I was rear ended last week while driving my 16-day old 2025 Subaru Outback Premium. The other driver was in a Hertz rental vehicle and his car was 'insured' with his Chase Business Ink Preferred card but that does not include liability insurance, and he does not have personal car insurance otherwise, so he does not have any insurance to cover the damage to my vehicle. He apparently lives fulltime in Israel although I think he is also a New Jersey resident. It is not clear to me how he could legally be driving a rental vehicle without liability insurance or how Hertz rented him a car without it but that is more of a side note since regardless of the circumstances he does not have liability insurance. I spoke with my insurance company, Geico, and they are directing me to go get my car fixed, to pay the deductible, and that they will confirm he is not insured and then pursue him personally through collections if needed. I am still waiting for the Geico coverage team to reach out to me since they apparently want to confirm this isn't a fraudulent claim as the vehicle and insurance are brand new so I am waiting to get the car repaired in the meantime. I did visit the Subaru mechanic earlier in the week and they thought that in addition to replacing the back bumper there is likely damage to the frame based on a visual inspection. Of course, they won't know anything for sure until they open the car up and look. They recommended that I make a claim for Diminished Value since the car is certainly worth a lot less than it was a couple days prior- I haven't even made my first payment on the $35k loan. I asked Geico about a Diminished Value claim but they told me that the claim needs to be filed against the other driver's insurance and that basically it doesn't have anything to do with them. I do have $250k of Uninsured Motorist Bodily Injury/Supplementary Uninsured Motorist but apparently that doesn't do me any good (my car and insurance are New York). I have been in contact by text message with the other driver but I'm highly skeptical that he would pay me thousands of dollars out of pocket on top of the other liability that he has since his proposal to me was that I run this all through my insurance and he sends me $500 for the deductible "to make me whole". What are my options moving forward? Do I engage an assessor after the repairs are complete so that I have a record of the diminished value? Maybe it's better that I get a lawyer who has experience with this and can manage the court process for me since this will almost definitely go to small claims court?

I’m going to be having a baby soon and wanted to know if I will get paid my short term disability leave if I am no longer working? I signed up for Aflac always which says it locks in the rate but I don’t want to continue paying for it if they are going to deny me.

Oh where to begin. I filed a claim on progressive app on Monday got rental sorted and repair rep as they call them goes to body shop and spends four hours only to argue with body shop they feel the rear door is “repairable” when this is hardest hit part of my claim and literally metal chunks missing out of door but they’re agreeing to replace only passenger side door. Any one have similar issue with progressive ? If so how did you handle escalation. I basically got into it with the repair rep when he called me to say they’re only going to pay for one door to be replaced and that worst damaged door would be repaired. I’m like how do you repair something that is completely busted. Not to mention the rep had audacity to ask my body shop to remove the opposite side door so he could compare. Is this normal pushback bs progressive does on this situation? Or am I just this lucky to get a complete jackass of an adjusted Thoughts and advice welcome!

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

Just received notice of my policy increase for my healthy paws plan for a 4 yo dog. The new premiums are already beyond what I’m able to afford, but now they are going to raise the plan $10 more per month due to an address change. They did this last time we moved and said the new state was more expensive than where we lived previously, now we moved back to our old neighborhood and somehow it is more expensive than the previous state they said was more expensive than this. I’m frustrated because it seems like we are being penalized for moving, and now the plan is double when we started. Basically, it’s already stretching my finances, and I’m concerned about sustainability at this rate and how much they raise the policy every year. We barely hit deductible as is and only hit it once or twice in the life of the policy, never gotten much back in claims, thankfully (glad to not have had crazy issues yet, knock on wood) At 4, dogs can start to have other issues, and I’m concerned that other plans might have preexisting condition policies and not cover if other issues develop and we don’t switch in time. Any advice or other option recommendations? I like healthy paws because they are easy, generally pay the policy claims very fast, and I trust that their coverage will last. But given the costs, I’m not sure where too go from here.

I have an emotional support dog and he helps support me with my panic disorder everyday!! I know some people think dog insurance is a joke, but I’m disabled (for physical reasons) and want to be more prepared/protected with pet insurance so I won’t be stuck with a giant bill with a budget income. (Yes, I understand you have to pay it all upfront at the first before you see any money back from insurance.) Would love to hear some decently priced options for mostly full coverage! I have MetLife, but thought I’d ask for recommendations before I switch because $90/month isn’t exactly budget friendly for me 😕 Thanks for making it this far!! 😎👍🏻

Hello, I bought a vehicle in New York.. had it shipped to California.. Vehicle arrived damaged during transport.. Transport Company stayed at a rest stop, another vehicle/truck backed up and hit Transport Trailer where my vehicle is secured.. Truck at fault denied my insurance claim.. Per the Insurance they don’t have coverage.. I filed a claim against the Transport Company who was transporting my vehicle, Progressive their insurance denied the claim with reason of Transport Company not cooperating with there investigation and unable to verify information that is necessary to confirm valid coverage for the incident.. What’s my next step? any advice? I’d like to avoid filing a claim against my insurance.. also, should I lawyer up? any suggestions? location is California.. Thanks

Hi, I got into accident and my car was total loss. It had a loan amount of $40k. Primary insurance paid market value $32k and pending was $8k, which suppose to be covered by GAP. I went to Gap, submitted all documents. The purchase agreement I had was under the name of A (lets say) Autos and Gap document had name of B autos. These two different dealerships had partnership at that time. Now Gap asked for original bill of sale and I provided it by reaching out to B. Now both documents Bill of Sale and Gap have same dealer name on it and they denied my claim saying ‘dealer name mismatch’. They denied a document and then denied the claim on basis of document that was never accepted by them. Please tell me what should I do. Its been 8-9 months I’m dealing with dealer at B autos and he is just saying same thing every time that he is talking to Gap sometime they respond sometime dont. Sometime this guy doesn’t answer my calls. Its costing me my mental heath, time and money without owning a car. Any leads appreciated 🙏

Okay so I have a new vehicle, and I decided to use Root Insurance. Usually the insurance websites automatically add comprehensive and collision when you state it's financed. So I thought it had. Anyway, it was liability only. Now last week there was a hailstorm and it did some damage to the car. Not hardcore but it js noticeable up close. What can I do? All I can do is fix it right with my own money? Will the bank go after me? I'm just so lost right now any advice would be appreciated.

I got an email today regarding an upcoming Progressive insurance payment of $455. I spat my drink and went to look up my policy and to my surpriced, Progressive added a Random dude to my Policy. I have no idea who he is at all. I called Progressive support line and they said they automatically added him because they "Think" he lived in my House. I was pissed and told them i did not consent or even call them to add him. They told me that i agree to their terms and condition bla bla. I got literally no heads up or any phone calls what so ever. They claimed the mailed me about the new change. I rarely check insurance docs as they are either bills i already paid or policy info. To make it worse, this dude has 2 Serious ticketsand an at fault accident. I been a loyal member for over a decade. 0 accidents, 0 tickets. They told me to call them on Monday to fix this "easy" mistake. I was gonna wait till Monday but i couldn't let this mistake fly so i cancelled my policy. I drive my car like once every few months anyways.