**Context:** Policy Information • Protected Since: 06/08/2011 • Current Monthly Premium: $431.58 • New Monthly Premium Starting in 63 Days: $1,207.12 Posted yesterday here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/1jttro5/healthy\_paws\_pet\_insurance\_warning/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/1jttro5/healthy_paws_pet_insurance_warning/) *"I understand that premium increases, like any increase in something we use or pay for regularly, can be a stress financially. Our goal is to keep your premiums as low as possible while still providing the policy’s features and benefits. Premium rates are based on many factors, including the increasing cost of veterinary medicine, the pet’s age, breed, sex, and zip code. Insurance regulations require us to charge a premium that is sufficient to cover anticipated claims. Premium increases are filed and approved, where required, with your state’s insurance regulator.That being said, you do have options for decreasing your monthly premiums.  If you would like to decrease the cost of your monthly premium, you can do so by assuming more financial responsibility in the cost of your pet's health care. You can do this by increasing your pet's coinsurance and/or annual deductible.  If you would like more information on those options and what those premiums are, just let me know via replying to this email and I will be happy to send those over to you.If you would like to speak with me to review the matter further, you can simply reply to this email noting a few dates/times that work best for you, and I will be happy to call you back at your desired time. Please note that I am available Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Pacific Time."*

Someone hit my crappy but reliable car on the way to work a few days ago and their insurance (state farm) is trying to declare the car a total loss, but the cost of the car won't come close to getting me a new used vehicle of the same quality. The damage to the car is mostly cosmetic with only about $1000 in repairs required to get the car on the road again. But ~$4000 to repair the cosmetic damage. The mechanic suggested I try to call them and let them know that I wanted a lower payment in exchange for the car not being totaled but whenever I call state farm I'm immediately redirected to their total loss department. Is it at all likely that I'll be able to instead do a cash claim so that I can keep my car or am I just competely fucked?

I currently have Erie no recent accidents or traffic violations. I did switch to an EV which I guess triggered the recent price increases. My annual premium went from $925 to over $1700 for 2 vehicles. I did a quote at progressive direct and the annual price is about $500 less with the same coverages except I didn't include the accident forgiveness or deductible savings bank. Is it a really bad decision to switch from Erie to Progressive? The monthly price option for the two actually saves me about $720/year. Am I missing something that I'm overlooking?

I have an Amex Hilton rewards Diamond membership. I had to spend over 13K to receive certain rewards like a free room. We’re not rich, by any means, it took a long time to build up to a free room. It was my sons birthday so I called the local Hilton to see if we booked a room if we could have small party for him at the pool area and invite a few guests. They were very nice and accommodating and said absolutely and even offered for us to use their fire pit and grill as well. A week later we booked the room and went to the hotel to ask if we could see it to get an idea of sleeping arrangements. They said they couldn’t at the time. Ok, no problem, so we left. The day before our stay we got an email to choose our room and noticed the room wasn’t what I thought it was. Being a Diamond member we’re entitled to free upgrades that are available, and have always been treated kindly about that. Not at this hotel. I called Hilton cust serv line and they said they tried to get the upgrade but sounded like they’d had a problem with the hotel, and advised I try to speak to them myself. They were super nice about it, but I could tell the cs agent was frazzled after speaking with the hotel. I called the hotel and once the front desk accessed my acct and saw the free room, her attitude became awful! I am a calm steady person from years of customer service, so I didn’t feed into her snarky behavior. I felt she was lying about not having an upgraded room avail. So I called and spoke with the GM. I complained to her about the previous convo with her front desk agent and asked that she looked into it. Well, She was worse! She began saying we couldn’t have a party unless all guests were registered to our room and began changing our agreements. I told her it was no problem, we can add them on to our room, there were only a couple of teens coming, so it would’ve worked out ok. Our room could fit 6, and we only had 6 people. But She didn’t offer to do that nor did she ask if we were ok with the room. She just said this is a free room and it sounds like we cannot accommodate you here and that she was cancelling our room. We were 2 hours from the party time. I begged her not to cancel because we had guests meeting us there. She insisted she was doing it, so I told her if she did that, I would call the state attorney general because I never consented to her changing and breaking the contract. By cancelling it, it made me lose my free room. I called Hilton and asked for their district managers number. They said I’d have to call the hotel to get it. So I did and got the nasty GM again. She said because I “threatened legal action, I was banned from the property” and if I step foot there they’d call Georgia patrol. I was absolutely floored! I kept my cool and never said anything for her to go that far. I tried to do everything the correct way… asking to have the party beforehand instead of sneaking people in, tried to see the room beforehand, tried to use my diamond status to work through a misunderstanding instead of raising cane.. etc. There was no reason for her to do that. My son was looking forward to having his friends there for his birthday. I had 3 hours to call parents and make new arrangements. It turned out that the teens just wanted to ride bikes all day and barely would’ve even used the hotel. We didn’t need it after all. But I’d like to have my free room back and be removed from their “do not rent” list. Thinking about it now, I believe they just didn’t want to rent to people who use their free room. What advice would you give me? Should I file the complaint with the state Atty general or let Amex do it? Or something else all together?

