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 have a BCBS of Illinois community health plan, and I've been looking to find a dermatologist that's in network and when I go on the website look under the "in network" tab, everyone I call says they do not accept my insurence. This isn't the first time I've dealt with this either... Even when I call and get a list from that it's the same story. Am I doing something wrong? By the sounds of it a lot of the offices I call make it seem like they asked to be removed from these lists and never were.

I need some insight from others who seem to be having the same issue with rate increase on their dog’s premiums. My senior dog is going from $179 to $410. I cannot afford it but i need something in case he has an accident / medical emergency. What are you doing if you’ve also received a high rate increase? I understand pre existing conditions are not covered if we switch up. He is currently on an Apoquel medication for lifelong allergies, and so far so good healthwise. He is also a Saint Bernard so as a giant breed, they do not have a longer lifespan. We live in California. A quick search showed me ASPCA pet insurance, which i didn’t know existed… Any advice is appreciated and thanks in advance. Edit: typo on ASPCA 😅

**TL;DR - old dogs, medical history, am I stuck with my current insurer?** (that doesn't add any info to the title of the post but oh well. And yes this post is too long) I have two Portuguese Water Dogs, a [10 year old black curly male ](https://imgur.com/wFUAoUd)and an [8 year old brown curly female](https://imgur.com/xHxNAZn). As older purebred dogs, they've been to the vet once or twice ;-) [Besties](https://imgur.com/sPSnlRh) (and cousins) My dogs have been insured with the same company (H.P.) from as soon as they were eligible as puppies - 8 weeks plus the obligatory waiting period. I would love to be able to leave this company as they have become quite expensive, and their incompetence processing claims for us is truly staggering. They reflexively reject claims as "not covered office visit" when the claims are not for office visits. My dogs recently ate raisin bread (ugghhhh) and so there are a lot of vet bills and it's been three times now they've done the exact same rejection pattern - despite my calling in and saying "you've rejected correct claims before, can you please process these correctly". Apparently they can't. They are owned by a billion dollar company (Chubb) and I guess they need my money for the CEO's granddaughter's golf lessons or something. Maybe it's not intentionally trying to rip me off. But if that's not it then they've been unbelievably incompetent. Which is worse?? Of course I have no idea what the future holds for these dogs - whether they'll need care for preexisting conditions or not (or for something that the insurance **says** is a pre-existing condition.) The older boy had a mysterious illness as a puppy so that is in his record (though from another vet in another state, maybe it wouldn't ever be found); he's had positive Lyme titers on more than one occasion; and he had acute kidney injury (based on his creatinine) from the raisin incident that may or may not have resolved. The girl never showed abnormal values from the raisins but got IV fluid treatment so it's in her record. She also has been seen for recurrent UTIs that are controlled with special food that controls her urine pH. Backstory is We previously had two PWDs [D & B](https://imgur.com/WN920VF), ten years before D died of cancer and one of them ended up in the ER and as the result of a complete medical and administrative dumpster fire, we ended up spending low five figures to keep her alive AFTER the vet practice KNEW she was completely riddled with pancreatic cancer. (Dog medical stuff is no fun!) We had to take out a loan from one of those companies that has brochures on the reception desk of vets, plus put a lot on credit cards. :-( After that experience we resolved we'd insure our new dogs and went with HP because they had no lifetime limit, and we didn't want to have to make a dollar decision on a dog's life. Also at that time I don't think HP was owned by Chubb (?) They seemed like a small soulful outfit out of Seattle and genuinely wanted to provide a service to pet owners. I may be wrong about that though. At any rate Chubb owns them nowand probably the original owners are enjoying their retirement in a 7000 square foot mansion in Bali built entirely from reclaimed Indonesian teak temples. But I digress. So - I'm stuck with my existing insurance? Pre-existing conditions seem to be ixnay for the pet insurance industry (for reasons amply explained in this sub), and if there are any loopholes or allowances it seems like my dogs are exhibit A for not fitting through. Thoughts / insights / advice / comments on how cute my dogs are, much appreciated.

