Today my 3 year old hit the gas pedal on the golf cart and ran it into my other kids electric scooters/ the wall in my garage. I hopped off to grab stuff out of the back “trunk” type thing and next thing I know it’s gone forward and hit the house. Thankfully she was okay. She was scared, I was scared. We had a good cry. I have insurance on my golf cart. I called them up and they said after the deductible, the repairs to the golf cart would be covered but the damage to my other property (my home, my car, the electric bikes/scooters, my built in shelves and other random smaller items) will not be covered because I own those items. They said had it hit someone else’s scooters/house/car that would cover it. When I got the golf cart, I called my insurance agent so I could add it to my homeowners policy and she said it was cheaper to have a separate policy for just the golf cart and to go through progressive. So this is what I did. I called my insurance company after hearing this news from progressive, and they said they could cover it under our homeowners policy- but that we would have to pay that deductible too. It wouldn’t be worth it to pay both deductibles. I am just surprised that progressive isn’t covering any of the personal property damage. Is this a normal thing?

On July 31, I saw a steady ream of water coming out of my ceiling! Coming from the bathroom upstairs and even going down to my basement! Long story short after checking though pipes, and doing my own investigation I cannot, CANNOT find a cause. Only thing I can maybe think of is one of the children flooding the bathroom and hasn’t told me. I’m a mess, I’m a single mom of two hardly getting by and a giant mess and so many things destroyed I CANNOT pay for this out of pocket, will this be covered by my insurance if it was my child at fault who’s yet to claim blame?

I had surgery on May 8th. At that point, I had not yet met my deductible or out of pocket max. I was told that I would owe $3,500. $150 to go towards my deductible and the remaining going towards everything else. I paid them $2000 as a deposit before the surgery leaving me with a balance of $1,500. I was told at that time that as long as everything was covered by my insurance. If at any point I met my max out of pocket, that I shouldn’t owe the hospital any more money, even if there was still a balance remaining. I also had another surgery on May 12th. I knew that between both surgeries, I would cover my out of pocket max for my insurance. I got two bills in the mail about a month later one for the first hospital for $1,500 and one for the second for about $2,000 I called my insurance and explained that I met my max out of pocket so I shouldn’t owe anything. They said they submitted claims to both hospitals and that it should be taken care of. I was still receiving bills for both hospitals so I called my insurance again and they said that the second surgery was covered and the claim was being finalized but that they weren’t seeing anything for the first surgery as far as claims go and that I needed to contact the hospital and have them give my insurance a call. I contacted the hospital and they said they would not contact my insurance because everything looks right on their end and that my insurance needs to contact them. I have since contacted both my insurance and the hospital and they are saying that the other needs to be the one to call and that “we don’t call them, they need to call us.” The only thing is that the hospital suggested that maybe I put them on a 3 way call. Anyone who knows about insurance and what I should do, please help. Also I’m sorry this is so long 😅

Looking for updated info — my pet’s annual dental cleaning usually runs **$900–$1,200** (under anesthesia, with X-rays). **Nationwide’s wellness plan used to reimburse for it**, but I just found out that plan is **being discontinued** or no longer offers the same benefit. Most "wellness add-ons" I’ve looked at (like Figo, Spot, etc.) only reimburse **$75 or less** for dental cleanings, which barely makes a dent in the total cost. Has anyone found **a provider that actually covers full dental cleanings** under wellness or medical plans? Either as part of a **preventive package** or through **major dental** coverage?

Renewal time is coming up soon and realized I never changed our address since we recently moved back to NY after living in RI. Well it’s going from $36 for my 5 year old cat to $60 a month. Overall she’s a very healthy kitty, the only health issue is she has asthma so I get that and I know as they get older it’s more costly cause of healthcare for them and providing services is expensive. Embrace has been great overall experience for us because we had to put one of our other cats down last year and they compensated us almost entirely but, I just wasn’t expecting because of the zip code to justify $60 every month now. Does anyone have any suggestions on our insurances if I’d be saving money elsewhere?

So, I bought a car (my first ever car beside what was passed down to me) in Dec 2024, mind you I'm not a very materialistic guy when it comes to cars, so year did not mean much to me. The reason I bought the car was that my 74 chevy deluxe gave out and I needed a car asap for work. I am 24, My credit score at the time was a 686 and is slowly going higher. With no cosigner, my age, credit and job that makes me 40k yearly I figured APR would be a bit high but not this high especially for the car I received. Now for the car loan info:2007 corolla 56k miles at $11k Total car loan was I believe 20k for the 72 months The interest rate is 24.10% (prior to signing anything the salesmen stated it was only 12%, I should have read more but I was over the lengthy session, Lesson learned sadly) The loan is through AmericanCreditAcceptance. Anything with American, I know I am being screwed potentially. As the guy was shining through my foolishness, he stated I could have refinanced withing 4-6 mths after purchase if i wanted to but fear of looking more foolish is preventing me to do so. Should I be looking to refinance, and if so, how do I go about doing that? [A](https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/?f=flair_name%3A%22Auto%22)

