I had Bristol west insurance and found a better price for auto insurance. I called Bristol west and told them not to renew my policy and have me removed at the end of my policy. Turns out they completely canceled effective the date I called. I received my refund they owed me and thought everything was good. Til I started getting emails and mail from them saying my renewal fee is due. I’m not paying it because I was told my insurance was canceled. I just hope it doesn’t affect my credit because of a payment I’m not responsible for. Anyone else have this issue??

Is this auto insurance premium reasonable? ($1,208.10/year for two cars) Vehicle 1: 2008 Lexus IS 250 – $715.48 Vehicle 2: 2008 Honda Civic LX – $494.38 I'm in California and just renewed my auto insurance. I've been with GEICO for a while, but the premium keeps going up every year. Is this normal?

I was just notified by Amica they will be dropping me in June due to having 2 previous claims in 2022 and 2023. Both were from individual pipe bursts Amica fixed. I’ve resolved further issues by paying out of pocket to repipe the entire house in 2024. Amica was aware of the re-piping but was still not interested in keeping me on. I do not live in a fire zone. I’ve been told no by several insurance companies stating because i’ve had water damage claims, I’m ineligible for their coverage, even though I’ve completely repiped my home last year. I have tried working with two different independent insurance brokers, both haven’t had success. One found a home policy for $18,000/year. Not including auto and umbrella. I was paying $4500 all in. Anyone have any luck getting coverage in a similar situation as me, with previous claims? I’d love to avoid CFP and DIC if possible. Thanks

I’m sorry if this doesn’t make sense or for any errors, I am in shock. I have a state specific BCBS under my parents (meaning I’m the dependent). Last year after I moved out of state, they told me that they cover providers out of state. I’ve never had an issue with this. Now, I’m getting claims that I owe $700, $2,000, etc for every visit I’ve had this year (I have a chronic condition so, lots of visits). Turns out, our plan doesn’t cover out of state anymore. Were any of us informed of this? Haha no of course not silly! When did it start? Last year, ya know, when they were still telling me I was covered. I found these providers on the insurance website which is the big kicker & I had no idea bc I assumed “found on insurance website + office taking insurance + no bills yet = I’m covered”, but apparently I’m just that stupid. I even called to ask about providers. Now I owe $6,000+ that I don’t have. I’m in my 20s & in constant pain. I can’t afford not going to work despite hurting & not being able to breathe & now it seems like I can’t even afford living. They said the only thing I can do is submit a bunch of appeals saying I didn’t know about the policy change. I can’t go see doctors anymore. My job doesn’t provide insurance. If I want a plan that covers my health problems, it would be a minimum of $400/month which is insane. I don’t know what to do. Anyone else experience this?

I adopted my kitten in 2018, which is when I also signed up for Healthy Paws. The monthly premiums started at $24.57 and went up reasonably every year so it's now $43.17, but I just got a notice that premiums are doubling to $86.60 in 2 months. I see there are many reports of insane increases, esp. in CA where I am, so I don't know if that's why or if it's bc she hit 7 years, but I thought I'd check - is $86 reasonable for her age? The policy has been 90% w/$250 deductible. She's been pretty healthy w/only annual check-ups, so I was thinking I could change to 80% w/$500 to make it more reasonable.

Here is my scenario: My mother owns a car that she would like to have my daughter drive for school high school. The car had been parked and was on a non-op status, and the car insurance was canceled. The car has been re-registered and is ready to go once we have the insurance question settled. My mother does not drive anymore and did not renew her drivers license the last time it came up for renewal. We called the insurance company to reactivate her policy, Direct Insurance, and were told that she cannot get a policy because she does not have a valid drivers license. After doing some research, I think these are my options, and I want to get some feedback: 1. Find a company that will write a policy where the owner of the vehicle is not licensed. Does anyone know of a company that does this? 2. My mother has a living trust that many of her assets are in, but not her car. Would it make sense to transfer the car into the trust, or am I still faced with exact the same problem? The final solution is for me to simply buy my mother‘s car. We are both a little hesitant to do this because my brother also drives it on occasion and she wants to make sure that it is still available for him. If I purchased it, I would still make sure it is available to him, but now I would need to make sure that my brother was on the insurance as an occasional driver. I suspect this will end up being the simplest course of action, but I wanted to make sure that there wasn’t something else I am overlooking. TIA! Edit: the car would be insured in California.

I recently had a doctor’s visit wherein I was given Botox injections to aid with migraines. When looking up the cost ahead of time, I was told that with insurance the cost was typically $200, and without insurance it was about $600. I’ve just received the bill from my health insurance provider, and according to them, they covered approximately $2000 of the procedure which leaves me paying $750. That’s more than even the estimate WITHOUT insurance. I’m not sure how this became such a ludicrously expensive procedure compared to estimates online. Does anybody have experience with this sort of price gouging before? I’ve already called the hospital and they insist that the cost of the procedure is $2000, and then there were additional costs for “processing fees” due to my insurance. What is going on here? Let me know if there’s another subreddit I should be posing this question towards, too. Thanks!

I submitted a property claim months ago (homesite, Colorado) and it has been agonizing with many moving parts. Most recently, the work is done but the restoration piece, which is covered, has not been paid out so I am missing floor, walls, toilet is in the tub, furniture is all over the place, etc. it has been like this for over a month. The challenge is that my adjuster had to send the claim out to a third party, and the third party can not talk to me directly. They have even told the company doing the work on my house to stop forwarding and ccing me on emails from them. So every time I call my adjuster (the one with my insurance company), he is kind of unsure where they are in the process because he is not them, basically. But then if I check in with the contractors, they haven’t even heard from either adjuster. I am wondering if this is normal and if there is anything I can do to get clear answers from someone. It has been very “he said- she said” games or telephone for weeks and I just want my stuff fixed.

I noticed my bill in an email was way more than normal and checked my payment history only to find out it’s the second time they billed me for that amount since I missed the first time (I was on vacation). I called and apparently they added some random guy. I finally figured out it was a guy I had in my car when I volunteered at World central kitchen delivering free food to hurricane victims. This guy rode in my car once for half the day. They said they emailed me and sent regular mail telling me about the change. I never got them because the vacation. They will not tell me how he got added to my policy and at one point hung up on me and I did not raise my voice and was polite but firm in asking what happened. I still have no answer. And instead of refunding me the money they just paid my bill for the year with the fund they took. I pay monthly normally. I did not share phone info or have them track my driving with progressive so I cannot understand how they added this dude to my insurance. I remember this guy rode a bike everywhere and since my insurance went up so much I’m guessing he has a bad history. How did they add this guy to my policy? I’m planning to change insurance providers any suggestions? Thanks for any info

I recently submitted a claim to Trupanion and it seems kind of weird. For example, let's say I claimed for $1000. The deductible is $200 and a 90% coverage rate, which means I pay 10% coinsurance. So based on that, I thought the math would work like this: * $1000 - $200 (deductible) = $800 * 90% of $800 = $720 → Trupanion pays * 10% of $800 = $80 → I pay (coinsurance) But instead, here’s how they seem to calculate it: * 10% of $1000 = $100 → My coinsurance * $1000 - $100 - $200(deductible) = $700 → Trupanion’s portion This feels off to me — like they’re applying the coinsurance *before* the deductible, which doesn’t seem logical. Shouldn’t the deductible come off first, and *then* they apply the 90% coverage to the remaining amount? Has anyone else experienced this with Trupanion? Am I misunderstanding how their calculation is supposed to work? Is all other pet insurance company calculate the claim in this way?