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Spanish speakers sue insurers

September 25, 2008

A number of Utah insurance agencies are accused of defrauding Spanish-speaking customers by deliberately not informing them of the availability, cost and purpose of buying uninsured and under-insured motorist protections, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Monday in Utah’s 3rd District Court.

The lawsuit names as defendants Florida-based United Automobile Insurance Company, as well as Utah agencies: El Sol Insurance, Amigos Insurance and Las Americas Insurance. The suit alleges the defendants, who almost exclusively serve Spanish-speaking customers, urge customers to sign an English-language form waiving the uninsured and underinsured motorist protections.

Attorney Jim McConkie, whose firm filed the suit, said the majority of the customers cannot read or interpret the form. “We’ve been made aware in the last couple of years of various practices that we think may defraud the Hispanic populations and benefit, financially, insurance companies,” McConkie said.

“They are supposed to disclose the price and how much it costs,” McConkie said. But he added that the information is “not on the forms we have in our possession.”
He said the add-on coverages are relatively inexpensive. And while some states require drivers to have the extra coverage, Utah does not.

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