Right after the hurricane, my car insurance with Nationwide went up to $220/mo (was $150). They told me it was the best rate they could get for me...yeah right! With a late fee of $30, I have been paying $250/mo! I just went with progressive and am back down to $150/mo with good coverage...200 deductible, car rental, roadside, etc. Nationwide was a total rip off.

Just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this. Recently was in an accident which I was not at fault. I have a luxury vehicle that was fully paid for. State Farm totaled my vehicle. My issue is the amount they want to settle my claim for is substantially less than what I think it should be or was expecting. Do I have to accept that? Is my only recourse to file a lawsuit? I live in Wyoming BTW. Thanks for any help or advice!

So I have auto insurance with All State here in Canada and I was provided a questionnaire for my renewal term which I filled out. All state says to fill it out otherwise there’s penalties and whatnot so I fill it out. They increased the premium on my last monthly payment before renewal and aren’t budging because we sent the questionnaire that they asked for before we paid the last payment so now they’re counting it as a policy change which is stupid. I work as an actuary in auto insurance and I’ve never dealt with this sort of stuff. What should I do?

For the past 507 days, I’ve been dealing nonstop with AAA Insurance over my BMW X5 M. In July 2023, my car was repossessed (shit happens), but I got it redeemed in September. When I picked it up from Sacramento, multiple dashboard warning lights were on, and it smelled like something was burning. I later found out the repo guy towed my all-wheel drive vehicle by two tires from Chico to Sacramento — completely destroying the transfer case. These types of cars are supposed to be flat-bedded. I got nowhere with the repo company, so I filed a claim with my insurance (AAA) and brought the car to BMW Pajouh/Courtesy Automotive in Chico. It was in their shop from September 11 to November 3 for repairs. Then in February 2024, it started feeling like my tire was going to fall off. I took it back to BMW Chico and got a rental car from them while they looked at it. A couple days later, Nick, the service advisor (not the same one who helped during the first repair), called and asked what the issues were. I had already told them that when I dropped it off, so I was annoyed. The next day, he called again and said, “Whoever did your transfer case didn’t do it correctly.” I reminded him it was their shop that had done the work, and it had been an insurance repair — so the claim should be reopened. A few weeks went by, then I got a call from the AAA adjuster saying the new estimate was too high and they were going to total the car. I told them I would be getting a second opinion from a specialty European shop. I wasn’t able to take the car there until the following week, but I made sure to notify both BMW Chico and AAA. Then a few days later, I started getting calls and texts from both BMW and CoPart, saying they needed my authorization to tow the car to CoPart (a salvage yard). I told them I hadn’t signed anything and had NOT agreed to the total loss — I was still getting a second opinion. Later that night, I went outside and noticed the BMW rental car was gone from my parking space. I ran upstairs thinking I had left the key fob in the car and it got stolen, but it was still in my purse. My daughter reminded me my spare house keys were in the rental, and they had an AirTag on them. I checked FindMy, and sure enough — it pinged at BMW Chico. I called the dealership, and the front desk guy acted clueless. I told him my AirTag showed the car was there. He suddenly put me on hold. A few minutes later, he came back and transferred me to Michael Mumbus, the director. Mumbus told me they removed the car because they don’t allow loaners past 30 days — but it had only been 29 days, and no one had said a word to me about any rental limit. The next day I went down there to pick up my belongings from the car. I came prepared and was recording everything. Mumbus got heated with me, accused me of “holding the key fob hostage,” and said I owed them $650. I had the key fob with me, ready to return it. Then he hit me with it — “Your BMW is gone. CoPart towed it yesterday.” Blaming AAA for giving the consent. They took my car without any consent or authorization. One of the staff members handed me a printout of the repair documentation. That’s when I found out they had installed a junked transfer case in my vehicle — not remanufactured, not OEM, just a used one from a salvage yard. And my insurance policy clearly included OEM endorsement, meaning it should have been brand new from BMW. That’s when I realized not only had they done a terrible job, they had completely violated my policy. I immediately put a hold on the car at CoPart, telling them they had no legal right to it. That gave me time to start digging deeper. Over the course of the year, I reached out to more than 100 lawyers. Every single one said no. They didn’t want to go up against AAA or BMW — said it wasn’t worth the fight. So I kept pushing. I requested every document from AAA and went through everything line by line. That’s when I noticed a payment made to CoPart for $7,000 in “storage fees” — which made no sense. I filed formal complaints with: • California Department of Insurance • Bureau of Automotive Repair And then — this morning — I got the call. AAA told me they had good news: • I can take my car to any shop that does mechanical work and paint (it was severely oxidized from sitting outside this whole time)— and they’re covering all of it. • They’re paying me $35/day for 507 days of loss of use. • They’re removing the salvage title and returning the clean title back into my name. • And… the car is paid off. DMV will take 3–6 months to process the title, but I can wait. I honestly don’t know how this kind of shit always ends up happening to me, but one thing I know for sure — I never stop fighting. It’s exhausting. It’s stressful. It feels impossible. But I do not give up.

