Wordless Wednesday

I think these men must have a death wish.

They’ve combined water, a lot of alcohol and electricity … someone’s about to get fried and it looks like they don’t have a clue!

A grill in the middle of a pool? An electrical outlet propped on the side of the pool, with a surge protector floating in the pool courtesy of rubber flip flops? Maybe they think the rubber flip flops or the surge protector will absorb electricity if and when water gets into the outlet?

I hope they had good insurance policies!

Seriously are they stupid or what?

Did you hear about the man, Ronald Evano, that was sentenced last month to more than five years in jail due to his role in a fraud scheme in which he and his wife are said to have intentionally eaten glass fragments in order to collect more than $200,000 in compensation from a multi-state insurance company?

Evano was also ordered to repay as much as $340,000 for his role in defrauding insurers, grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals and doctors in the scheme in which both he and his wife claimed that there was glass in the food that they had eaten.

The couple filed fraudulent insurance claims worth more than $200,000 and incurred more than $100,000 in unpaid medical bills between 1997 and 2005 across several states.

Evano plead guilty to charges in federal court to 20 counts of mail fraud, conspiracy, wire fraud, identity theft, and making false statements on health care matters and social security fraud.

Evano’s wife, Mary, remains a fugitive. An arrest warrant has been issued for Mary Evano listing the same charges that her husband plead guilty to in August.

Evano asked the judge for mercy, saying in court that he and his wife are members of the minority Roma community, and needed the money to pay for dowries and other costs associated with the marriages of his sons under cultural practices.

Did you hear about the kind New Zealand burglar?

He snuck into a home through a window and stole several items such as the property owners laptop, camera and wallet. Unfortunately the couple were unable to make insurance claims on these items for some reason.

A short while after the burglary the couple returned home to find their missing items along with gloves and a basketball that had been purchased using their credit card. The kind hearted burglar had left a note apologizing for robbing them and stated that he’d leave money in their mailbox to pay for the window that he’d broken.

I wish all burglars only borrowed things!

I have a site that my UK readers might be interested in if you’re searching for car insurance or any other type of insurance.

The website that I’m talking about it called Insure121, and when you visit it you’ll find listings for several popular types of consumer insurance such as home insurance and even insurance for your pet.

Just select the type of insurance that you are interested in and you’ll be taken to a page that lists companies that carry that form of insurance. Read about each companies offers and select whichever ones interest you most and from there you can begin the process of getting insurance quotes. It’s easy and I bet that my UK readers will end up saving some money on their insurance coverage.

One tip that I can give you, that works here in Canada, is to find an insurance company with low rates and then ask them about covering all of your insurance needs from house, and car to any other types of insurance that you might need. I’ve found that insurance company often give you discount when you purchase more than one type of product from them.