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Article: Dog attacks chase away insurance companies
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2002
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Dog attacks chase away insurance companies
Some firms cancel, refuse to insure dog owners
By AMY RINARD of the Journal Sentinel staff
Monday, May 6, 2002
Recent reports of dog attacks and a state law that provides double
damages for some dog-related injuries have increasingly caused
nervous insurance companies around the state to cancel or refuse to
write liability policies for dog owners.
"We get two or three letters a month from people whose homeowner's
insurance has either not been renewed or been flat-out canceled
because they have dogs," said Pam Thomas, president of the Dog
Federation of Wisconsin.
Eric Englund, president of the Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, said
the reluctance of ...