Hi there I’m a new driver 18 licensed this year and I’m on my own progressive plan I don’t have a parent/guardian to join their plan I drive a 2018 Nissan versa with two previous owners to me and I’m currently paying 725 a month which isn’t really reasonable tbh that’s as much as rent is with a roommate lmao and I was wondering if anyone had any tips to receive a cheaper rate or a different company I should try I tried aaa and they said since I haven’t been driving for 6 months there’s not other options besides progressive but I cannot afford to pay that every month on top of bills :/ but I can’t not have a car when this city has horrible public transportation

I purchased private health insurance through an agent with Freedom Life Insurance. I'm starting my own business so have to handle my own insurance. I got a Freedom plan that is supposed to give me 4 free doctors visits before deductibles/copays kick in, and somehow I'm paying more than my insurance every time. They only pay $100 per visit. I am livid that I'm spending almost $400/month for a policy that doesn't seem to pay anything!! What is the deal with this?? They only pay $100, the rest is on me. This is directly different than what I was told it would be, and there's no way for me to know what I'm going to be paying unless I get a full bill breakdown from each doctor beforehand which I have never in my life had to do. The plan is a United plan, yet my agent said these major doctors don't have a good contracted rate with United. HOW? United is universally accepted. Should I have my agent find me a different plan? Go back to Marketplace where they switch your plan every year? Where the heck does a person go to get health insurance that isn't rocket science, actually covers what it says it will cover, and doesn't change all the time? Does the plan I'm on even sound normal?

I recently lost all my belongings due to mold in my house that I lived in July 2023-February 2025. I got insurance starting August 2024. I became very ill and moved in with family Dec 2024, returned to the room in Feb 2025 to find it covered in mold after a bad storm. I was not aware that the mold was causing my illness or that there was even mold in my home until Feb 2025. It’s looking like an almost complete loss of my belongings. My insurance company manipulated me into stating that the date of loss was Feb 2024, when I made a maintenance request to fix a leaky window. I didn’t understand the implications of this and the agent was kind of pushing me to agree that Feb 2024 was the “date of loss” and not Feb 2025, because that was the first documentation I had of a moisture issue in the house. The next day she tells me it’s unlikely I can recover any claim money because I got insurance in August 2024, and the loss happened before that date. Can anyone help? Id like to make an appeal if my claim is rejected but I’d like to know how I can defend myself here.

After spending Friday with my 5 yo shihpoo in the ER with newly diagnosed IVDD, I went to submit my $600 claim only to discover my Wellness policy that I have had for the past 5 years was “expired”. I contacted Nationwide today and was informed that the policy is “no longer carried in your area and you need to reapply”. Now my dog has pre-existing conditions. I don’t remember receiving any correspondence regarding this (my policy was on autopay every month and canceled on May 1). Anyone else in a similar boat? I know Nationwide has been discussed ad nauseum, so my apologies if this is redundant.

I am due to give birth end of May. The hospital that my obgyn is partnered/contracted with is where I went on 03/01 because I had a pregnancy scare. I went straight to Labor & Delivery and was there for a couple of hours. The on-call obgyn is the one that saw me. I have NOT received a bill yet, only an EOB from my primary insurance, stating that the claim was denied. In the EOB- it was stating that the hospital is an out of network facility. However, I’ve spoken to my insurance directly few different times who said the hospital that I went to indeed is an IN-NETWORK facility. Now the last agent I’ve spoken to today told me “address where the service was rendered is confirmed to be outside the network for the facility. Here is what adoress of the facility showing on the claim” and it’s a complete different address than the hospital I went to, like in a whole different state. The first agent that I spoke a couple weeks ago stated the claim type says “outpatient hospital non contracting”. The last time I tried contacting the hospital themselves, the agent was saying I need a bill/statement account number, which I didn’t and still don’t have because I was never sent a bill as of today and he said to wait until I get a bill. It’s been over a month and I still haven’t received a bill from the hospital from when I went to 03/01. I was going to explain my situation and how I still haven’t received a bill but the billing office is now closed. I do have secondary insurance but they didn’t even receive a claim from hospital, which I am assuming they didn’t even bill my secondary. I’m just so confused and overwhelmed! Does this sound like the hospital submitted the claim incorrectly?

Here is my scenario: My mother owns a car that she would like to have my daughter drive for school high school. The car had been parked and was on a non-op status, and the car insurance was canceled. The car has been re-registered and is ready to go once we have the insurance question settled. My mother does not drive anymore and did not renew her drivers license the last time it came up for renewal. We called the insurance company to reactivate her policy, Direct Insurance, and were told that she cannot get a policy because she does not have a valid drivers license. After doing some research, I think these are my options, and I want to get some feedback: 1. Find a company that will write a policy where the owner of the vehicle is not licensed. Does anyone know of a company that does this? 2. My mother has a living trust that many of her assets are in, but not her car. Would it make sense to transfer the car into the trust, or am I still faced with exact the same problem? The final solution is for me to simply buy my mother‘s car. We are both a little hesitant to do this because my brother also drives it on occasion and she wants to make sure that it is still available for him. If I purchased it, I would still make sure it is available to him, but now I would need to make sure that my brother was on the insurance as an occasional driver. I suspect this will end up being the simplest course of action, but I wanted to make sure that there wasn’t something else I am overlooking. TIA! Edit: the car would be insured in California.

