Stiofan
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The insurance companies I was contracted with all required a social security number. They needed it to either run your credit report (some states allow credit to be used in insurance rating) or to access one of the claims databases, which all use SS as an identifier.
We were told over and over again, they don't have to provide a SS number and we don't have to provide them with insurance. Let them buy their insurance elsewhere.
As an agent it was extremely annoying. I don't write the policy, I don't get paid. But the databases they use are set up to use the SS and they wouldn't make any exceptions.
However, we had so much info on people, like their driver's license numbers, addresses, employers, DoB and the rest, the company could find out anything they wanted anyway, including the SS number. It's really a moot point these days.
Privacy is an illusion in 2008.
We were told over and over again, they don't have to provide a SS number and we don't have to provide them with insurance. Let them buy their insurance elsewhere.
As an agent it was extremely annoying. I don't write the policy, I don't get paid. But the databases they use are set up to use the SS and they wouldn't make any exceptions.
However, we had so much info on people, like their driver's license numbers, addresses, employers, DoB and the rest, the company could find out anything they wanted anyway, including the SS number. It's really a moot point these days.
Privacy is an illusion in 2008.