premium increases.
jams this completely unnecessary law
down our throats. Also, you are strongly encouraged to call the following key negotiators of the
state budget bill who failed to remove these insurance mandates and did not
What did they do? allow other legislators the opportunity to remove the mandates from the
final bill:
Require all drivers to have insurance. • Representative Tom Nelson – (608) 534-0005
What is wrong with that? Only 12% of • Senator Russ Decker – (608) 266-2502
the drivers in Wisconsin are uninsured. • Senator Mark Miller – (608) 266-9270
Many states that have mandatory auto • Representative Mike Sheridan – (608) 266-2503
insurance have a higher uninsured driver • Representative Mark Pocan – (608) 266-8570
population than Wisconsin, which is not
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What did the Legislature do? Con’t
Customer of the Quarter
Why?
1. Because drivers buy insurance to get their license and
then let it lapse, and then the state has to pay for the cost
to police the system. There is no need in Wisconsin to
make insurance mandatory. The cost to police and the
cost to the taxpayer will exceed the benefit.
Damage Control, Inc. is a family-owned Milwaukee
2. Require the stacking of up to 3 vehicles for Uninsured company started over 16 years ago by Phil Isenhour,
and Underinsured Motorists. If an insured has $500,000 his wife Ellen, and daughter Eva. It is a full-service
Uninsured Motorists coverage on 3 cars he will now restoration/reconstruction company specializing in
have a limit of $1.5 million!! 90% of all losses are less repairs caused by fire, water, and wind. With a full
than $100,000. This move was clearly meant to help a complement of Damage Control employees and
group of people with a special interest. The higher the 120 pre-qualified subcontractors, the Company has
limits, the more money available for a group helping an developed an outstanding reputation with insurance
injured party get more money. The risk to the insurance companies and agents throughout Wisconsin and
companies triples. Our politicians have the nerve to the Midwest. Immediate response, prompt repairs,
blame the insurance companies for an increase in your and mitigation of loss have enabled the Company to
premiums. Your coverage is tripled and your premium receive numerous awards from trade organizations and
shouldn’t be expected to increase??? outstanding ratings from customers, including most
of the better known insurers in the Midwest. Damage
3. Require minimum Liability limits of 50/100/15. Bottom Control has received the highest rating available from
line is, this is now the highest minimum requirement in the Better Business Bureau as well as many other
the US!! honors. Projects ranging from a few hundred to multi-
For more information on the new auto mandates, please visit million dollars receive the same “owner operator”
us at www.starrgroup.com click on events and attend one of attention.
our upcoming webinars.
As Damage Control grew in sales and customer base
the need became apparent for an insurance agent
that not only understood the needs of a commercial
Do you have questions on how these client, but had the staff and resources to meet all the
challenges of increased sales, facilities, and staff that
mandates will effect your policy? DCI was facing with its rapid growth. They turned to
The Starr Group for support and found that Starr was
Join us for an informational webinar unique in having true value-added services that would
explaining what this means to your policy support their growth and the experienced staff to help
Damage Control. As stated by DCI’s General Manager,
and what you can do to control your Eva Winter, “The Starr Group is always a phone call
costs. away with answers to insurance and HR questions.
Most importantly they patiently spent countless hours
JANUARY 27th at NOON guiding us through updating our Employee Handbook,
Safety Programs, and HR Policies.”
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events to register. The Damage Control shop and offices are located at
3303 West National Avenue. Phil welcomes everyone
If the class is full watch for additional from The Starr Group, their friends, clients and
dates! customers to stop by anytime and encourages anyone
to call the office with questions, service requests, or
any other needs. The phone number is 800-716-2565,
and it’s answered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
5005 Loomis Road Phone: 414-421-3800
P.O. Box 20001 Fax: 414-421-6145
Greenfield, WI 53220-0001
visit us at www.starrgroup.com