I'm in a pickle with a doctor's office billing after insurance says they paid. What are my next steps? Appointment in Sept 2023 with a verified in-network provider. Doctor office submitted an insurance claim under a different OON provider who I never met/saw/knew about when I went to my appointment. Insurance didn't pay but applied it to my OON deductible. Then a couple weeks later Doctor office submitted a new claim (NOT A REVISED ONE) for the same date but listed an in-network provider. Insurance covered it 100% less copay. Even though it was under a different provider, I know he works closely with the PA I saw so figured it was accurate enough for insurance purposes. I thought this was settled. From my view of EOBs it looks like insurance paid my bill and I paid my copay. Fast forward to now, I get a bill from my doctor office saying you owe us for the original appt. I had no idea there was a balance and I've been to this practice about 30 times since the original appointment in Sept 2023. I told them I have EOBs showing that they were actually paid by insurance, I forward them to them to verify. They are sticking to their guns saying I owe. I called insurance. They said it is too long ago for them to re-work the claims but from their point of view, they believe I should not owe anything beyond the initial copay. Doctor's office billing will not go over details on the phone. They want all communication to go through email, of which I've sent 2 (one with the 2 EOBs and one asking them to please look again at the second EOB which shows they were paid for the appointment), both emails they responded "please pay your bill". Where do I go from here? Insurance doesn't seem interested in stepping in to help since it's an almost 2 yr old charge. And doctor office is being very difficult to deal with. ETA: if it matters the doctor's office was recently or in the process of being bought out by a private equity company from a different state when I went in 2023. The OON provider they initially billed insurance with is the owner or CEO or something with the private equity.

So, I’m planning on buying a Dalmatian puppy within the next few months and wanted to figure out which insurance I plan to go with before taking the puppy home. I’ve heard pretty good things about Lemonade, and they had a reasonable starting rate, but that went so high when I imput my information. It ended up being about $100/mo without add-ones such as dental or routine vet. Maybe I just don’t get insurance as I’m buying from a very good breeder who has heath testing/CHIC numbers, temperament tested parents, etc? I guess I’m just confused how a 3/mo old puppy of a breed that’s very healthy compared to a lot of breeds people have, can cost so much more than the base rate. This is my first time perusing insurance for a pet so forgive me if I’m missing something obvious here.

I had an ER visit back in Dec 2024 and I got a bill yesterday for 1000$. On my insurance app (MI Medicaid) it says I owe 0$ and the claim was denied but I still got a bill. Am I responsible to pay this bill still? I submitted a claim with my insurance because it was an emergency and at night no urgent cares were open. It’s Sunday so nothing is open and nobody else I can talk to right now. What should I do?

My car was parked and hit by an amazon delivery truck. They were delivering packages to either my apartment or one next door. He side swiped my car leaving the parking lot. Luckily a person saw and tried to flag him down and he sped off and drove off. The witness then reported it to my apartment management who got the video footage from their surveillance cameras. I have the photos of the amazon truck hitting my car, a clear view of his license plate, a witness, and a police report (although the policeman said he couldnt read the state on the plate but i figured that out later and gave it to my insurance so it might not be in the report). I called amazon and got two different reps who barely spoke english. I ended up calling my insurance (state farm) and they were great and said i should do a claim as typically this doesnt affect premiums. After i initiated the claim last week, yesterday i finally got a call back from amazon who said a rep from ARC, their dedicated claims (third party?) company, would reach out next week. I researched ARC and all the reviews are awful. Everyone says they lowball you and take months to settle. Should i just go through with the claim with state farm? I havent gotten any estimates yet. And my rep for state farm said this would likely not raise my rates. But im guessing the fix will be several thousand for a new fender and bumper and maybe wheel rim. I havent had a claim in 10 years and felt good about that, but just wanna make sure im not doing this wrong. Thanks.

Hi, I'm trying to reduce the chances that the insurance company not counting the copay card payments toward my deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. Does using their specialty pharmacy make that more likely? In other words, are they more likely to side with the insurance company? I'm with Anthem through the exchange, and their specialty pharmacy is Carelon. I read that accumulator programs have been banned in Nevada starting in 2025, but even the representative I spoke with at Carelon said that's not the case. thanks Matt

Posting to hopefully shed hope on people in similar situations! One year ago today, we were involved in a MVA. From the start, Allstate began the claims process incorrectly, failing to send a field adjuster out to inspect the vehicle for hidden damage before beginning repairs. Several months later during repairs, the body shop found hidden frame damage. This led to the vehicle being deemed a total loss. We have fought with Allstate for well over 8 months, trying to get responses from our adjusters, managers, and the ombudsman with virtually no responses. 3 months ago, they provided a settlement offer. The amount was low. They specifically advised us that we could send comparables that were listed through Autotrader and other local sources ONLY. The car was a specialty sports car, with comps not widely available. I sent comps from alternate sources, not accepted by the insurance company. After a long silence and a lot of frustration, they agreed to the sources I gave and eventually settled with an amount 40% higher than the original offer. I know that there is normally about 10% wiggle room on settlements however, with a lot of time and patience, we were able to get them up above what we even believed the vehicle was worth, in addition to a reimbursement of all premiums paid on that vehicle post-claim while they wasted time by not replying. I hope this is motivation to those dealing with similar issues to not give up, even when things are bleak. It took a year between screw ups, lack of communication and delays but we got there. And please, do yourself a favour and avoid Allstate!