Had a house fire, insurance adjuster said i get 5000$ a month for up to 12months for a rental equivalent to my house (3/2 2000sqft) Well 3 months went by and I decided to move into my own rental house , it’s a 1/1 while the repairs on the house are being worked on. Now he’s saying he will only give me the going rate of a 1/1 … which is somewhere around 1500-2k, which is a big difference from 5k. My question is if that 5k per month mine? Something I can fight for? Or do I only get the exact displacement fund I spend , up to 5k

Hi everyone, I have a 9 month old maltipoo. I suspect he has chronic GERD since he throws up yellow bile if he goes around 6-8 hours without a full meal (like overnight or when he is stubborn and wont eat his lunch). This is to say I want to take him to the vet asap. But before that I wanted to add dental coverage to his policy just in case this issue persists and it causes teeth problems later in his life and then they wont cover it because it was a “pre-existing condition.” Dental work on dogs is very expensive! My problem now is that I emailed asking how I can go about adding this to my policy since I couldn’t find how to do so on their app. This is the response I got. i don’t understand why I can’t ADD coverage. I want to pay MORE money. I wasn’t aware that when I bought the insurance for the year it was locking the policy for that entire year. Now I’m thinking of cancelling all together and renewing with the actual coverage that I wanted. Has anyone tried doing that? Would they let me? Or would they recognize my name and vets and ban me or something. Thank you for all the help TLDR; has anyone been able to cancel their Lemonade pet insurance and renew with the actual coverage/policy they wanted?

Hi. So I purchased a new car and am within a year of paying it off (I’m paying it off ahead of schedule) when I was at the dealership it was required that I had full coverage until the car was paid off. Now my question is, what could Honda do if I change my insurance company (I’m currently with the useless all state) and change my plan to minimum coverage?

I go through the prompts, I get connected to someone, and I just hear a conversation between two people talking about random things that I can barely make out. They don’t respond to me so I hang up and try again, same thing. What is actually going on? Do customer service reps just answer and then ignore people so they’ll hang up?

I'm a 38/f with 3 young kids. I did an online application for term life insurance (no exam) with Ladder for 750k/30yr. I have no medical issues other than familial high cholesterol controlled with statin, non smoker, no pre-existing conditions etc. They quoted me at 117 a month. I know no exam is generally higher than traditional, but this seems off to me. Is it me, or is this very high? Could the cholesterol be that much of a factor?

Hi all, years ago my brother was hit by an auto while he was on a bicycle. His auto insurance (State Farm) covered the meds r/t accident and any appointments. Every few years they would send him in for a reevaluation IPE so this time the person that did the Psych evaluation said he was over exaggerating his issues and that even though he has a traumatic brain injury he no longer qualifies to have his medication covered. He deals with/ depression, headaches, insomnia, the only med that is being covered is for his antidepressant. Im not sure how to advise him. Do we go back to the original attorney? Do we fight it? If so, how does that normally play out? My brother's accident happened over 15 years ago. He was not at fault. Even though all of his testing showed significant damage and he has never returned to his baseline, has poor memory, can't think when there are loud noises, and is now doing "manual" work vs. owning a business that he had to give up. Any help would be wond