Let me preface this by saying I might totally be in the wrong here. I hit a deer a few weeks ago, messed my car up pretty bad. It’s a 2017 Mercedes C300. The hood, bumper, grill, and right headlight assembly need to be replaced. Right fender can probably just be repaired. Regardless, estimate of the damages came out to about $7,700. I was SURE this would total the car, as I knew that my car was only worth $9-$10k. I had been trying to sell/trade it for the past year. It has 110,052 miles on it, cosmetic damages, coolant leak in the heater core, needs a new purge valve, etc. I have had four different dealerships tell me that it’s worth no more than $10k, and two offered me $5k to buy outright, other two offered $7,600 which is what carmax values it at. MERCEDES told me the car was not worth putting $8k worth of damage into and would give me $5k for it. Progressive tried to tell me it was worth $16,475. This number is based on what dealerships SELL my car for on average. My question is… if the car were to be totaled, they would NOT give me $16k for it, because that’s not what it’s worth. So how can they value the car at that price? It’s also a hypothetical number with dealership markups. They never sent anyone out to look at my car, they never asked about previous damage, NOTHING. The guy kept blowing me off and stated that they won’t run the value unless it’s totaled and flagged and we had not gotten to that point. Is this even legal?? I’m supposed to have the estimator call me tomorrow, but as far as I’m concerned, all he did was plug my vin into Mitchell Connect and say that it would sell for this so that’s what it’s worth. Should I fight harder? Everyone I’ve spoken to has told me to.

My roof is 13 years old (original to the house), and recently had some wind damage after a storm. I started a claim in 2019 with my previous insurance company (after a hail storm) and was denied a replacement because apparently someone has been on the roof with a hammer or something attempting to mimic hail damage, so it was determined to be vandalism. The new damage is due to wind, but the vandalism is still present. I’m told that at least the back slope (if not the whole thing) needs replaced. Should I file a claim or just pay for the replacement out of pocket?

I guess I should have looked into this sooner, since I got the email from Manypets back at the end of December, but I forgot about it until now when I FINALLY got an email from Odie regarding the new policy which takes effect March 1st. I have been paying $34.12 a month for each of the last 3 years on a Golden Retriever since she was 3 months old with Manypets. $500 deductible and 90% reimbursement and unlimited annual. They say your rates will be the same with Odie as they would have been with Manypets, but the new premium is $50.15 for $500/90% AND I noticed that the annual max is no $20,000 instead of unlimited. I understand rates normally go up each year but this is nearly 50%. I have seen other posts about this so just wondering if you guys are sticking with Odie or finding another company. I still have not received the email regarding the whole policy so there may be more things I find missing. And if you did switch, do you know if the new companies normally waive the waiting period as long as you have had continuous coverage with another company?

I have been paying for Embrace Pet Insurance for nearly a year. I submitted a claim recently and apparently I was supposed to get my dogs an exam BEFORE the policy began. The dogs had an exam 16 days after the policy began. Now they are refusing to pay claims despite the fact that they happily took my money for the last year. These people are scammers. Beware!

Hi, My one year old cat had to go to the vet this week for a limp. I processed his paperwork and submitted a claim toward his deductible and Spot denied it. Looks like he needs surgery and it’s going to be costly- I’m worried they will deny this too. Am I able to switch insurance companies now if I’m having issues with spot? Or would a new company just not cover this at all? This is my first pet with insurance and I’m frustrated.

Hi everyone, I'm on the phone with the claims department at MetLife. After having paid faithfully for my dog's insurance since the night I adopted him for two years, when I finally filed my claims, I've received SIXTEEN CENTS. Two years worth of payments for SIXTEEN CENTS. They are denying part of my claim because they said I need to provide the previous 12 months of medical records of my dog's history before November 2022. The problem? I ADOPTED HIM IN NOVEMBER 2022. I could see if they were confused about that, but they were on the phone with me during the adoption process! I have a second dog, and I have a different insurance through them, and I planned on going with them, but MetLife gave me a good rate, and the rescue was so encouraging that I went with them, against my better judgment. Now I know why- they suck. I am looking for other people who've been asked for the same asinine requirements of producing their adopted dog's previous 12 months of SOAP notes BEFORE you adopted them and were denied for a claim. I'm looking to either send this to my state's AG or see if there's an attorney out there willing to take on a class action. Clearly, MetLife Pet insurance is a scam agency. I've asked them yet again to reimburse me, and I told them this time, if they say no, then I want all my payments returned. It's an easy decision- pay less for my claim, or pay more and give me back all my money. I also told them if they do, I'm willing to return the 16 cent paper check I made them mail me. Thanks.

My parents applied for health insurance through Maryland Health Connection, and were told they were eligible for an advanced premium tax credit. Now that they are doing their taxes, it appears that there was a large overestimation of the amount on the premium tax credit they were eligible for, resulting in them owing about $15,000 in taxes. If this is the fault of Maryland Health Connections for overestimating the amount on the premium tax credit they were eligible for, is there anything that can be done about this?

Has anybody been able to buy one or get a quote. I am trying and while insurance companies website mention they exist - I am not able to get a quote and the call center agents are equally clueless. Edit - Geico Licensed Insurance Agent said that they are not issuing any NNO (Named Non Owner) Policy currently. So lets see how easy it is to get one.

I’m moving out of NY to another state soon for my masters and the school requires that I either have full coverage health insurance or I purchase theirs which is $4,500+. Is there any health insurance plan either in NY or nationally that I can enroll in which would allow me to be seen for any medical purpose out of my home state? My current insurance is health first but it is an HMO which only allows me to be seen at UC/ED for emergent purposes only. The school requires non-emergent purpose insurance as well.

Hi all, years ago my brother was hit by an auto while he was on a bicycle. His auto insurance (State Farm) covered the meds r/t accident and any appointments. Every few years they would send him in for a reevaluation IPE so this time the person that did the Psych evaluation said he was over exaggerating his issues and that even though he has a traumatic brain injury he no longer qualifies to have his medication covered. He deals with/ depression, headaches, insomnia, the only med that is being covered is for his antidepressant. Im not sure how to advise him. Do we go back to the original attorney? Do we fight it? If so, how does that normally play out? My brother's accident happened over 15 years ago. He was not at fault. Even though all of his testing showed significant damage and he has never returned to his baseline, has poor memory, can't think when there are loud noises, and is now doing "manual" work vs. owning a business that he had to give up. Any help would be wond