X-Message-Number: 17507 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:58:10 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #17497 - #17506 Hi everyone! Even though I personally have US insurance policies, I will say that one of the worst policies brought in by the Chamberlains was their policy that Alcor would only (in future) accept insurance from US suppliers. Outside the US it has already lost Alcor some members and may well lose them more ... not to mention that if you are a member who joined before this policy, then you've basically been put into the very small group of remaining Alcor members, while everyone else joins the Cryonics Institute. I am not going to argue about foreign versus US insurance policies, though I will point out that they may be underwritten by branches of the same company. Even if they are not, I sent the Chamberlains a message when this policy came on, asking for cases in which a foreign insurance company had failed while a US company would not have --- and never got a reply. In any case, this policy should be rethought. Foreign countries aren't the same, and I would be happy to have policies from any European, Australian, or NZ country. And the possibility of policies from elsewhere should be considered ... the only thing needed is someone who speaks their language. Basically it should be the responsibility of the MEMBER, not the cryonics society, to verify that the life insurance policy is good. Sure, he/she must give his reasons to Alcor, and let Alcor check what he/she has done. But it should remain the MEMBER's responsibility. Best wishes and long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17507