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.

Earlier this year, I was involved in an accident where I was side swiped by a gardener truck. I was on a residential street and slowed down to look for parking. The gardener truck was behind me but decided to pass me, and when I drove forward a little to park further up, the truck merged back into my lane and struck my car with the equipment hanging off its trunk. They sustained no damages while my drivers side window shattered, mirror broke off, and fender/door sustained damages. Around 2 months ago, we received a letter from their insurance saying they assessed 55% negligence on their insured driver and 45% on me. They were also willing to pay for 55% of my damages. My insurance decided to take them to arbitration. During this time I received 2 letters from my representative. The first said that while the other insurance company has accepted full responsibility for the accident, they have not been able to reach a settlement for damages paid. I then received a second letter a month later saying that the arbitrator has ruled in favor of the other party. This seemed like a complete 180. I was shocked to learn of their final decision and emailed my representative asking if any of my $1,000 deductible would be recovered. She said no and sent me a copy of the arbitration decision which stated the following duties breached on my end: vehicle failed to keep appropriate lookout and they failed to maintain safe parking maneuvering. Is there anything I can do at this point? I know the arbitration decision is binding and final but I am honestly just stunned, especially because it felt like the truck failed to safely pass my car. I spoke with my insurance and they said my premium will most likely double. Is this fair?

Is it even legal for Healthy Paws pet insurance to increase premiums at almost 200% in CA? This is outrageously high!! Anyone experiencing the same? #healthypawspetinsurance

So I recently opened a new policy with GEICO for my car. A few days after opening the policy(march 2025), they added a driver without contacting me or giving me any notification. That alone increased my premium $450. The driver that was added is my GF that doesn’t live in my household or is licensed to drive(never got a DL). They claim I added her in a quote but i didn’t quote with them since ~Nov-Dec 2024(she visited during this time and left in Jan)I know you’re supposed to include any person in the household in a policy due to liability but I’m currently living alone. GEICO also claimed that they use “DMV records” to add drivers to policy on behalf of the customers if we didn’t do it already. That couldn’t be the case since my GF had no affiliation with the DMV in my state. Any advice on this matter would be appreciated

I was rear ended last week. The dude gave me his info, and we both talked with my insurance company and decided to file a claim through his insurance (State Farm). During the phone call he talked about damages to our vehicles. Earlier this week, state farm called and said he denied his car making contact with my car, and they are investigating this. I have some pics of my cars damage, some pics of his insurance info and his id taken at the scene. What’s my best move here? It just seems kinda absurd because why would he give me his insurance info and let me take a picture of his id if there was no contact? Also, his car has no damage because he has a metal front bumper. My cars rear bumper cracked.

I was in an accident May 2023 and my license was suspended on August 29,2023. I was at fault and I wasn’t insured (I know, totally my fault). I haven’t been called into court. So far I’ve only had debt collectors call me to have the accident paid for from State Farm for $15,322. I was searching on the Texas DMV site on ways to get my license reinstated and these were my options: 1. Notarized Installment agreement Form SR-19 OR 2. Notarized release Form SR11 OR 3. Proof of insurance covering date of accident OR 4. Security deposit with an SR-22 and SR-22A OR 5. Copy of Bankruptcy OR 5. Evidence of settlement OR 6. Form SR-60 if two years have elapsed from date of accident OR 7. Apply for an occupational driver license I’m thinking about the SR-22 but I’m not sure on how much the security deposit would be. But I was also thinking since it’s about to be two years since the suspension went into effect. Would I need to wait ANOTHER 2 years if I decided to go with the SR-60?

I am in the habit of constantly asking clarifying questions and I ask the same ones over and over again to different people (I call frequently) and I get different answers all the time. I never truly know what's covered or how much it's going to cost. It's so much BS. The medical facilities give me more accurate information than Priority Health does. 3 Priority Health people have told me my son receives unlimited therapy visits because of his diagnosis, but I know that's not true, and I've had only 2 people tell me the correct number of visits he gets for his diagnosis. The pediatric office even knew the correct answer. How is this legal for them to be so wrong all the time? Ughhhhh

