CA folks — need some insurance wisdom. New home in contract → current home becomes secondary. 2 autos + want an umbrella policy. Been with GEICO forever but they keep hiking rates. What’s the smartest way to shop & compare bundled quotes for all of this in California’s nightmare insurance market? Any go-to brokers or tools you recommend?

Does anyone have experience with this company? I don’t expect any claims but how are they in this area? I’ve had Foremost for several years but this renewal they screwed me with 3x increase. No claims. I’m in SoCal. Apparently another broker couldn’t find me a quote and my current broker has ignored several of my inquiries for options. I understand it’s tough to get affordable fire insurance in Cali. Arghhhh

Hello, I have an HSA with Optum Bank that I am transferring to another institution. A couple of weeks ago, I had a phone call with Optum where they had told me to liquidate my investments before initiating the transfer. Right after we hung up the phone, I liquidated all my investments and initiated the transfer with the other institution (Fidelity). I sold X amount of shares of VFIAX at share price of $565.06. A few days after liquidating everything, there was a purchase of shares on my account using my entire account balance, purchasing shares of VFIAX at a share price $567.88. It turns out that my account had a flag named HSA auto-transfer enabled, which is the cause of this. VFIAX has dropped a significant amount since this purchase was made. As of now, it is priced at $530 per share, which will drop even lower today. I am upset because the representative from Optum did NOT inform me that auto-invest was enabled, and my entire portfolio is down about 7% due to this. I just spoke with a supervisor at Optum to see if they can reverse this transaction and they said there is nothing they can do. The only thing I can do from this point is to disable auto-invest and liquidate all my shares for a loss. Is there anything I can do about this? I'm upset that I have to take a loss due to the phone rep not telling me to disable this feature. It's also caused delay on the transfer process to Fidelity.

I currently have Erie no recent accidents or traffic violations. I did switch to an EV which I guess triggered the recent price increases. My annual premium went from $925 to over $1700 for 2 vehicles. I did a quote at progressive direct and the annual price is about $500 less with the same coverages except I didn't include the accident forgiveness or deductible savings bank. Is it a really bad decision to switch from Erie to Progressive? The monthly price option for the two actually saves me about $720/year. Am I missing something that I'm overlooking?

I love my dog but I cannot afford to pay $1600 a year for something I've hardly needed so far (since it only covers emergencies and not routine stuff). I do wanna insure him, but $135 for a healthy 7yo dog is beyond insane. Is there _anyone_ out there that won't completely hose me on premiums?

Looking for advice on dealing with an insurance dispute with prior insurance company. In July 2023, a hailstorm damaged my home’s Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) that had rolled roofing on them. Company initially agreed the panels needed replacement because rolled roofing couldn’t be reapplied per manufacturer installation guidelines. They first classified it under Ordinance or Law (ORD) coverage. Later, they changed their stance, saying it wasn’t ORD, but still wouldn’t move it under Dwelling Coverage. They paid $5k but refused to pay the remaining $8,606 for full replacement. Key points: • Manufacturer guidelines require panels to be clean and debris-free before rolled roofing can be reinstalled — which wasn’t the case after removal. • During demo, water intrusion was found. FBFS says they don’t cover “water seepage,” but there’s no proof it existed pre-storm. • Multiple adjusters were involved. Insurance company hasn’t provided their “expert” who allegedly inspected the panels. • Delays in their claim process (over 1.5 years) worsened the damage. At this point, I’m debating whether to send a letter of intent (basically putting them on notice before litigation) to try and get the $8,606 paid, or just go straight to filing a lawsuit for breach of contract/bad faith. The whole panels had to be replaced because rolled roofing couldn't be reinstalled and needing to get the roof back to pre storm condition. The water intrusion found 1.5 years later has nothing really to do with the initial insurance coverage in my opinion. Has anyone dealt with this or a similar situation? Did sending a letter of intent work, or did you have to sue to get results? Will they say fine okay it'll cost us more if we do get sued even if we win and decide to pay the $8606 instead? Next, even though they closed the claim, I'm filling another complaint with the states department of insurance.

