Society has been obsessed with zombies for the past four decades, starting with George Romero's Night of the Living Dead film right up to the popularity of AMC's The Walking Dead TV show, Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead videogame series, and the Plants vs. Zombies phone app. Now one cheeky entrepreneur has taken the zombie craze one step further and is offering an insurancey policy for protection against a catastrophic undead apocalypse.

I came across this amusing picture on reddit. Looks like someone was out for a drive and came behind a car who decided to have a little fun with the "Nationwide is on your side" slogan/jingle for Nationwide Auto Insurance:

In a scheme that probably seemed better on paper, Philadelphia Police Sgt. Dwayne Darby decided to report his car stolen in order to prevent it from being repossessed by the bank. Unfortunately, rather than receiving a nice settlement from his insurance company, Darby’s ill conceived plan netted him three year’s probation and a $5,000 civil penalty to an insurance fraud prevention agency.

A man in Louisville, KY, was arrested on January 10th for posing as a Safe Auto Insurance agent and selling bogus car insurance coverage to someone for $200. The fake agent, Maurice Rhodes, accepted the amount in cash from a man at a flea market and told him that the insurance cards would arrive in the mail soon.

Car crashes are no joke, but sometimes they can result in an inadvertently funny situation. For example, this car in the South End of Boston was struck by a pickup truck and crashed into the most appropriate building imaginable: 

If you cause a car accident in Mt. Morris Township, Michigan, and you don't live there, you might receive a bill in the mail for police services and equipment that the township's residents pay for via their taxes. To make matters worse, your insurance company might not cover those costs. It's called the "accidental cost recovery ordinance," but maybe it should be renamed the "Mt. Morris Township wants to make a quick buck on non-residents."

A man from British Columbia has been ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution and $2,000 in fines after bragging on Facebook about a fraudulent claim he filed after totaling his truck on New Year’s Eve. While driving under the influence, Canadian Corbin Joseph rolled his truck. There were three other passengers in the vehicle, but no serious injuries were sustained. Unfortunately, Joseph was prohibited from driving at the time of the accident, and never should have been behind the wheel.

A man in Tampa Bay crashed into the side of a Wendy's this past weekend while attempting to back out of his parking spot. The 47-year-old man, Edward Capobianco, told police his "gear box was messed up," which caused the car to go onto the sidewalk and ultimately collide with the fast food restaurant's brick wall.