I'm shopping around for car insurance. I'm 38F and never had anything but State Farm, but I was rear ended in an accident last year and had a mostly bad experience dealing with customer service and claims. My parents had a life insurance policy for my mother. When she passed away the office somehow marked me as the deceased party, which also lead to me having to "prove" that I was not dead. Keeping in my mind my mother and I share a last name and had our insurances at the same office/broker, but we have completely separate policies. When I told the agent that is what happened, she was combative even though the date of the change corresponded with my mother's death. After my accident, there were significant delays in getting my payment because of some issues they were having with setting up digital payments for me. All around bad experience with customer service and claims who were not empathetic or helpful. When I switched my insurance to a new agent's office for my new car, they put the incorrect financing information on my policy. Had to call several times to change. Realized that they had the wrong mailing address and garage address, even though I had also changed these. I, no joke, had to call on four separate occasions to try to change my garage address. They kept telling me it would be reflected on my policy within a month, but when I checked, my old garage address was still there. Conveniently, my rate at my new address is cheaper. I will say prior to the past couple years I had great experiences with State Farm. It seems lately to have maybe gone down hill, and I am a pretty dang patient person. It's not all about price for me either. I'm happy to change to somewhere with better service even if slightly more expensive. Does anyone actually have a car insurance company they can recommend based on good experiences and/or customer service?

I have comprehensive and liability coverage for my Class C RV through Safeco.The coverage is for full-time RV living. We've had a couple things happen. First, we had a tire blow out. This caused damage to the door to the LP tank, the shelf that holds the LP tank, and it literally blew a hole into our RV. It didn't cause any frame damage and the hole is in a location that doesn't make it a safety risk (it's under some drawers). When this happened, I didn't even think about insurance and that would continue for a while (mea culpa, I was really sick at the time). Fast forward a month. We'd just gotten onto I-90 near Utica NY when the bolts for one of our tires sheared off. We had to get towed and the next day the tire itself was fixed. There was some minor structural damage to the RV (cracked mirror oddly enough, a couple of dings on the back end) but then also began having cascading electrical issues: I can't confirm at this time but I think one of the bolts damaged something, most likely the RV's inverter. So I submit the claim for the tow, the repair to the tire and electrical damage, plus the damage for the tire blowout. We spoke to the adjuster the same day and she told us we should take the RV in for an estimate. We did that and the person who did the estimate told us that the insurance company would try to low ball us. Which they did. The adjuster knew we were getting an estimate as she'd asked us to. Meanwhile, they had their own estimator come up with some figures based entirely on the pictures that I submitted. And yeah, lowball they were - $1700 for the blowout damage and about $3500 for the damage when the bolts sheared on the tire. Each amount was less my deductible. That was yesterday. I sent the adjuster a text and told her the figures were very low, the labor rate alone was half what it should be, and the estimates seem to have some issues from the tire blowout damage and from the bolt shearing mixed up, so one of the estimates has some of both. No response. I know the company we went to submitted their estimate yesterday. But today, Safeco paid out based on their estimate. And they sent the payment to a random address that has no connection to me. I did email the adjuster and told her this isn't acceptable, it's not even based on an estimate by someone who has *looked* at my RV, and you send it to some address I've never heard of. I don't expect a response to that, either. So beyond the address issue, what are my options here? My RV is barely driveable and I live in it. I'm positive that the amount of damage to it is more than it's worth (it's an older RV). I am really discouraged at this point.

I purchased private health insurance through an agent with Freedom Life Insurance. I'm starting my own business so have to handle my own insurance. I got a Freedom plan that is supposed to give me 4 free doctors visits before deductibles/copays kick in, and somehow I'm paying more than my insurance every time. They only pay $100 per visit. I am livid that I'm spending almost $400/month for a policy that doesn't seem to pay anything!! What is the deal with this?? They only pay $100, the rest is on me. This is directly different than what I was told it would be, and there's no way for me to know what I'm going to be paying unless I get a full bill breakdown from each doctor beforehand which I have never in my life had to do. The plan is a United plan, yet my agent said these major doctors don't have a good contracted rate with United. HOW? United is universally accepted. Should I have my agent find me a different plan? Go back to Marketplace where they switch your plan every year? Where the heck does a person go to get health insurance that isn't rocket science, actually covers what it says it will cover, and doesn't change all the time? Does the plan I'm on even sound normal?

Cardiologist ordered a CT for my heart. Pre-authorization approved by insurance but for cost estimate at BCBS website I will still roughly pay about 2K while they will cover about $1600. I have BCBS PPO with $3200 deductible. Would the hospital billing department be able to give me my actual cost before I go through with the procedure. I just don’t want any more surprises after getting hit with a $3K hospital bill for my son’s ambulance and ER TRIP.