After years of paying for Trupanion premiums, with hardly any claim at all (only a small amount for thyroid pills) this company blindsided me with an increase in premium, $70 to $118!, a $48 increase/month! They offered a lot of mumbo-jumbo about cost increases in our area. Well we pay for the routine care and it hasn't gone up, maybe minimally but nothing warranting that kind of increase. Now our dog is old so I won't be able to get any other insurance so I'm stuck with them. But we will be moving our younger dog out of that company ASAP. Just warning you all about this company, no loyalty to long time customers.

I've known for a while that ManyPets was merging with Odie but I (wrongly) assumed that the policies would be largely the same. Odie emailed me yesterday with the new policy and billing summary and my jaw hit the floor. My plan on ManyPets was an annual deductible of $750 and unlimited coverage with 10% co-insurance. The annual premium was $377.04. According to the renewal notice with Odie, there is an annual max payout limit of $20k, deductible of $250 and 10% co-insurance (so an inferior plan) and the annual premium is **$1799.42?!** There is also a billing statement for a Wellness Plan, which I never had on ManyPets. I emailed customer support immediately on Friday and they haven't gotten back. My credit card will be billed on Monday. I'm going to call them first thing Monday morning but I'm pretty concerned. Others who were on ManyPets - are you sticking with Odie? People who have had Odie and used them for claims, what has been your experience? I'm certainly not willing to pay $1800. I have a 7 year old pug and he's healthy/never had any pre-existing issues. But I'm concerned that due to his age, I'll have a hard time getting a decent premium on a new plan.

I currently have Healthy Paws for my 4 year old (soon to be 5) dog. She has been with them since Dec of 2023, - almost 2 years - and my premiums have increased twice so far (once after the first year and then once again because I moved and I've never hit my deductible yet). My policy covers 80% with an unlimited payout and a $500 deductible. I currently pay $73 monthly but when I first got my policy it was \~$58. I see a lot of posts on this forum about the premium increases from HP and it makes me nervous for the future, especially when dogs are hitting 10 and premiums are sky rocketing to unaffordable rates. My question: if you have an elder pet, what insurance do you have, how long have you been with them, what is your policy and how much do you pay? I've found HP easy to deal with and I like having an unlimited policy, but the premium increases make me nervous. What insurance company has comparable policies that don't sky rocket their premiums as your pet gets older?

Hi everyone! I appreciate any and all answers here. So I just filed my taxes for 2024 and my HR Block representative said that she urges me to switch from Covered California as soon as possible. In 2024 I had medical issues that caused me to lose my job so I switched from employer provided insurance to Covered California starting last May 2024 with the cost being $94/month. Then in August 2024 I got a new job and received a significant pay bump ($21/hr to $31/hr) and I did not know that I was supposed to report my new income to Covered California. In December 2024 after my surgery (to deal with the aforementioned medical issue) I contacted Covered California about renewing for 2025 and during that conversation I found out that I was supposed to report my income change. That led to my rate increasing to $294/month and the worker told me that I will also be facing a tax penalty and backpay for not letting them know about my new monthly income. When I prepared my taxes a few days ago she revealed that the backpay was a total of $1,100 and she said that she's seen this with a lot of her clients and even herself. She stated that with my line of work I will most likely earn more than I anticipate this year and will most likely pay even more taxes to the IRS with Covered California. She urged me to get on a new health insurance plan asap. **My current options are to contact the company that I work with (it's a third party company that I get pay from as a contractor even though I work full time hours). OR I can contact individual insurance companies and try to just get a rate directly with them.** **My questions are** **1) Am I even able to switch my insurance this late into the year? I don't have a major qualifying event aside from just wanting to leave Covered California.** **2) Are the options that I mentioned above correct or are there other solutions that I am not aware of?**