Hey Everyone, I had a strange occurrence about signing up for term life insurance. Zander scheduled a person to come out to my home to draw blood from me, despite me telling them that I would like to come out to one of their affiliated locations. When I declined the offer a second time, I left a message for Zander, who did not call me back. Next, I reach out to Zander again and the agent tells me that they would like to make it more convenient for me, as they do not have locations nearby. Turns out, they have a location 10 minutes away, as ExamOne is affiliated with Quest Diagnostics. When I call them, they are strangely indifferent on the phone and are telling me that they will do a full 45 minute physical. When I asked if the results will be shared with my primary physician, they do not give me a straight up answer. When reading up on it, it seems like they do not even publish the results for the patient online. What are your thoughts?

Going from $113-$127, smh should I look into switching or would it be the same anyways?

Location: Michigan - Just wondering if this is an appropriate thing for small claims and wanted to hear some opinions as I've never sued anyone before or have been involved in small claims. I was in a car accident on March 11. I was not the driver at fault. The other driver involved in the accident was cited for failure to stop (she rear-ended me at a stop light), no driver's license, and for not wearing a seat belt. Her insurance was listed on the police crash report as LA Insurance. Come to find out, she did not have that car insured at the time of the accident. I called LA insurance, and several other companies under that franchise, and found her name and policy, but she had a different vehicle insured and not the one involved in the accident. My insurance company reached out to her, didn't receive a response, and ran the VIN on the vehicle she hit me with, verified that the car was in her name, but did not find an insurance policy attached to the vehicle. I told the police department this and they will be updating the police crash report. Subsequently, I can't file a claim with her insurance because she doesn't have any. I have been encouraged to sue her in small claims court. My car was basically totaled in that accident (it was also an older used vehicle with 197,000+ miles on it), so I leased a new vehicle. Can I ask to receive at least the down payment I put down on that new vehicle? I'm also going to ask for storage fees of having my car at a repair shop as well as the fees to file with small claims. I did have items stolen from my vehicle while it was at that repair shop, but I don't have a dollar amount for them so I don't think it would be appropriate to put those in the small claims case. But I'm really just wondering if asking for the amount I paid as a down payment on a new vehicle would be appropriate. Like I said, I have never done this before. Advice is greatly appreciated!

I got an email for my claim today saying my cat showed signs for diabetes at her exam in sept (I posted a pic of the exam notes on left and the email from embrace today on right). I don’t see anywhere it says she had diabetes. She was throwing up, but vet never said she showed signs of diabetes. My cat became diabetic late Jan, early Feb and is already in remission. Should I fight this (get a note from the vet)? Has anyone heard of successful stories?

UPDATE: I called this morning and apparently the post authorization did get approved without my knowing and without updating in my online portal. It's still showing online that I owe the full amount but the employee I spoke with said to ignore those charges and wait for a bill in the corrected amount of $333.87 which is much more palatable. Major thank you for everyone's input!! It was late and I was getting very anxious about it, I seriously appreciate everyone's comments. Hopefully there won't be any more mishaps and I know better moving forward to make sure preauth gets sent. Recently I had a colonoscopy at the suggestion/request of a gastroenterologist for issues I've been having. This was my first time having any kind of outpatient procedure and my first time dealing with marketplace health insurance (United Healthcare) on my own. I did not know that prior authorization was a requirement for this procedure. Prior to scheduling the procedure I spoke with UHC about coverage and was told I'd only be charged the copay because it was in network. After the procedure I found out the medical office and hospital failed to request authorization and did the procedure anyway, now I'm being charged $5,000+ for the colonoscopy because of it. I didn't know I needed authorization and moreover it was the medical facility's responsibility to get that, and NOT perform the procedure unless it was granted. Am I mistaken? Has this happened to anyone else? What are my options? I've already called the medical facility to submit a post-authorization appeal but it seems to be denied as well. I'm at a loss and feel entirely screwed over, would love some advice!

My homeowners insurance company called me and told me I need to replace my roof and get rid of the t-lock shingles or they will drop me. Is it right for them to do that? The roof is in good condition doesn’t leak or anything. They are basically forcing me to get a good roof redone. Is there something I can do to have them help pay to where I’m not replacing on my own?