Posted On: July 26, 2007, 11:04 am CDT

Posted By: NOT AN AGENT!

At one point in time insurance was a concept of helping others but it has turned into a race between companies to see who can be the biggest and the richest. It has gone way off track of helping people. I look at insurance as a necessary evil. I must have iton my auto and my home and here in Florida there is no fee market to shop for insurance is you can find someone writing then you go with them. There are very few writing policies in Florida that is why Citizens insurance has grown so big in this state.

You hit the nail right on the head when you said with wealth comes great responsibility. It is the responsibility of the wealthy to help those who are less fortunate then they are. That is the right thing to do, whether you do it because of your faith, your conscious, or you moral compass. I make a good deal of money but will never be "rich" because I feel it is my responsibility to help those who do not have what I do. As for the separation of state and church may I remind you that this country was founded on Christian beliefs and God.

As for sinners, yes we all are sinners in one aspect or another but there is a difference between trying to be good and do the right thing and those who just don't care and continue to sin in the name of big business and fat paychecks.

I don't really agree that the insurance industry has made everyone better off. I actually believe that it hasn't and again has become a necessary evil. The insurance industry has created the increase in lawyers, lawsuits, fraud, and of course greed. I don't see that as being good.

I am by no means a socialist however I do believe in good and evil and right and wrong. If the insurance industry would be brought back to what it was meant to do then I would back it 100% but I don't see that happening so I will push for tougher laws and regulations to keep them in check.