Is it legal for....

[Azraele]

Here's the deal. We had an electrician screw up some work. As a result, the computer room took a major hit, 3pcs, server, scanner, wax transfer printer, modems, hub...basically an entire LAN blew up. Insurance co sent a guy over who says, yes, it's the electrician's fault. County inspector concurs, but the insurance co demands a deposition, during which we must provide our bank account #(s), credit card #(s), etc etc etc. My question is is it legal for them to ask for those kinds of things??? Maybe it's just me, but we're not being audited by the IRS here, I'm not willing to give out that kind of info. Of what use could it possibly be to them????

 

[perry]

Call up the CC companies with one of the insurance reps right there and let the CC company explain that you aren't to give out your number. After sitting on hold for several hours waiting for each company, the insurance company will get the picture that they aren't getting the numbers.

I've never heard of an insurance company asking for such things.

 

[mosdef]

Right perry. Many companies make you think you are obligated to give out your CC or SSN # when in most cases there is absolutely no reason for this.

-mosdef

 

[cxim]

This has nothing to do with legal or illegal.

As unplesant as it is... cough, cough, hack, hack... it is lawyer time unless you know how to play this hardball game. A deposition is a cross examination under oath. The other side can ask anything they want. This does not mean that you have to answer. One of the reasons you ( the company ) need a lawyer

There is a big difference between a sworn statement & and a deposition. A deposition is adversarial. Sworn statements in this situation are not unusual. Depositions are.

Dig out the insurance policy & read it well.

This sounds like the insurance company suspects fraud for some reason.

 

[Azraele]

I know, it's really odd. But why would they suspect fraud when even they agree that it was the fault of the electrician...and we have the county inspector saying the same thing.