I was rear-ended last year, and the at-fault driver's insurance covered the $14,700 in repairs. Afterward, I hired an appraiser, who reported a diminished value of $4,175. Once, I submitted the diminished value claim to the at-fault driver's insurance company, they offered me $300 and then began ignoring my attempts to communicate further. After filing a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, the insurance company finally got back to me and offered $2,000. It's less than I was hoping to get, but I'm worried that pushing for more could cause them to rescind the offer and force me to go to court. So, my question is, if I try (and fail) to get more, will the offer of $2,000 still stand?

I am getting a new car delivered to me friday and trading my old one in, I went to update my insurance policy through state farm & it’s showing my total change cost to be $733 just to remove my old car & add the new one. Is this normal? That seems insanely high

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice on a situation that’s gotten pretty stressful. I live in San Diego, California. About two months ago, I was driving around 2 a.m. when a pedestrian ran into my car. He was running across the street diagonally, apparently intoxicated, and hit my car right as the traffic light turned green. I called emergency services, and he briefly lost consciousness but regained it and was taken to the hospital. I also have a witness who saw the whole thing and gave me their phone number and statement confirming that the pedestrian caused the accident. At the time, the police report clearly said the pedestrian was at fault. My insurance company (Geico) told me they would handle everything and assured me they had collected the report and all the relevant information. Fast forward to now: the pedestrian hired a lawyer and is suing me for bodily injuries. I just received a letter from Geico informing me about the lawsuit and requesting my statement again (even though I already provided it right after the accident). It seems like only now they are actually trying to gather the police report and contact witnesses. I feel that Geico hasn’t been proactive at all and may not be acting fully in my best interests. In the letter, they also mentioned that I have the right to hire my own attorney, and if I do, they will communicate directly with that attorney instead of me. My main questions: Should I hire my own lawyer in this situation, or is it better to just let Geico handle it? What are my chances of recovering my insurance deductible from the pedestrian, given that the police report and witness both confirm he was responsible? Is it true that a police report can be easily dismissed in these cases? Could hiring my own lawyer make this situation worse or “bigger” than it already is? Any guidance, suggestions, or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your help.

I was rear-ended on the freeway (not merging, just came to a stop in traffic and the guy behind me... didn't stop). We exchanged info, I got an estimate from a bodyshop, he opened a claim with his insurance (a Progressive subsidiary). I also alerted my insurance that there had been an accident but did not open a claim. Now I got a message from Progressive asking me to answer questions about the accident. I know them asking for an account of the accident or even coming out to see my car is standard - but they require me to agree to arbitration and a bunch of other terms before even seeing what the questions are. I have no confirmation that the other driver filed the claim assuming fault for the accident so agreeing to all of Progressive's terms seems wrong before having more information. I would be fine emailing photos, my info, and an account of the accident to an agent but the other driver says he doesn't have the info of the agent assigned to the claim. Is it all automated to the point where there is no person that I can communicate with outside of this form?

Location: Maryland (currently living in Georgia now) So I got into a car wreck back in December. My car received 7 grand in damages but managed to make it out. I ended up going to the hospital because of the wreck and the at fault driver hit another vehicle as well totaling both of their cars. Now some months later my insurance company, who is handle my legal matters (it’s USAA if it matters), has informed me that the at fault party has been sent to collections. And I was told if they don’t respond their license will be indefinitely suspended. But nothing else really? I have lost a lot from this accident keeping me out of work and a vehicle for quite a while. And the value of my perfect condition vehicle has made it work about a couple of grand when its initial selling value was over 12 grand. I am a safe driver and I feel like I’m being punished for an irresponsible driver and my insurance isn’t really doing much to remedy the situation cause at this point it really has been money out of my pocket. Also the at fault driver was uninsured as well. I don’t know what to do and it’s been making me really kind of sad about it.

I just got a good quote on home insurance but the car insurance is more than triple what I’m currently paying (I don’t think that’s what they want the triple to be known for). Has anyone else experienced this with AAA? I triple checked with her that I heard her correctly. I work from home and rarely drive so I have a mileage based plan. This is not that. She said at least one vehicle needed some kind of coverage and it could just be liability.

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

So recently someone backed into me at the parking lot and damaged the front of my car. We exchanged information etc and the person initially was thinking to settle it without involving insurance. I was fine with this and reached out to a few places, but most say it is hard to determine the total damage without doing a full diagnostics because there are many sensors/cameras/lights in that area. Only 1 place gave me a preliminary estimate after looking at the damage. We then decided to get insurance involved. His insurance assumed full liability and send out a person to estimate the damage visually. The estimate is quite low, lower than the place who gave me an estimate directly. They said I would need to take my car to a shop that is willing to work with their rate. If additional damage is determined, then the shop would work with the insurance company for any additional costs. During this whole process, I feel like the other person's insurance treats me like I am trying to scam them. I asked what if the shop dong want to fix the car because the insurance estimate is too low, and they said that I would have to pay for the different if the shop is not willing to work with their rate. So now I am wondering if it makes sense if I reach out to my insurance company and report this incident, would they deal with the other person's insurance instead of me dealing with it directly? Thank you.

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?