Located in Oregon, USA Short Term Disability insurance related to parental leave I took parental leave from work in 2024. My job/company is entirely remote, so my employer uses a benefits manager, JW, for payroll and insurance, and a third party administrator, Sparrow, specifically to manage short- or long-term leave, kind of like a concierge service for employees (because rules vary significantly from state to state). I signed the things that Sparrow told me to sign. I was supposed to be paid from the state, from private STD, and topped up by my employer. I didn’t have a STD policy of my own; I was told that my employer took out a STD policy on its employees. Payments were confusing, delayed, and as a new parent I was not paying attention. I didn’t tally things up until recently to do my taxes. I’m missing a 1099 from STD so I called Sparrow, who said go to STD, who said go to JW, who said there was no STD policy for me… but if there was it should be in my W2. Taxes were withheld from STD so I said regardless of how we got here, I need an accurate W2, which is in the works. And it looks like I was overpaid by the STD amount. Lo and behold, today I got a call from the STD company saying my STD claim was denied and submitted for overpayment. I kinda laughed… I’d just been signing paperwork and living my life. How the heck did they approve and pay a claim on a policy that does’t exist? And why did Sparrow/JW request that money? And why was I told it was my company’s policy? So I told the STD company that they can recoup the money from one of the benefits managers. This strikes me as an unenforceable request for repayment from me, but I don’t know what I don’t know and would appreciate any insight about how to navigate this. Thanks in advance.

Location: Inland Empire, CA Date of accident: 07/09 @10:30am This is my first car accident ever and I need help. I have a 2012 honda civic coupe and I was driving from one traffic light to the next staying in the right about to turn right at the next light into a shopping complex. There was a car speeding at the first traffic light in the lane closest to the left turning lane (there was only 4 lanes; 2 turning, 2 middle going straight) which I noticed and decided to keep some distance. Before I got to the second light, I was passing a gas station and I gave a quick glance to see the entrance in which I was about to turn into and next thing I know I get hit on my driver side. We pull into the gas station and exchange information. Come to find out he 20yr marine driving gov vehicle apparently he wasn’t supposed to be driving. I call the police and they said they would not come because there was no injuries to me or my mom or the other folks in the other car. As of right now I have emotional trauma and anxiety whenever I get on the road again. My adrenaline was so heightened I wouldn’t even have noticed if there was an injuries. His recruiter pulls up and says he would take the fault instead and that way less damage to them. I said as long as I’m taken care of with the right amount for my car I don’t care (this might have been a mistake and said in heightened anxiety and panic so please let me know if I was wrong, I gave a report with my insurance saying it was the recruiter already so :/ if so can I fix it?). I was okay knowing i might be able to drive my car a few miles back to the house but less than a quarter mile and the car started smoking so we had to get it towed. My front driver tire is tilted inward and my bumper and fender faced real damages. My panic and anxiety starts setting in real bad so first though obviously reach out to my insurance. I have GEICO (come to find out I don’t have collision coverage which is a factor I entrusted to my dad but story for a different day) and they have GSA (they are with USMC). My insurance already said I’m not at fault but can’t do much for me right now (they can reimburse a rental though). The people involved said they filed a report with GSA (implying I hit them which I figured but the footage says otherwise) and I’m going to put a claim in to GSA but I’m just waiting to get a quote on the damages. I’m told this process is going to be long and brutal so I could use all the help I can get. People are saying get a lawyer and some are saying don’t get one and I don’t know how to navigate that. My car is old so it’s only worth a little (170k over a decade old with a salvaged title with some issues like AC and wheel bearing) and it doesn’t make sense to me to put whatever money I get into it when I can put it for a new car. This is my first car so I’ve been super emotional and I have been stressed through this process as I feel like I’m navigating it mainly alone. I have also missed a few days of work because I don’t have a vehicle to get there. Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated. I’ll need all the help I can get. I have footage I can provide as well of the accident.

My spouse was in a not at fault accident that resulted in being in the hospital for two weeks. Since I had zero info on the other driver and the police report would take awhile I decided to open a claim with my insurance the same day of the accident while I was at the hospital. On the call, which I recorded, my intake adjuster stated they would pack up and ship our personal items from the vehicle and not to worry about it, just focus on the spouse getting better. There is no need to go to the impound lot. Fast forward two weeks and I asked my total loss adjuster where our stuff was and they said they have no notes from the intake adjuster to pack anything up and they'll make a note to do so now. Long story short, they cannot find our stuff nor can they find photos of the third party inspection of the vehicle after two months of back and forth. They said they don't pay for lost personal items and if I want the $1600 in items reimbursed I would need to open a homeowners claim and prove they were in the vehicle. While I understand this may be standard operating procedure, I told them I don't think it's right that we are being punished with a new claim after the intake adjuster failed to take due care and ship our items and how can we prove items were in a vehicle if they told us not to worry about it and no need to go to our vehicle in the impound lot while themselves are unable to find photos. I provided the recorded call and requested a supervisor, now my own insurance won't respond and has ghosted me. Shouldn't my insurance be held responsible if they offered to ship our items and failed to do what they said which sounds like negligence? Should I request this from the at-fault insurance company instead? Would filing a department of insurance complaint do anything? EDIT: TX

Windshield claim, Progressive. Hailstorms for days. Deductible: $2000 Vehicle: Toyota rav4 2020 Progressive claims person asked do I want to get paid $2000 or pay for the windshield repair and have them pay the rest? I haven't had to repair a windshield before. I didn't know what to choose. Haven't gotten a quote but I don't think it'll cost 2k? I didn't even know there would be choosing. So before I do next step, adjuster etc: What... exactly am I supposed to do here? (I am feeling... cyberpunk dystopia atm)