Re: Farm Bureau

Beth Spaugh (bspaugh@cce.cornell.edu)
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:32:28 -0500 (EST)

I believe they can only sell insurance to members by law, it is not a
political gimick. They are not allowed, by law to sell insurance to
"non-members". Same with other fraternal
organizations that exist primarily to sell insurance at decent rates.

On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Bart Hall wrote:

> Farm Bureau has an interesting tactic to increase their political
> clout. If you want to buy insurance from them -- have to, even, as
> rural insurance is hard to get -- you must enroll as a 'member.'
>
> I expect that the majority of Farm Bureau 'members' are nothing more
> than policy holders who had to become members to buy a policy, but
> it allows Farm Bureau to say "We respresent x million members who (of
> course) all think just like us..."

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