Question about marketplace insurance vs. private. My husband and I are partners in our own business so we got on a family marketplace plan this year after much due diligence on my part to ensure our providers were in network. We found out the hard way that just because some hospitals in a health network are covered, doesn't mean all are covered. This was upsetting to us because having both worked for the large health networks around us, we know where you go for procedures matters. I did a search of all marketplace plans for the 2 hospitals we prefer and NONE are in network. I got an email recently from an insurance broker who quoted me a price for Anthem BCBS that is a few hundred dollars cheaper a month than our marketplace plan including subsidies. There is a small deductible that I don't have with the marketplace plan and some limits on how often we can utilize a service but this would be OK with me if we could go to the hospitals we prefer. I'm also worried the healthcare subsidies will go away next year so finding a cheaper plan puts me a bit at ease. Is there anything I need to be super aware of with private plans? I'm curious how a private plan could be cheaper than a marketplace plan which is what is making me wonder if it's too good to be true. Thanks for any insight you can give!

Hello everyone who sees this post. I’m a first time mom dog and need advice on some wellness plans for my 1 month old Labrador Retriever. I’ve done a lot of research on different wellness plans and pet insurance but feel so overwhelmed. I also don’t want to pick any wellness plans as I want to make sure I’m getting my moneys worth and the appropriate care for my puppy. I’ve only had him for 5 days so far and would give my life for him. I recently went to visit Banfield hospital that was inside of PetSmart at midtown crossing shopping center. The visit was free because my puppy was a new patient. I got him his first dosage of dewormer. The customer service was great and they were very attentive with my puppy. I arrived late to my appointment but they still saw him. I’ve read some reviews and other Reddit post about Banfield and they have been not so great. So I just want to get advice on whether or not the wellness early care plus plan is good for the first year of my puppy’s life and ONLY for the first year. It includes: -introductory comprehensive physical exam -graduation comprehensive physical exam -routinely recommended vaccinations -ear swab to help catch signs of parasites and disease (1x a year) -screening test for heartworm and tick-borne diseases -WISDOM PANEL health DNA test to screen for genetic diseases -fecal exam (3x a year) and routine deworming (4x a year) -virtual visits (2x a year) -pet wellness 1-1 session -unlimited office visits -neuter surgery, including preanesthetic blood testing with electrolyte panel and monitoring throughout the procedure and recovery This will be $78/monthly. Coming out to $936 for the year. Of course, for additional recommended vaccines and additional charges for medication and extra procedures not covered by the plan, I’m willing to pay out of pocket. I’ll be sure to get my puppy pet insurance as well but still looking. So far I’ve seen Spot, Figo (since I have a Costco membership), and lemonade. For now I’m thinking setting the coverage plan at its lowest so I pay no more than $20 a month. I know how it sounds, but I don’t want to pay so much for pet insurance right now as he’s still small. Once I see that he’s growing and being more of a menace, then I’ll change his plan to cover more so I won’t have to worry about paying so much out of pocket. What do you guys think about this? I need all the advice I can get on the Banfield plan and my idea on the pet insurance thing. Asking for all advice. Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to me. You don’t know how much I appreciate it.

I’m a newly insured driver (early 20s) and my car is over 20 years old. I only drive my car maybe 10 minutes a day 1-2 times a week due to driving anxiety. My first 6 months with progressive it was $200 a month. Now with my renewal it will be $250 a month. I’m wondering if this is normal, if/who I need to call to discuss why it has increased. I live in a very safe area. I’m new to everything and not sure what to do. From reading it seems mostly everyone’s rates are increasing but mine is still significantly higher. Any help much appreciated, thank you.

I posted here a couple days ago about a stolen motorcycle (thank you all for reminding me not to commit fraud) and I called Geico about some questions I had. The told me I could get the collision and comprehensive policy right now, after the theft, and if the person who stole my motorcycle gets into a crash with a stationary object or another car and the motorcyclist is at fault I could be compensated. I got qouted for the coverage and it's $4,717.62! I paid $791.07 originally and the new total will be $5,508.69. I'm assuming since this policy covers the vehicle its more but $4,717.62 is absolutely crazy. I don't think I will be getting the policy at this point because of the depreciation on the bike makes it worth around $8,000 and the insurance would be almost half what the bike is worth. Even at rates of a new rider that seems fairly high. I apologize for the rant, QUESTION: Is this a normal quote for the policy on a motorcycle or is that something because I am a new rider?

I was involved in a multi-vehicle accident almost two years ago. As the statute of limitations nears, State Farm who insured the at-fault party reached out asking for a blanket release of medical, work, and school records for a bodily injury claim. I’m obviously not signing that. My insurance already paid the only medical bill I had related to the accident directly and seems to have collected money for the vehicle and related expenses from State Farm. Am I obligated to provide State Farm any other documentation for the claims that have already been paid? Want to put this saga to rest for good.