Seeking advice from folks involved in the auto insurance industry... A bit of background. We've been insured with State Farm continuously for over 30 years, getting both home and auto insurance from them. A couple of weeks ago we received a notice that they were dropping us from our auto coverage because there were 4 claims on our record: 1. An accident where my wife was at fault, where she hit a car in a parking lot. Our insurance ended up paying out about $3,000 for that accident (mostly to other driver.. very little damage to our car) 2. An accident where my 17 year old daughter rear-ended another car at low speed. There was minimal damage to the other vehicle (scratches on the bumper) but due to the age of the car my daughter was driving, the amount of damage to her car was high enough that the vehicle was totaled, and the insurance paid about $6k to us for the totaled vehicle. 3. My older daughter was riding her bike (pedaled bike, not a motorcycle) 4 years ago and was hit by a car who illegally ran a stop sign. The other driver was found to be fully at fault, and State Farm paid absolutely nothing for that claim to anyone. In Texas apparently anytime there is an accident with a bike and police are called, it gets reported to your insurance. 4. My older driver was riding her bike again 2 years ago and was again hit by a car who rear ended her as she was legally riding on a city street. Again, the other driver was found to be fully at fault, and State Farm paid absolutely nothing for that claim. State Farm said that those 4 accidents were enough to drop us from coverage. (Technically, it's a non-renew, when our policy ends in about 3 weeks.) While I personally strongly disagree with them considering the 2 bike accidents, their representative told me that they are within their rights to do so, and that they have indeed done so, and that "there is nothing you can do to appeal". That upsets me, but that actually isn't my question! Because we're being dropped, we've searched for alternative insurance. I have obtained quotes from a variety of companies, and found that Progressive is offering coverage that is comparable (actually, a little better) than the State Farm coverage we had, at a fairly significant reduction in cost over what we had been paying State Farm, so we're switching as soon as our current term with State Farm ends in a few weeks. On one of our vehicles that is currently insured (with comprehensive and collision coverage), we sustained hail damage on the car a couple of years ago, resulting in dents to a number of the body panels and a crack in the windshield. None of these things bothered us that much, and we've just let them go. However, we are considering filing a claim for that damage before we leave State Farm and getting them repaired. I'm not sure what the total cost will be, and it's a somewhat older car, so I'm worried that MAYBE the cost of repairs could end up reaching the dollar threshold where they would total the car, but there is nothing whatsoever else wrong with the car. Here's my real question: If we did file this claim with State Farm before we leave them, is there a potential that this could come back to bite us later with Progressive? Would having this claim for hail damage impact our rate with Progressive, either now or later? Also, if they did decide to total the car, it's almost certain we would choose to buy the vehicle back (not relinquish title) and then hopefully fix the damage on our own, as best we could, using whatever State Farm paid out after the buyback. However, would the fact that the car had been totaled impact its future insurability or our rates for insurance coverage? (We've had a history of always getting "full coverage" on our cars, even though they are paid off.) My understanding is that Texas does not require a salvage title on a vehicle if it is totaled due to hail damage, although I'm not positive of that. Any advice from folks "in the know"? Thanks so much!

I’ve been a Geico customer for probably 15 years. I think I paid $60 a payment when I signed with them, the latest new rate almost $200. I moved recently to Queens, NY which they say boosted the cost but this increase is insane. I haven’t had a speeding ticket in decades. Any companies offer better rates!?

Hi, I was at a red light this morning and a big truck behind me slammed the gas before the car in front of me started moving. They sped up driving by me right after pulled over. Total asshole. The police report is complete and there was a camera at the light and a witness called in. However, turns out the tag on the vehicle was out of date…I have never been in an accident before. I have usaa insurance and have a claim open but was curious what happens in this situation. Do I end up paying everything out of pocket? I was not at fault so it really sucks.

Hi everyone- a lady hit me with her car and 2 others. There is a limits issue and the insurance adjuster said i MUST go through my insurance to fix the car. I don't want too - I would rather just get what I can and fix the rest out of pocket. The insurance adjuster said there's nothing I can do until hear from your insurance company. Is this true? They will 1. Not give me any money at all. 2. I HAVE to go through my insurance. My car is under my parents insurance and I don't want to touch their stuff. I don't care if I'm not at fault. This was only temporary until I got my own insurance.