PHI Helicopters/Reliance Standard Insurance Scam - beware Catch 22

[Hobie]

You are deep into a carefully orchestrated legal game with the end being to pay you as little as possible. These little twists like demanding your tax forms, P/L from business, demanding doctors to put an probably value as to your improvement all while holding the cancellation clause over your head for non-compliance is top level legal gamesmanship.

 

You are a tenacious chap and I can't wait for the good news.

[Azhigher]

In the end, I wonder how much your your peace of mind costs. Is the juice worth the squeeze of fighting this? Only you can say for sure.

 

In any case, I wish you all the best in life and thank you for bringing this to light for all of us still in the struggle.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Azhigher

[Spike]

Even though our organization doesn’t use Reliance Standard Insurance, I’m now going to look at my benefits package fine print with a high-powered microscope…..

Edited August 31, 2016 by Spike

[Francis Meyrick]

Even though our organization doesn’t use Reliance Standard Insurance, I’m now going to look at my benefits package fine print with a high-powered microscope…..

 

Bravo! And that is what I encourage everybody to do.

 

If I could travel past our Sun

beating Light and having fun

Would I turn around a lot

To ponder, wistful, our Blue Dot?

 

Or would I be content to stray

Far beyond the Milky Way

And never wish to hear again

This strange cacophony of Men.

 

Edited September 2, 2016 by Francis Meyrick

[500E]

Francis

Good to hear you are on the mend

Regarding the snakes you are dealing with the only thing I will say is don't let them take over your life.

The best post is Spike! looking into his contract, Every pilot that insures should be demanding a copy of their policy then initially asking for ANY ambiguous clauses to be explained in writing.

If you are thinking of a new policy get the documents first, spend a time going through it, any queries in writing with answers the same,

The thing that will worry them is the bright light shining & lack of new or canceled sales

[Hobie]

Wondering out loud if it might be fun to tip off some investigative reporter. After all, such a large company in the area has a reputation to uphold. Screwing the little guy is no bueno in the public's eye.

 

Don't stop there. How about the oil companies that contract with PHI. They are paying lots of money and probably would not be happy to learn one of its vendors is engaged in this type of deception. Reflects poorly on the oil company in the end. And they are always concerned about public perception.

[Francis Meyrick]

Update, for all you guys who hold the same so-called "Loss of License" "Insurance Policy".

It may be all kinds of things, but it's the most convoluted, irregular, make-believe and make-the-rules-up-as-we-go-along policy I've ever seen.

 

"Reliance Standard" is NOT even remotely relaxing their stance. In an email dated September 9th, 3 days ago, they are still demanding as follows:

 

1) my 2015 Federal Tax returns

2) full disclosure of my rent house income, which should have nothing to do with my insurance policy. If your house burns down, or your car is stolen, or a tree falls on your roof, do you expect the so-called insurance company to start demanding to see your other income, to investigate if you can pay for it yourself? Of course not. In addition, they are making these demands despite having been repeatedly informed of the fact these rent houses are part of my IRA assets. In other words, they wish to investigate my IRA income.

3) full disclosure of my income from my published book sales, which are published on 'Smashwords'.

 

Their justification for this I explain under my entry number #11 above. It's all "rehabilitative income". I quote the entire "fine print" in post # 11 above.

 

Poppycock.

 

I find this outrageous, unacceptable, immoral, unethical, and general contemptible. It displeases me even more, when Private Messages, facebook conversations, and emails, prove to me that this is by no means an isolated occurrence. Other pilots have experienced the exact same thing.

 

So of course, everybody asks: where is the PHI Benefits Manager, Aren Chaisson, in all of this?

 

Well, the short answer is: hiding from me. He sure won't return phone calls. Or reply to emails.

 

To further muddy the waters there, I received an auto-reply email message from him on September 9th, which stated simply:

 

"I have retired. Have a great day."

 

But when I called this morning, and asked for the Benefits Department, I got put through to...

 

Aren Chaisson's voice mail box.

 

"Please leave a message, and I will get back with you..."

 

So, being a tenacious chap, with a mischievous sense of humour, not to mention a fondness for the absurd, I shall have a thoughtful cup of coffee, maybe even a chocolate cookie, and try calling again, and see if it is possible to get hold of a living, breathing, human being in the PHI "Benefits Department" and see if they are in complete agreement with the way "Reliance Standard" are making their demands.

 

And you guys still having that money deducted faithfully every month out of your pay checks...

 

I shall let you know.