So someone hit me yesterday on the highway, totalled my car and injured me pretty badly. Since I was hurt the officers rushed me into an ambulance before I could exchange information. one of the officers told me that he could provide me with the other drivers information after I got care and he gave me his card to call him, it has the case no. as well. Now today I call, they’re telling me that they cannot give that information out until the crash report is done and that they’re waiting on a signature. So I’m stumped, but like ok, I’ll just keep checking and then I’ll file. AND THEN as soon as I get off the phone I got a call from *my* insurance. The driver that hit me, somehow has my insurance and information and he filed a claim against my insurance. Basically saying my story exactly, trying to claim I hit him. What can I do from this point? I could try to hire an attorney, but without having his information I’m stressing that I’m going to get screwed. 😭

So recently someone backed into me at the parking lot and damaged the front of my car. We exchanged information etc and the person initially was thinking to settle it without involving insurance. I was fine with this and reached out to a few places, but most say it is hard to determine the total damage without doing a full diagnostics because there are many sensors/cameras/lights in that area. Only 1 place gave me a preliminary estimate after looking at the damage. We then decided to get insurance involved. His insurance assumed full liability and send out a person to estimate the damage visually. The estimate is quite low, lower than the place who gave me an estimate directly. They said I would need to take my car to a shop that is willing to work with their rate. If additional damage is determined, then the shop would work with the insurance company for any additional costs. During this whole process, I feel like the other person's insurance treats me like I am trying to scam them. I asked what if the shop dong want to fix the car because the insurance estimate is too low, and they said that I would have to pay for the different if the shop is not willing to work with their rate. So now I am wondering if it makes sense if I reach out to my insurance company and report this incident, would they deal with the other person's insurance instead of me dealing with it directly? Thank you.

Not really sure the best place to post this question. My health insurance fully covers labwork, which I confirmed with them prior to getting an MMR immunity test earlier this month. As in they couldn't find anything in my coverage about specific tests because I have 100% coverage. So day of my appointment imagine my surprise when the phlebotomist at my doctors office says I owe $40 to quest for the lab work(in addition to my $25 copay that I paid at the front desk). I thought it was weird, but figured I'd get a refund when I got my EOB. So I hand over my debit card, she enters the info on her computer, draws my blood, and then I go on my way. Today I get the EOB for that visit and it says, as expected, I shouldn't have paid anything for that visit. So I check both my bank accounts only to find there is no $40 charge for Quest anywhere. And then I remember the same thing happened in January with Labcorp. I went to a physical Labcorp location for bloodwork ordered by my dermatologist, they said I owed some amount upfront, I handed over my card, then when I got my EOB it said I owed nothing, but when I checked my bank statements there wasn't a charge from Labcorp at all. Nothing the day of, and nothing on subsequent days for a refund. What is happening? Are they somehow able to void the charge so that it completely disappears from my bank statements when it turns out my insurance fully covered it? In the future I'm going to be getting screenshots of any posted charges(and asking for a receipt), just to prove I'm not losing my mind. If they didn't charge my card on the day of my appointment, would they have charged it later upon learning I did owe something. Can they even legally charge my card at a later date, or would they have to send me a bill in that situation? With the Labcorp charge I thought maybe I'd misremembered paying because I've been getting lab work there for years and never even had to stop at the front desk. My insurance at work did change from UHC to BCBS this year, but our coverage stayed the same. But I know for sure I handed over my debit card to the phlebotomist at my doctors office and watched her enter the card information on her computer. Though I don't remember if I got a notification of the charge on my banking app. Do I still have to keep giving them my card if I know my insurance fully covers lab work but for some reason they are lying and saying I owe money upfront and then the charges are vanishing?