Hi, I just wanted to share my experience with Lemonade after having gone through cancer with my recently passed kitty, Tortilla, who was 6 years old both when we bought her plan and at the time of her passing. She had large cell GI lymphoma that suddenly appeared in early May. I got her plan (premium preventative care package, 100k spending limit, 90% reimbursement with $250 deductible, end of life coverage, dental disease coverage, vet visit fees). We had over 7K in vet bills, but lemonade actually covered around at least 6K I believe. I actually only got her a plan because one I somehow had a horrible feeling something terrible would happen to her (I hate and am grateful that I planned for that but I wish I had for no reason) and two because we had adopted a dog (her name is Lexie) who we bought insurance for too late and she had a million pre-existing conditions that basically rendered nothing covered for her. We wound up going the palliative care route, and unfortunately we didnt get much time I believe not even a month passed before she left us after her diagnosis. But, the bright side of this horrible experience was we were not saddled with thousands in debt since my family and I are not doing so well financially this year. They covered 6K of the treatment and diagnosis bills, and completely covered end of life fees and memorial items. I am so grateful I decided to buy her plan. Now, the negatives. Tortilla worked out great since she didn’t have a history of illness till the cancer and only had preventative vet visits in that history with no illnesses popping up. I will say, though, the approval waiting period was insanely long. Took like more than 2 weeks for reimbursement, but they did approve us for a crazy amount (at least to me). So if that’s important to anyone, keep in mind the bigger value claims take a longer time to get approved. With my dog Lexie, however, this did not work out as well… As a first time dog owner, I did not realize how many health issues a dog could have. My cat Tortilla came first, I’d had her for nearly 4 years (adopted her in Sept. 2020) at the time of getting my dog (April 2024). Tortilla was always healthy and vibrant, and while I wish I would have been more proactive with vet visits, I can’t change anything now. So, my mom and I decided to hold off on getting pet insurance for the first few months. Horrible mistake. My dog happened to have basically a weak weak stomach and everlasting GI issues causing behavioral issues (from pain) that are still unresolved to this day. She’s been in and out of 6 vets with over 13 visits since last year. I was only 19 during this and had no idea what to do and neither the idea to get pet insurance since I was so overwhelmed, and most of it fell on me since my family wanted to keep Lexie and I also didn’t have the heart to give her back to her rescue. So, I fought hard to get her diagnosed and treated, which I’m still fighting to today. But, now my mom and I have spent probably over 5K on her vet bills too (on top of Tortilla’s). I might as well have lit the money on fire that’s how helpful everything has been. So finally we got her insurance in early September, only after having her behavioral issues diagnosed. This was a horrible mistake on my end because now nothing was covered. So, long story short Lexie saw a million different vets (including a vet behaviorist) and absolutely everything I filed for was pre-existing and none of that 5K is covered. I don’t think this is all Lemonade’s fault or anything of the sort, it’s just an unfortunate situation because I was misguided and overwhelmed back then by both Lexie being a young puppy with behavioral issues and GI issues. Overall, I honestly would recommend Lemonade for anyone signing up a new, young pet or even an older pet with no pre-existing conditions. I’m not sure if I would recommend it over others, like PetsBest or Trupanion (although I have been seeing some pretty insane price spikes for others from Trupanion). I’m still weary but since they were so helpful with Tortilla (even if it took a bit) I decided to stick with them and signed up my two new kittens we adopted before she passed and made sure to sign them up early (3 weeks after adoption). I also would say a positive was how easy it was to file claims and speak with your claim rep. I don’t really like talking over the phone, so it was nice just talking via email, text, and the support center. It was also a very smooth process to file the claims, since everything is just in the app and you can customize the types of procedures and costs you’re inputting (there’s options to put general diseases already in their database while filing a claim but you can add custom text which I found helpful). So yeah. I honestly don’t know if the grass is greener for other companies, but I feel like most insurance companies are not exactly looking out for the pet or even human as their priority, and I feel Lemonade isn’t too too much like that. Hope this was helpful for anyone that read through all of it, thank you!! TLDR: Lemonade was very helpful for my cat with no illness history that contracted sudden cancer (reimbursed over 5K-6K). Not so helpful for my dog as she had pre-existing conditions so nothing was covered, but if anything new pops up it should be OK (she’s still a young dog). App is very navigable and easy to use, claim support staff is helpful and friendly, larger bill claims can take awhile to process though (took 2-3 weeks for Tortilla’s bills). Can’t really do phone calls, but I did prefer the email and text system (personally).

I opened a discover card in college and misused it. I am now trying to gain control of my finances and increase my credit score. I have minimal financial literacy from my parents but trying to learn now! On my credit report it does not show up as in collections just as discover ~$3,700 balance but closed (12/2022). My last payment was made 12/1/2022. I called discover and they said the balance has been marked as charged off and to reach out to Radius Global Solutions. I am not able to pay the whole amount right now but was hoping to enroll in a payment plan when I originally called discover. I could also pay some in a mass sum. What should be my next steps? Thank you in advance!

I unenrolled from snapshot because it was tracking a majority of instances where I wasn’t the driver. Do you think they will increase my insurance based on the data they have already? It’s only 14 days worth.