In my naïve early 20s (single and no kids) I bought into a NWM adjustable CompLife policy. Then expanded coverage a few years later at the advise of my “advisor”. I haven’t thought much about it until now, when my new husband and I were looking at our cash flow. I’m now feeling that I need to stop my donations to NWM and be smarter with my investments. I’m not maxing out other retirement options (ROTH, 401), and I feel that would better serve our future. Here’s what I’ve got going on: CompLife policy #1 Started: 09/2016 Annualized premium: $1242.72 (Monthly premium: $103.5) Payments since sept 2016: $102 Total paid: $10,557 Net accumulated value: $7,244 CompLife policy #2 Started: 06/2019 Annualized premium: $1799.40 (Monthly premium: 149.95) Payments since June 2019: 69 Total paid: $10,346 Net accumulated value: $7,068 Total benefit: $500,000 Should I cash this out? Roll it into something else? I don’t feel like NWM has my best interests at heart and I don’t want to be throwing money at an inefficient scheme. TIA

UPDATE: they finally replied and sent me another link to update payment + the portal access link. Unsure what I did.. I guess since payment was involved, they prioritised? Anyway now I can look at my plan, submit a claim, etc. And they said the Comms would improve in the coming weeks. Staying with them bec the premiums were the most affordable with them. I've seen posts about odie this year but writing about my situation in case anyone has also faced it. To the people who got transferred over - have you received your welcome email? My policy renewed on the 2nd of January, and I never received a welcome email. I had to take my cat to the vet and got a 1k bill. There's no place to submit a claim. Nobody is replying to my emails. And on top of that, I received an email today saying my payment didn't go through with a link to update - BUT THE LINK WAS EXPIRED!! The audacity to ask me for a payment when I have literally no info and no reply from this company. Nobody picks up the phone. And if the payment doesn't go through, the policy will lapse and that will leave my cat without insurance which is soooo frustrating!!! Has everyone else gotten their account setup emails?? Or even received a response over email?? Their voicemail message says if you email multiple times it will delay the response even more so I'm scared to write them again and again. Advice??

Ok, this is absolutely insane to me but coming here to see if anyone has any advice or thinks I'm overreacting. My dog's TLDR background: * almost 2 years old, GSD mix with cattle dog, pit, husky * has been exhibiting some intense anxiety (can't take him on walks) and sensitivity to noises (these send him into a panic) * our trainer noticed he had a head tremor when he was about 5 months old, but my husband and I never noticed it, neither did our first two vets. Our current vet noticed it + an eye tremor about two months ago and recommended we see a neurologist and get an MRI * Thankfully the MRI showed a normal brain but it did show an inner ear infection The MRI was almost $5k. I submitted it to Embrace and they DENIED it because they are saying his inner ear infection is related to his itchy skin that he had when we rescued him at 6 weeks old, and therefore falls under his pre-existing condition. The MRI wasn't to identify the ear infection, that's just something that happened to show up. The MRI was for his brain health to see if we could determine why his behavior has gotten so anxious and he's started showing aggression. I've included screenshots of their "reasoning" and it seems absolutely crazy to me. Has anyone experienced something similar or have advice on how to proceed?

I reached out to my State Farm rep about why my homeowners insurance went up 30% this year and he said “that’s just what they’ve been seeing lately” and offered to decrease my Coverage A and Increase my Dwelling coverage to bring down the premium. The total replacement cost covered would remain the same. He was selling this as effectively being identical if we would be rebuilding in case of a disaster, but something doesn’t pass the smell test. Has anyone else opted to do something similar? He was unable to articulate why State Farm would do this if the coverage was the same. He only Personal coverage would decline as a percentage of coverage A. Is there anything else I’m missing or anything else I should ask?

I'm currently on Healthy Paws for my 4 year old mixed breed (40 lbs). I was living in Illinois and it was 55$, but moved to Minnesota and its now 75$. Ive considered switching for a cheaper price, and because I have seen a lot of reviews here that the prices for Healthy Paws have exploded. Originally I was considering Pets Best but also saw a lot of reviews that they have gone down hill. So here are my questions 1) I have seen Chewy offers lemonade or trupanion in my state, and both seem to be well regarded. Why would I get the insurance through Chewy vs direct? 2) My dog definitely has seasonal allergies which I've been getting the cyto shot for. This falls under a pre-existing condition right? Would it be worth it to stay on Healthy Paws just for this? 3) If I did switch, there can be waiting periods for 2-4 weeks, so should I keep HP for an extra month while waiting? 4) Are any of the add-ons recommended? Ive seen that preventative is probably not, but Lemonade mentions vet fees, dental, end of life, behavioral, physical therapy... Would other insurances already include this?

Had anyone else had a sudden very large increase on their auto insurance premium? I've had allstate for 1.5 years now, and it suddenly jumped up by over $100 a month with no changes. This seems to big a hike to just be rising insurance costs. Has anyone had a big increase as well? Or suggestions for what to do? I can never seem to get an answer from Allstate. One customer service person told me that Florida was having storms and this impacts insurance prices (I don't live in Florida). I'm thinking about just changing insurance companies :(

I’ve been paying for this insurance for my daughter since November. She has simply healthcare under the Florida kid care plan, and I can not get the member ID or even log into the simply website. FLhealthykids has been 0 help, how do I obtain this information? It’s crazy to me that it’s this hard to get. We never received a welcome letter/packet or anything :(

So I recently opened a new policy with GEICO for my car. A few days after opening the policy(march 2025), they added a driver without contacting me or giving me any notification. That alone increased my premium $450. The driver that was added is my GF that doesn’t live in my household or is licensed to drive(never got a DL). They claim I added her in a quote but i didn’t quote with them since ~Nov-Dec 2024(she visited during this time and left in Jan)I know you’re supposed to include any person in the household in a policy due to liability but I’m currently living alone. GEICO also claimed that they use “DMV records” to add drivers to policy on behalf of the customers if we didn’t do it already. That couldn’t be the case since my GF had no affiliation with the DMV in my state. Any advice on this matter would be appreciated

I have an 8month old puppy. He had some bile vomiting before our insurance kicked in. Long story short, he was sick recently and we thought he swallowed something. When I put the claim in Lemonade denied me. They said vomiting is a "pre-exisiting" condition. Which is nuts? Has anyone dealt with this? Am I crazy to want to switch insurances? Will this ever go away?

Hello, hurricane damage claim. State Farm. Upon reviewing my latest final estimate, I noticed that it is missing around $34k of damage for items: hazardous material/asbestos removal, water remediation and tree removal. These items have already been included in previous estimates but they are not listed in the most recent one. Two line items are removed completely and the tree removal was deducted from previous demolition line item now showing $500 when it was $9000 (with tree removal) This estimate has increased based on some other items like additional roofing repairs and other things to the tune of about $40k, but with the removal of $34k in line items it only goes a little higher. I am concerned why those items would be removed. I have a call into the adjuster but looking to see if anyone has any ideas. I can’t tell if they took it out to see if we’d notice and playing games or what. Those items have already been paid previously and the roof is complete as well so it doesn’t make sense to me.