Location: cook county, Illinois I was recently involved in a car accident. I was stopped at a stop sign, behind the white line and on my side of the road. I was waiting to turn left. Another driver who was driving on the perpendicular road ended up making a left hand turn on the road I was on. She ended up hitting me by driving head on into me. After she hit me I approached her vehicle and in a non aggressive way (however I was irritable) I asked why she hit me/ how she did not see me? She claimed she was distracted by her daughter and simply did not see me and hit me head on. She was very apologetic and admitted fault. I contacted non emergency police to come to the scene so we could exchange info. When police arrived they took our statements and the report states I was at the stop sign and driver admitted not seeing me and hitting me. The report also states I was not obstructing any road ways or her lane of travel. I figured this was pretty clear cut. However I recently found out through my insurance company that the other drivers insurance is now denying taking liability and claiming I am at fault because the driver is now reporting to her insurance company that I was in her lane and not giving her enough room to make the turn. Even though police report states the opposite and she admitted that she hit me to police because she didn’t see me. The police also stated in their report that she was at fault. The husband of the driver who was not present at the scene reached out to me via text the day after the accident to apologize for his wife hitting my car and requesting to fix my car by not going through insurance because he did not want his rates to go up. I did not respond to his text and simply just started the claim through my insurance. I am speculating this angered him and he is now encouraging his wife to change the story to now find me at fault. I obtained a copy of the police report and I am currently waiting on the body cam footage from the police that recorded our statements that night of the accent as proof that the other driver admitted fault to submit to my insurance since the claim is now in the arbitration process. I also sent screenshots of the text message the husband sent me as further proof as an admission of guilt to my insurance. I am curious, I know at this point the insurance companies are dueling this out and will present my proof to a third party and the decisions will eventually be made to determine who is at fault if I am understanding that correctly. But is there anything else that can be done? Can I go after the other driver for providing fraudulent information/ lying to her insurance? Or will that be determined in the arbitration process? Her insurance claimed they did a “careful investigation” and are denying my claim because they find me at fault. However it does not sound like her insurance obtained the police report so I am unclear as to how they performed a “careful investigation”. Lastly, is anyone able to provide any insight into the likelihood of me winning this arbitration case and if there is anything else I can/should do?

I went to NYU langone raadiology lab (its inside hospital) for a ultrasound before the ultrasound i looked up the cpt code on the bcbs website and it gave me an amount allowed of like 200$ before deductions, and i was okay with that now i got the bill, and the amount allowed is like 900$ i called the insurance and they said its because the lab billed under the lab but not the doctor itself -- the amount estimated on the website is under a doctor . bcbs does not know what is the amount allowed under the "lab" i dont know if this is normal, but it was my first ultrasound and i dont know what to do. if i ask nyu langone to bill under a doctor will they do that? it was just intern/PA that did my ultrasound so does that even count? what should i do in this case?

I just started a new job and received the Empower 401k fund options below. All of these funds appear to have high expense ratios (most around 1%) and overall don’t seem to be that great. I’m considering rolling over my old 401k to this new plan or an IRA. My old plan is valued at approximately $500k invested in passive total market index funds. I’m 40 married no kids. While I won’t be able to do the backdoor Roth IRA if I rollover my old plan to an IRA, I feel like the funds available at fidelity are superior to these. I’m just looking for another opinion on this before I make any decision. Thank you! American Century One Choice In Ret ARTAX - 1.01% American Century One Choice 2025 ARWAX - 1.03% American Century One Choice 2030 ARCMX American Century One Choice 2035 ARYAX American Century One Choice 2040 ARDMX American Century One Choice 2045 AROAX American Century One Choice 2050 ARFMX American Century One Choice 2055 AREMX - 1.14% Virtus NFJ International Value AFJAX - 1.3% American Funds EuroPacific Gr R3 RERCX - 1.12% Invesco Balanced-Risk Alle R5 ABRIX - 1.08% Invesco Developing Markets Y ODVYX MassMutual Global Svc. MGFYX - 1.13% Invesco Real Estate Y IARYX - 1% MFS Utilities R3 MMUHX - 1.02% PIMCO Commodity Real Ret Strat PCRAX2 - 1.45% Columbia Small Cap Index NMSAX - .45% Franklin Small Cap Value Fund FRVLX - .97% Invesco Discovery ODIYX - .79% MassMutual Mid Cap Growth Service.. MEFYX - .86% Virtus Ceredex Mid-Cap Value Equity I SMVTX - 1.02% BlackRock Equity Dividend MSDVX - .97% MassMutual Blue Chip Growth Service.MBCYX - .85% MM S&P 500 Index Adm MIEYX - .49% Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund Y NEZYX - .67% MFS Government Securities R3 MFGHX - .76% Invesco International Bond OIBYX - 79% Infl-Prot and Inc (MassMutual) MIPYX - .69% Capital Preservation Account CGPJQ0

