After all these years, it still grinds my gears. A truck carrying drilling waste accidentally went into the wrong farmer's field, and sprayed a tiny bit of it on the alfalfa field, before the driver realized his mistake. I was called in to analyze the soil test data and write a report and recommendations. The tests showed salinity deep in the soil profile, that couldn't have possibly come from the drilling waste, and I said so in my report. I was called to a meeting with the insurance adjuster and had to endure a thorough dressing down for it (by a British accent no less) and made to look the fool in front of my peers. The insurance company was far more inclined to spend dozens of millions to excavate all the soil and have it replaced instead. That was my first inkling that insurance companies don't really want to avoid big payouts; they use them to justify raising their premiums.

Was in an accident 2 weeks ago, brand new (to me) car and havnt even made the first payment. the at fault driver had an expired "limited term" drivers license. after police report and information exchanged i have been given the runaround by his insurance claiming that they cannot reach him for a statement so they will deny and close the claim. is this even legal? do i need a lawyer like right now? Thank you everyone for the replies, sounds like i was overthinking alot of this. proceeding with my insurance company to let them go after him or his insurance company and just have the car back.

I got a much better quote from New York life insurance for a life policy then my current State farm policy. It's my busy season of work and I was hoping to be able to docusign or just cancel over the phone. I was told I need a wet signature which means I'll have to take off a day or half off work. Part of me wants to just cancel my auto and home policies as well with them over this. Are they just being difficult with me or is this standard with State farm?

So I can upload my gap contract and everything if need be but my car was totaled (hit a deer) and they said they figure it out by my total owed at time of loss was 21,187.49 subtract insurance settlement 18,179, then they said insurance took off $1,866 due to condition of vehicle which was just normal wear and tear deductions. So l'm left with $1,141.99 GAP benefit. So they're saying my base vehicle value according to CCC was $19,416 then they subtracted $1866 due to condition adjustment then I'm left with adjusted vehicle value $17550 + tax title and fees comes to $18679 minus my $500 deductible. So l'm left with $18,179, and then my insurance said my actual cash value was $17550. So am I getting screwed here? https://ibb.co/7JHOdYML https://ibb.co/NdpH9f59 https://ibb.co/sJP16tQp Gap contract. It's through EasyCare.

My son damaged his car leaving a parking lot. He didn’t tell us for a few weeks (he parks with the passenger side near the garage wall so we never see that side) and can’t remember the address because he was lost in a scary part of town. He definitely drove over something because the frame behind the front passenger wheel well is bent. Geico wants the address in case there is property damage. I’m pretty sure it was an abandoned lot and nobody cares about a piece of cement. I don’t even know what to say to them. I’ve explained the situation but they keep wanting an address. It’s a 2 year old financed car that we bought brand new and have been with Geico for 10 years and have maybe 2 claims. This is my son’s first claim and he’s got no traffic violations or accidents but this. He’s 25.

I have been driving for nearly 25 years. I have nearly a completely clean record but didn't drive for a while up until a couple years ago. I am looking for any suggestions for sources to get the beat rates possible. Are there Any websites anyone knows of that are noteworthy? And trustworthy? I love my agent but I can't keep paying progressive $2000 a year (discounted 200-300 every 6 months for paying in full) for basic state minimum coverage (no collision etc)

I (20F) lived in Massachusetts for a year for school, this was in 2023-2024. I was severely sick and needed to be transported by ambulance to the nearest hospital, I was 18 years old at the time (I went to the hospital in December of 2023) and was on my mothers health insurance (I still am, I am not the head/provider of the insurance). Within that summer, a bill for the ambulance was sent in the mail, because I was the one who used the ambulance, they had billed me -- however, my mother was in charge of the payment/financial bills since she is the head of the insurance and I was still in school. After receiving the letter, she had called the insurance company to resolve the issue -- of course there was some back and forth with who to contact, but it was ultimately "taken care of" (so it seemed). fast forward to now, I do not go to school in Mass anymore since I had transferred to another school within my home state. I checked my credit score (I do this every so often to make sure things are all good), and it was significantly lowered. I check to see why this is, I see that there is a "collections" that made my score go down in May of 2025. Of course, I am panicking because the bill is $2,800 and I had no clue of this until today. I have to wait until tomorrow morning to call my mothers'/my insurance company and then the ambulance company to figure this out. I am very lost and unsure of what to do, Ive had no information of this billing until today -- all from a credit report -- nothing in the mail, no phone calls, not emails, nothing. I would heavily appreciate some advice and guidance. \*\*edit: I use blue cross/shield. I check my credit score often to make sure everything is all good, I am a student who takes out student loans. This impacts my ability to do this severely. I always make my payments on time (both credit and loans). I need advice bad.

My friend in Texas lost her job a year ago and has been on BCBS healthcare through the market place. She suffers from a severely resistant rheumatoid arthritis and her biologics also caused her serious side effects of gut dysmotility and weak immune system. Just yesterday, she told me that she lost all access to her PCP , gasteroenterologist, orthopedic surgeon and psychiatrist, all of which are part of Southwestern Texas Health resources that have been battling withy BCBS over the contracts and stuff. She is applying for jobs left and right but we know how bad job markets are right now. What on earth is she supposed to do? All the doctors she has been seeing are out of network in other available health care plans.

So I went to an insurance agent to enroll with kaiser through covered ca at the end of January because it wouldn't let me online and I was told I'd get my insurance card and stuff sent to me in a week or two well flash forward to today and I called kaiser to try and order an insurance card and they have no record of me at all. Called covered ca and same thing so I guess when I went to enroll through him it didn't work idk if he did something wrong or if it was a system error or something idk. This is my first time applying for insurance since I just got off my parents insurance and I'm not sure how to proceed. I'm not sure how to apply without covered ca and how much more it would be. Any suggestions I called the guy and left a message and haven't heard back yet.

Location: Missouri Alright long story short, I had a car accident earlier this year that totalled my vehicle. I had full coverage insurance that covered the majority of the auto loan I had. The other party, the GAP insurance is to take care the rest of my loan. I got a piece of mail from the GAP people saying the check has been issued to my lean holder on February 11th, was told it should take no more than 30 days for that money to hit that account. So I called my auto lender to ask what's going on, turns out the GAP insurance company sent the check to the wrong address, that was March 11th. 30 days since the initial start of the GAP claim, I called them again today, March 25th to figure out what is going on. Come to find out they issued a new check on March 18th which was last week. It's been 7 days, nearly 45 in total since my auto loan should of been taken care of but it hasn't and I haven't been able to get a new loan due to my current outstanding loan that the GAP insurance is supposed to take care of. Basically I don't know what to do at this point, I'm still paying on the current auto loan cause I don't want it to effect my credit but at the same time I no longer have the vehicle since it's been totalled and taken by my auto insurance, what do I do in this situation, is there anything I can do?