Has anyone had their Geico premium suddenly jump after switching from pay in full to monthly payments? I changed the billing method thinking it would just add a small fee but then got a new declaration with a much higher rate of 25% increase. Support says it was unrelated and just part of a regular rate adjustment but the timing feels off. I didn’t change anything else in my policy and my neighbors didn’t see any increase. Curious if others experienced this or if it’s worth escalating.

I have been a State Farm customer for almost 40 years. I recently was in my first serious automobile accident where the repair costs are around $25,000. State Farm has been hellish to work with and dragged even just the start of repairs out two months. It’s not over yet, but it’s pretty clear I’m gonna end up having to pay a pretty good chunk of that out-of-pocket. The body shop tells me that most namebrand insurance companies are difficult to work with. He suggested one of the high-end brands like Chubb or Pure. The more I think about it it seems like I could go with a low rate company and for that once every 25 year incident just pay for the repairs myself. As long as I have injuries and liability covered, it feels like I would come out even. My question is this. Should I go with a different company that is more white glove service like Chubb? Or should I find some cut rate company where I at least know up front I’m going to have to pay out-of-pocket for an repairs like this but save money and headache in the long run? Or should I just stay in the middle with SF? FYI, I do have good umbrella coverage too.

Ok, progressive is sending me a massive rate hike for next month, and i've had it. I need the literal cheapest option, for insurance prices , here in CA. Its insane. I cant pay 1000 a year for a crappy car, so i need the affordable answer. Hope someone has answers out there. hope.

Waiting days on State Farm to get back to me! I got a shop estimate for around 5,630 for repairs. Wondering if it’s likely to be fixed or totaled ? 2015 Honda accord base model 144k miles. Any way I can get them to hurry up? My 6 year old is on dialysis 3 times a week 2 hours each way 😩 Photo in comments

I hope I'm in the right sub for this but I'm not sure, if there is a better place for this post please let me know. So I got into an accident that I was at fault, I do not have collision coverage, and I still owe about $19,000 on the vehicle. I asked my insurance and without coverage there is nothing they can do. It is not drivable and the air bags deployed. There is heavy front end damage but the rest of the vehicle is fine. I've only taken it to one shop for an estimate because I don't want to keep paying for a tow to get different quotes and they all end up being close to the same amount anyway. The estimate I got was $20,000 to fix it, so I'm not going to be able to afford that, and even if I could I don't see how that would be worth it. The car before the accident was probably worth $20,000 - $25,000 at most. (2022 KIA K5 GT LINE). I have pictures of the vehicle as well but wasn't sure if I was allowed to include those in the post. So as far as I see it, it's going to just sit somewhere until I pay off what I owe. So instead of paying a storage fee to keep it somewhere (my apartment doesn't allow vehicles that aren't drivable to stay in the parking lot), I want to either sell it or scrap it. Whatever I decide to do with it, I want the next tow to be the last. If I can make a little bit of money on it, great, if not then like I said if I can at least avoid a storage fee or paying to tow it several times that's a win for me. Anything I do make would go straight towards paying it off anyway. I'm already pretty screwed, paying on a car that I can't drive so I'm trying to see my options and cut my losses. I've gotten suggestions to declare bankruptcy, sell it, scrap it, keep it, sell all the parts individually, sell it as a whole for parts. A lot of the issue is, I don't think I can sell it, even to a salvage yard, without paying it off first, so what do I do with it until then? That's going to take a long time for me. I can't afford to fix it, can't sell it, scrap it etc. What do I do? And I understand I'm not going to make money on this, I understand I'm screwed either way, I understand that I will not financially recover from this for quite some time. So I'm just asking what is my best course of action to cut my losses as much as possible? Is there a way to sell it before paying it off? Do I need to let the lender know about the accident? Is there a different way insurance can help even though they said they can't? Is there a service or organization that helps with this sort of thing? Should I declare bankruptcy?

In early 2024 I made an appointment to start seeing a therapist, specifically one that my insurance (Cigna) listed as one accepting EAP. I called the office and confirmed with them they do accept EAP, so I scheduled an appointment. My six EAP covered sessions ran out around September 2024, so I called my insurance, got a new code for six more covered sessions, sent it to the office by both text and email (and also over the phone to confirm it was correct). Come March 2025, I’m on my last of the second round of therapy sessions covered by EAP. I check in at the office for my sessions, and they tell me an owe around $300 for my last several sessions. Confused, I tell them that EAP covers my sessions aside from an establishing bill of like $69 once a year. The office tells me they do not accept EAP and that I’m overdue on my bill. I have never been told, in all the times I physically check in for my appointments (I never do virtual) that I owed anything. This is the first I’m hearing about it, or that they do not accept EAP because I confirmed when I made the very first appointment that they did accept them. Hell, I had called to give codes for each batch of six sessions. Now, if they had told me this sooner, I would’ve stopped going to find someone else. Not a big deal, it’s their business and they are allowed to handle it however they want. But it feels really shady to suddenly spring a mystery bill on me and say I’m overdue for the last six sessions. They had six months to tell me when I came in or email me or call me. I showed them all the proof of me contacting them (I always leave paper trails) about the EAP codes and confirmations it was accepted. The legal advice I’m seeking is, is it legal for a provider to do that, suddenly stop taking EAP and secretly bill you without informing the patient? I’m assuming they will drop my bill once they review my evidence, but if not, can I legally ignore that bill (if it even comes my way at all)?

