Top 10 Craziest Insurance Claims (Car And Home)

Top 10 craziest insurance claims for this list we've ranked the weirdest most wonderful most famous and most far-fetched claims out there they may seem unbelievable and it's entirely possible they have been embellished overtime but all are at least based in fact after all the truth is stranger than fiction number ten shampoo fuel depending where you are in the world some car insurance policies offer a Miss fueling cover for those annoying and slightly embarrassing times when you fill up with the wrong type of gas but as long as you haven't inflicted even more damage by driving your vehicle very far those insurers will pay to drain and clean the engine however what if you miss fueled magnificently badly.

And filled up with something else entirely that's what happened to one British woman who claimed she mistook her shampoo bottle for a gasoline container and filled up on premium Herbal Essences the ad say it'll take your hair to paradise but don't expect it to help drive you there number nine hammers and hail mother nature can cause a lot of damage so when one Louisville Kentucky residents submitted a claim that his car had fallen victim to hail the insurers expected a routine payout but clearly the claimant had never seen a real life he'll be vehicle as someone had done a very poor job of recreating the effect of the bigger ones sledge his insurers knew instantly that this was not weather related and that someone had taken a hammer to the car they assumed that someone was the owner himself however he was unperturbed.

And filed a slightly more reputable claim shortly afterwards declaring that someone else had attacked his ride protective goggles to destroy my car as it was impossible to prove who had actually caused the damage the money was eventually paid out but his premiums likely went through the roof he what happens Larry number eight getting greedy we are no experts on the subject but surely one of the first rules of insurance fraud is to know when to stop won delaware man forgot that advice when he claimed he was trying to move burning coals in his home and inadvertently caused over $50,000 in damages he was ultimately found out however when he concocted a story line more suitable for a slapstick routine while trying to throw the calls out he threw a bucket full of them outside conveniently onto his convertible and then while running through his house in a panic he somehow managed to throw a second bucket full on his couch guys ever kids and one of the twenty years old sets fire to the living room around these people learn stop seeing dollar signs start things since number seven died rockets in flight side of course not every ridiculous claim is flat-out fraud sometimes there just honest but stupid accidents one such claim was made one fourth of July when a driver had parked his truck bed with several thousand dollars worth of fireworks he had intended to stage a huge an impressive show in a nearby field but instead held a costly and dangerous series of explosions are route thanks to a stray cigarette he tossed out of the driver's window the rockets launched way earlier than expected we assume no one was hurt the car was a write off we are truly last number six wheels cars don't dress like a call for 110 be hosler his experience with attempted fraud was anything but child's play in fact it was just a series of schoolboy airs theoretically the idea could have worked he'd claimed that feeds had stolen parts from his car but the execution was unbelievably amateurish the so-called victims submitted phony invoices to his insurance company listing what he wished to be reimbursed for but things got slightly second-grade arts and crafts project when the accompanying photos showed parts from a toy car that was the same color and make the claimants but use this for ages 8 to 14 that's a suggestion in the end his Hot Wheels landed him in very hot water maybe he was sent to his room without dinner number 54 slick tell me something I don't know.

I open mouth kiss the horse want that something you don't know some people like to spend their vacation time getting a little closer to nature but one couple allowed their car to get a little too close to a particular group of forces the sightseeing peres was busy traveling through england's Dartmoor National Park when they parked so that they could do a little more exploring on foot when they returned to their ride however it looked a little different because some presumably very hungry ponies had looked away its paintwork we've also heard the same tale told about some paint leaking cows in France but either way the claimants cars still read so they didn't need to have it number for water heater blasts off you might not think the water heater is the most dangerous appliance in your house or the most mobile but for one unlucky insurance claimants it turned out to be a literal homewrecker as the pilot light out related to the homeowner attended an ill advised home repair on his water heater a buildup of pressure caused it to rocket through all the floors of the house like an oversized bullet before careening out into the outside world destruction didn't stop there as it also damaged nearby cars parked in the street an accident which we expect caused many and ironically heated conversation between neighbors number three major accident insurance you're implying that there is not good with insurance it pays to be prepared and you should always try to arrange a policy before an accident happens just over let's say you're uninsured car randomly catches fire it probably try your best to think on your feet but would you attempt to purchase insurance over the phone right then and there one couple apparently did and does the story goes they might have gotten away with it too if the car fire hadn't threatened to blaze out of control while the husband tried to complete 

His panic purchase on the phone his wife could be heard screaming in the background about her fears of an explosion assuming the insurance company quickly lost interest in the sale sword attitude is not going to speed things up and eat meat at all I'm going to ask you to speak into the mouthpiece of adequately number two hot dog dogs can be a real pain sometimes especially when you're trying to eat they will stop at nothing until they steal at least a little love what's on your plate but for one pet owner their puppies hunger couldn't even wait until dinner was served with disastrous consequences according to one insurance claim while trying to steal food from the stove 01 ravenous pooch turned all the burners on high and caused a major kitchen fire when an unwatched pizza box was set ablaze we should say that no animals were actually harmed in the filing of this claim although we can't promise that the pub's owner was too happy with them me held by their novelty fire extinguisher before we unveil our number one pick here are some honorable mentions number one submarine forces car unfortunately car accidents happen all the time and cars are irreparably damaged every day but as we've proven today car insurance claims aren't always simple affairs our winner see someone's ride written off after an unexpected collision with a submarine occurrence that was apparently not uncommon in ww2 era London the unbelievable incident apparently took place when the wife of a submariner drove to see her husband's navy vessel arrived in Port only she got a little too close to the action when the inexperienced crewmen driving the sub accidentally rammed her parking spot causing the car to slip into the water wasn't quite the homecoming the husband was expecting do you agree with our list which insurance claim did we overlook good luck 34 more crazy but true top tens published every day