I live in Ohio and have State Farm for my homeowners policy. My roof was damaged by wind end of September 2024 and siding was torn off my house. I also have water damage inside my home. I had a contractor out and State Farm had their contractor out to assess damage. I have a $6k deductible and State Farm deemed it was repairable. Payout is $4k but I appealed because of the matching code in Ohio and I don’t agree the roofing repairs will match my current roof. In the meantime, another storm passed through and now shingles are flying off my house. I am 20 years in on a 30 year shingle. State Farm wants me to file a new claim, and a new $6k deductible. I believe they should have covered it from the beginning. Now what do I do?

Trying to help my mil with her home insurance in FL. No prior claims and no flood zone. She contacted an agent who gave her a cheaper quote through citizens. We find out 6 weeks later there is still no policy. We call on her behalf and get a bunch excuses about internet glitches or something. Called citizens and they didn’t even have a record of the application. In the meantime coverage has lapsed and the mortgage company I guess has already bought its own policy. Finally last week the agent submitted a new application and just got a notice that it was denied for missing required documentation. Obviously we are contacting a different agent referred by a friend asap. But like wth? This can’t be normal right? What else should/can we be doing? Obviously this is very stressful for her going into hurricane season without a policy.

Hi there. Last year in April 2024 I bought small business insurance through Chubb because a client job required it. I paid the annual amount in full at the start. When the year was up in 2025, I didn't renew. They sent multiple bills and I didn't respond because my client was vacillating about continuing the project and I didn't want to spend the money if I didn't need to. Then they sent a notice saying that the policy was canceled, which I expected given I had not paid. But they kept sending bills and emails and it was annoying so eventually I replied that I was not intending to renew, I understood the policy had expired, and if I decided to re-insure, I would be in touch. All of a sudden they came back with a new amount for "earned premium" from the time the policy was canceled for non payment until the time I told them I wasn't planning to renew. Is this standard and normal? To be clear, I paid the full annual amount up front, and just didn't renew the policy by paying for a second year. Their explanation: We apologize for any confusion. There appears to have been a ceding issue on the non-payment cancellation. Therefore, the cancellation effective date is 6/4/2025. The earned premium is the premium amount from the coverage effect date of 4/2/2025 to the cancellation date since the policy cancelled due to non-payment. Can someone advise if this is normal? It's not a huge amount and I can suck it up, but it feels crooked to me because I presume if I had tried to make a claim after the first year was up without having paid, they would not have covered me.

I have United Health Care’s high deductible plan, which I chose vs the lower deductible when I started my job 3 months ago for the HSA and because I have no medical conditions and rarely see a doctor. I’ve developed neurological issues the last month that have required a doctor visit, MRI, and now a follow up and likely more testing with a specialist. The doctor visit was $177 after a discount and MRI was $621 after discount. Does insurance even with that plan really not pay anything more? My old plan through my old job was high deductible with HSA, but bills were still only $70. At the rate I’m going, my old and new HSAs will be drained well before I hit my deductible, so I won’t have money to pay the bills. I guess the short answer is the doctor offices won’t get paid until I have the money, but is there anything more I can do? I can’t imagine how expensive seeing a neurologist will be plus whatever tests they want even if in Network.

I bought my condo five years ago and have Homesite Insurance (according to my recent research, this is not good…). I just filed a claim with them about what my plumber suspects is a faulty toilet wax ring which has caused water damage in the condo unit below mine. Chances are my bathroom will be out of commission for a bit. My question is this: has any one had at least a neutral experience with Homesite? Any tips on how to make sure they do what they’re supposed to? I’m doing my part by brushing up on my insurance policy. Any advice on how to avoid delays is greatly appreciated! I guess I’m just looking for a little hope, lol. Thank you!

Hi I would like to hear your thoughts on Wawanesa Insurance? Plan to switch from AAA to Wawanesa. AAA double my insurance, no accident or traffic ticket. Please let me know. TIA.

Hoping someone could possibly shed a little light on my situation. My daughter wrecked her car in front of our house on March 2nd. On March 5th Progressive sent the tow truck to retrieve the vehicle which they towed to an IAA auction yard to have it appraised. The appraiser went on the 7th. I spoke with someone from progressive on the 8th who needed to verify a few things. She said something about it being a total loss which at that time I didn’t know, which apparently she thought I had already been contacted. I told her I hadn’t so she said well I’ll just go over it real quick even though this isn’t my department. She said that it was a deemed a total loss and they valued my car at $8200 something (I don’t really remember the exact number) Little lower than I expected but okay. Anyway I logged into the app to check the status of the claim and I do see it’s a total loss but the only thing I see is the appraisers repair estimate for $8289 and the deduction for the deductible. Is that what they are actually valuing the car at? Or is that simply a repair estimate? We still owe on the car so I’m trying to plan accordingly. I’ve contacted our adjuster but have left messages with no return call as of yet.

We were uninsured for awhile, and honestly, it wasn't that bad. We had a 94% discount from the hospital we used and had a great experience with them for many years. Fast forward to last year, we officially got insurance. Cigna. We have an HSA account and a high deductible. We spend SO much money, but I view this as paying for peace of mind so if anything horrendous happened we would be covered. Now, I just got word that our hospital is discontinuing service with Cigna and everything is going to be considered out-of-network. This is a blow to our family because 2 out of the 4 of us require specialists. My son is medically complex and the hospital has a children's hospital wing where he sees 5 specialists a year and may need surgery in the coming years. I've spent years finding a medical team that works for our family and they're all at this establishment. It's all being pulled out from under us...it takes effect in 3 weeks. I don't know what to do now....should we go back to being uninsured? How do we shop around for insurance? Should I look into catastrophic insurance? A friend recommended US Health Group but after searching this sub I'm hesitant. Key points: 1) We make too much money for any form of government assistance (however, we are NOT wealthy) 2) We live 2 hours away from the next closest children's hospital and I have yet to find out if they accept Cigna. 3) How do I vet an insurance company? TIA

Context: Hail Storm on May 3 2024 and it damaged my roof, siding, and gutters. Filed claim with my insurance company Progressive. Progressive approved full roof repair, replacement of gutters, but only approved replacement of siding on 1 side of my house. On the siding my home policy didn’t offer matching so Progressive is only paying to replace 1 side and says to patch damage siding on other sides of my house with siding that will be taken down. Signed contract with roofing company on June 7 2024 for them to do all the approved work. July 2024 the roofing company replaced my roof. Since then, they have not returned to place my gutters and do the siding. I’ve called the roofing company at least once per month to follow up and they say I’m in their Que and they’ll get to it when they get to it. Roofing contractor says insurance companies give 2 years after claims are filed to complete work. Can someone confirm if this true/accurate? What other options do I have? Can/Should I file a complaint with BBB?