I pay my Home Insurance through my Mortgage Bill every month from there my lender pays my Home Insurance. For the second year in a row they have failed to pay the Insurance company (Progressive). Unfortunately it renews in July and if the payment isn’t remitted by the first from the Mortgage Lender it lapses. My neighborhood goes crazy on the 4th everyone and anyone capable of flicking a bic lights fireworks. Should the payment not be submitted by the first and it lapses; worst case scenario something happens on the 4th would the Lender be responsible for any damages being they failed to pay the insurance bill?

Hi all, I have two 4-year old cats on Healthy Paws pet insurance. I've seen the recent posts here regarding horrendous premium increases with HP, and am wondering if I should try to switch companies before my cats get older. My cats are healthy and I've never made any claims. My premium is currently about $80 for both cats (and yes, it did go up a good bit this year). I live in California (yikes). My major concern is that one of my cats has a history of struvite crystals in the urine. He's never had a blockage, a UTI, or any urinary problems - it was an incidental finding on pre-op labs before a dental cleaning. He's been on prescription food since then and the crystals have cleared up. But I know this would be considered a pre-existing condition if I tried to change pet insurance companies. My question is, how broad might this exclusion be? Would I potentially never get covered for anything urine or kidney-related if the insurance company tried to blame it on the history of crystals? And if there's a risk of that happening should I stick it out with HP (maybe the premium increases won't be as bad for cats?), or still try to switch? I do not have access to an employer-sponsored MetLife plan covering pre-existing conditions. I've read some companies might cover certain pre-existing conditions if they have been treated and symptom-free for over 12 months, would that potentially include my cat's history of crystals? Appreciate any opinions or advice. Thanks!

Has anyone had experience with this? My dog (German Shepherd) has never had any serious health issues — just some pretty nasty allergies. I signed up for Pet’s Best last December (when my dog was 5 years old), and I swear ever since I signed up, it’s been issue after another with her. First, in May she got SUPER sick, just GI upset, but we were back and forth from the vet for a week or two straight. I paid my bill with my emergency savings, Pet’s Best reimbursed me my 90% after the deductible, no issue. Then comes June. My dog suddenly was unable to jump onto the couch, into the car, etc. I brought her to the vet, got x-rays, and my claim was approved yesterday. They’re reimbursing 90%. Now today, I noticed some swelling around my dog’s anus. I’m waiting to hear from the vet on whether or not I need to bring her in today. I’m here panicking that Pet’s Best is going to think there’s some sort of fraud going on, and they’ll cancel my policy. I swear it’s not fraud, I’m just having the worst luck of my life 😭

They just randomly started denying chemo treatments for my dog after covering them for a period of time. Told us to contact the state with our complaint. Absolutely insane

We purchased (with a mortgage) our house April 2023 in WV. Sorting and opening mail today. I opened an envelope from Erie Insurance assuming it was my renewal paperwork. No it's a policy continuation notice for a tenant policy held in someone's name I'm not affiliated with in anyway (it is addressed to them but did not realize as I just opened without looking assuming it was my policy info). 20k personal property coverage with a monthly premium of $245. We're new to the area, having moved here from TN and have kept to ourselves. Small town with a population of barely 2k. So I 💯 do not know the person or have ever spoken to them. The kicker? When I look this person up he's a cop for my county. And the agent that wrote this policy is 5 blocks from my house off the main road thru town. WTF do I do here? I'm concerned that this is a policy held by a local younger cop near me. A LONG time ago this was a multi unit home, but the previous owner we purchased from owned for 10 years as a single family home so it's not likely it's a policy that has just been continually carried over (why I mentioned they're younger) for the last 10+ years.

I recently took my cat in for a mouth surgery to remove an infected tooth. The bill came out to be almost $600. Since I wasn’t enrolled in the wellness rewards it only covered $108 after a $200 deductible. When I pay $130 a month for both of my cats. When I first got this it was $60 for both of them and it has now doubled over the years to only cover a 1/6th of my cats surgery? I can’t believe it. Any recommendations for any pet insurance for my cats? They are pretty healthy overall indoor cats, I just like to keep this for my peace of mind in case anything happened but with this recent increase year and now this, I can’t justify embrace.

My dog is 7, I've had her on Nationwide's comprehensive plan since she was 6 months old (they reimburse 90% for anything performed or prescribed by a vet after hitting $250 deductible), and of course I've heard the stories about older-ish pets on these old plans getting dropped without warning. I'm trying to prepare for us getting dropped, I'm just still very undecided as to our next best option. She has a history of bilateral ccl tears and we did tplo's on both legs. She will probably have arthritis because of this plus any potential hardware removal necessary (no problems so far, I just know it's a possibility). Besides that, she (knocking on all the wood) hasn't been diagnosed with any chronic conditions. I've been looking at AKC since they cover pre-existing after 365 days, and I want to get her signed up fairly quickly so we can start the clock on 365 days, plus I think I read that they don't take dogs on that plan 9yo and up. But even AKC's plan lacks a lot of the preventative coverage I have now, even with the add ons which do increase the premium quite a bit. I know i always have the option of putting my would-be premium into a hysa every month and just paying for everything myself. I'm just so scared of getting hit with bills that will outpace my savings. Has anyone else been in this situation and found a good alternative? I know I've been a little spoiled with nationwide, but I did sign her up early thinking I would have her covered for life. Thanks in advance!

I got hit by a car last summer in NYS and was told by my lawyer that they’d reimburse for taxis (up to $25/day) and personal help needed around the home and stuff. I kept all my receipts including for things like a walker, shoe lift, etc (I only got crutches through the doctor). Now the insurance company won’t reimburse any of it because they said: 1- they only cover taxis to doctors appointments 2- they don’t cover laundry because that is “personal” 3- they won’t cover any medical things because I didn’t have a prescription for them. These probably are the rules and I’m mad that my lawyer didn’t actually tell me this before and told me the opposite because I probably could have gotten a prescription for those items. But I want to make sure.

So our Lemonade pet insurance is starting to be somewhat outrageous - $150 (80% Preventative) and growing at 7 years old. Healthy dog currently, but when we first got it, visited quite a few times. Lumps but not cancerous. Etc. Pet insurance ALSO does not always work. Lemonade also does not have a straight-forward appeal process when one of their staff misunderstands an issue and mis-categorizes it and denies a claim. I'm wondering if it makes sense to just start a savings account and put in $150/month into it? (And grow it by 25% yearly - the same rate that Lemonade has been increasing)

We first joined at around $30 but it is now $150 just 3 years later! While I appreciate that they respond through email, will make up reasons for care reimbursement rejection - and they don't seem to have a transparent appeal process!