Protect Insurance Companies PSA

By Barry Ritholtz - September 23rd, 2009, 6:00PM

Hollywood speaks out to help insurance companies:

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

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Category: Humor, Weekend.

Comments

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2 Responses to “Protect Insurance Companies PSA”

cheese Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 1:06 am
I’m waiting for the PSA defending trial lawyers…..
AmenRa Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 1:09 am
LMAO. Thanks for the laugh.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith

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