RE: Nova - Dirty Bombs

["Strickert, Rick" <rstrickert@signaturescience.com>]

Maybe someone at State Farm Insurance saw the Nova show last night.  



Excerpted from an Associated Press Breaking News story:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/02/26/financial1619EST0226.DTL



	02-26) 13:19 PST BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- 

	State Farm, the nation's largest auto and residential insurer, is changing its car insurance policies to clearly exclude claims stemming from nuclear explosions or radioactive fallout. 

	The Bloomington-based insurer is mailing notices to 40 million auto policyholders that says nuclear blasts or radioactive damage are not normal road hazards, whether the incidents are accidental or intentional. 

	State Farm spokesman Joe Johnson said the company reviewed policies in the wake of heightened awareness over terrorism and realized there was no specific language regarding nuclear-related claims. 

	"Basically, a nuclear event is the type of situation that could threaten an insurance company's solvency," Johnson said. 

	Most insurers' auto and homeowners policies contain a similar exclusion, said Loretta Worters, spokeswoman for the Insurance Information Institute. State Farm already excludes nuclear-related claims in its homeowners policies. 

	The nuclear exclusion will be added to automobile policies up for renewal beginning Dec. 1, and should be included in all State Farm auto policies by June 1, 2004, Johnson said. 



Perhaps all that Homeland Security duct tape and plastic sheeting can be used to cover your car, 'cause your insurance  isn't going to do it.  ;-)



Rick Strickert

Austin, TX



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