Hello, Can someone with experience using Trupanion confirm how their reimbursement actually works? Here’s the situation: Let’s say my total invoice is $1,200 (excluding tax and for a single condition). My deductible is $1,000, which has already been met. That leaves $200 of eligible costs. Based on my understanding, I would then pay 10% of the remaining $200 ($20), and Trupanion would cover the other 90% ($180). However, when I submitted a recent claim, Trupanion told me that the 10% co-pay is calculated based on the total invoice **before** the deductible is applied. So according to them, I’m responsible for 10% of $1,200 ($120), **plus** the $1,000 deductible, and they only covered $80. But their own website says this: "Co-payments, also known as coinsurance, represent the proportion of eligible veterinary expenses that the pet parent is responsible for after the deductible has been met. For example, if a pet insurance plan offers a 90% reimbursement rate, **the policyholder would be responsible for paying the remaining 10% of the eligible expenses after the deductible has been satisfied**." This seems contradictory. Has anyone else experienced this? Am I misunderstanding something?

For the past 507 days, I’ve been dealing nonstop with AAA Insurance over my BMW X5 M. In July 2023, my car was repossessed (shit happens), but I got it redeemed in September. When I picked it up from Sacramento, multiple dashboard warning lights were on, and it smelled like something was burning. I later found out the repo guy towed my all-wheel drive vehicle by two tires from Chico to Sacramento — completely destroying the transfer case. These types of cars are supposed to be flat-bedded. I got nowhere with the repo company, so I filed a claim with my insurance (AAA) and brought the car to BMW Pajouh/Courtesy Automotive in Chico. It was in their shop from September 11 to November 3 for repairs. Then in February 2024, it started feeling like my tire was going to fall off. I took it back to BMW Chico and got a rental car from them while they looked at it. A couple days later, Nick, the service advisor (not the same one who helped during the first repair), called and asked what the issues were. I had already told them that when I dropped it off, so I was annoyed. The next day, he called again and said, “Whoever did your transfer case didn’t do it correctly.” I reminded him it was their shop that had done the work, and it had been an insurance repair — so the claim should be reopened. A few weeks went by, then I got a call from the AAA adjuster saying the new estimate was too high and they were going to total the car. I told them I would be getting a second opinion from a specialty European shop. I wasn’t able to take the car there until the following week, but I made sure to notify both BMW Chico and AAA. Then a few days later, I started getting calls and texts from both BMW and CoPart, saying they needed my authorization to tow the car to CoPart (a salvage yard). I told them I hadn’t signed anything and had NOT agreed to the total loss — I was still getting a second opinion. Later that night, I went outside and noticed the BMW rental car was gone from my parking space. I ran upstairs thinking I had left the key fob in the car and it got stolen, but it was still in my purse. My daughter reminded me my spare house keys were in the rental, and they had an AirTag on them. I checked FindMy, and sure enough — it pinged at BMW Chico. I called the dealership, and the front desk guy acted clueless. I told him my AirTag showed the car was there. He suddenly put me on hold. A few minutes later, he came back and transferred me to Michael Mumbus, the director. Mumbus told me they removed the car because they don’t allow loaners past 30 days — but it had only been 29 days, and no one had said a word to me about any rental limit. The next day I went down there to pick up my belongings from the car. I came prepared and was recording everything. Mumbus got heated with me, accused me of “holding the key fob hostage,” and said I owed them $650. I had the key fob with me, ready to return it. Then he hit me with it — “Your BMW is gone. CoPart towed it yesterday.” Blaming AAA for giving the consent. They took my car without any consent or authorization. One of the staff members handed me a printout of the repair documentation. That’s when I found out they had installed a junked transfer case in my vehicle — not remanufactured, not OEM, just a used one from a salvage yard. And my insurance policy clearly included OEM endorsement, meaning it should have been brand new from BMW. That’s when I realized not only had they done a terrible job, they had completely violated my policy. I immediately put a hold on the car at CoPart, telling them they had no legal right to it. That gave me time to start digging deeper. Over the course of the year, I reached out to more than 100 lawyers. Every single one said no. They didn’t want to go up against AAA or BMW — said it wasn’t worth the fight. So I kept pushing. I requested every document from AAA and went through everything line by line. That’s when I noticed a payment made to CoPart for $7,000 in “storage fees” — which made no sense. I filed formal complaints with: • California Department of Insurance • Bureau of Automotive Repair And then — this morning — I got the call. AAA told me they had good news: • I can take my car to any shop that does mechanical work and paint (it was severely oxidized from sitting outside this whole time)— and they’re covering all of it. • They’re paying me $35/day for 507 days of loss of use. • They’re removing the salvage title and returning the clean title back into my name. • And… the car is paid off. DMV will take 3–6 months to process the title, but I can wait. I honestly don’t know how this kind of shit always ends up happening to me, but one thing I know for sure — I never stop fighting. It’s exhausting. It’s stressful. It feels impossible. But I do not give up.

I have met my Medicare deductible. I have plan G Medicare supplement which pays all co-pays, etc. I am being billed by a doctor’s office in spite of the fact that I have no further liability for co-pays. What is the best way to resolve this as the doctors office keep sending me a bill.

Anyone has a good recommendation? My roof is 14 years old and existing insurance co. (Hippo) refused my claim...my current policy is insanely high with 5% deductible TIA