A couple of months ago I was involved in a small fender bender. I turned right leaving a parking lot, which ended up being a right turn only lane and I needed to go straight. Naturally I began the process looking to merge left. The lane to the left was a turn right or go straight lane. I am looking into my left mirror to see if I have space to merge while also seeing which cars are turning right as I would have no other choice but to make the right turn if there was no opportunity, to avoid a T-bone like situation I notice plenty of space behind Vehicle A once they passed me up. As I am looking at my mirror, Vehicle A speeds up and doesn’t have their turn signal on, meaning they should be going straight. I slow down so they can pass me up and all of a sudden Vehicle A decides to make the right turn abruptly as if they were late to something. They did not see me, but I saw the car, beeped, and did my best to turn along with Vehicle A to mitigate any damage. We collided with typical fender bender cosmetic damages. Within 3 minutes between collision and pulling over, the drivers dad shows up out of nowhere and does the majority of the talking for her. He was saying things like “it’s up to you if you think the hassle of going through insurance is worth it” which I took as discouraging going through insurance because they felt they were in the wrong. The cop pulls up and is very quick to deem me at fault without any major details (Vehicle A had police plates lol). Cop gave major attitude when I asked how I can retrieve the traffic camera footage as it captured the incident perfectly. I also was not cited for anything. I was able to retrieve the traffic camera footage and submit as evidence to Vehicle A’s claim. I was on the phone with the adjuster as she reviewed the evidence with me. She told me it was most likely going to be deemed double fault for “unsafe lane change” and the opposing drivers failure to indicate a turn signal which the footage showed. I understood and was told I’d be contacted before a decision was made. The claim was closed mid February and I was never contacted, so I assumed the claim was denied. Today I reached out to the adjuster to verify and was told the case was closed and I was 100% liable for “unsafe lane change”. I inquired as to what caused the change from the double fault I was told about to this, and was completely ignored in the adjusters reply as she just stated that she’d resend the letter. The letter is very minimal and doesn’t mention the cause for liability. I am livid that the driver gets to walk away with nothing on her record for her negligence. I understood no matter what I’d be affected, which I didn’t agree with as the wording makes it seem like I hit Vehicle A as I merged to the left lane when Vehicle A made the right turn that ended up hitting me. Is this just a poor insurance company or is the lack of communication common with insurance claims?

Hi all. I recently leased a new car because the used car market was so atrocious in my area it was cheaper to go this route (context: they want full coverage so it's more expensive than the baseline cheapest policy I can otherwise get in NYS, the insurance checks on the used cars I found were comparable). My monthly rate is 500$/month w/ Progressive. Which is way more than the damn car. I'm a new driver, female, 24 (FML). I understand being young and new is whatever but 500$?? This was the cheapest my agent could find but I really want to shop elsewhere and look around before the next insurance renewal rolls up.

I was rear ended by a driver with an out of state license, but his truck is registered in this state (Texas), he seemed to be a shady individual as well to me when dealing with him. The police came and wrote a report but it didn’t technically put him at fault even though he rear ended me. I did however get him on video admitting he was at fault. I filed the claim with his insurance, but it was a slow response from them. I went ahead and filed with mine to get the ball rolling because I needed to get it fixed. Well turns out that was a good move because come to find out he wasn’t covered by his insurance company at the time. So basically he got away with having no insurance when the police arrived because he had a paper saying he did. My question is now that my truck is fixed and back to normal, I received a diminution in value evaluation form from my insurance company for me to fill out. Is this to provide a compensation due to my truck now losing some value to the accident? It had never been in an accident previously so what can I expect towards compensation based on the value of the truck. Its KBB value ranges from $15-$19k. It’s in excellent condition though. How would diminution work according to that? Will my insurance company send me a check or something? Also on a side note, can I contact the police to inform them that his insurance company called me and said that he was not covered at the time? Could they pursue a ticket to him even though he has an out of state license?

Car loan— 12,000 to pay off, interest rate is 7.8% Federal student loans— 6,000 to pay off, interest rates average about 4% I called Wells Fargo, as this is what my auto loan is through and they told me their is no benefit to paying off my car early (as in I won’t save any money) very confused as I know this is a “fixed loan”. Obviously it is better to pay off the higher interest rate, but if it’s a fixed loan does that matter?? Any advice on which to pay off first??