Sorry in advance. My minds a mess and I feel like venting to reddit might give me some insights and make me feel slightly better. I was in an accident recently with two cars. I was stopped at a stop sign and one car made a left turn in front of a car going like 90 mph straight. The straight lane car hit the turning car and bounced off it right into my driver side door. He smashed my car hard enough to push me several feet over a curb and through a chain link fence (maybe 15 feet?). I crawled out of my passenger side door as fast as I could because the car that hit me caught on fire quickly. His car was maybe 5 feet away from my door after the impact. The left turning car and straight car both went to the hospital by ambulance. I got picked up by my fiance and went right after. I've been talking with the at fault party insurance company and it's abundantly clear to both parties I was zero fault. They came to an agreement of 65(turning car) - 35 (straight car) for fault. My life is

Hello! First time posting in this sub, I think this type of post is allowed. Long story short, I purchased an auto policy through Geico in mid-July for a car I am being gifted. I realized the next day that I wasn't going to be able to take ownership for 3-4 weeks and ended up calling to cancel the policy. I called back today to restart the policy and they are quoting me $400+ more for exactly the same policy. Did I completely screw myself here? I told the agent I was going to shop around, which I am happy to do, but... what a pain. Is there a strategy I can use to have Geico honor the original quote? Thank you in advance!!

Hi all, I keep running into an issue where my auto insurance is OK then it goes up eventually which makes me want to look around. This past year I've been on a mission to reduce my expenses as much as possible. I cut a lot and the auto is a pain because I lock in a price then when I get it all set up it goes up eventually later. I got advertised a commercial about a site that offers "wholesale" insurance prices that apparently is cheaper because no middle man. I didn't recognize the site so to me it seemed weird so I avoided. I looked for a local broker in my city but they only rep a few companies, one I gave my info to like vin and they never sent me a quote or anything but I got an email that showed they were looking for rates on the carrier sites. That company appears to be out of business now, my city doesn't have many options with local people that can compare rates. Is my best bet to call bigger places individually like geico etc and just change companies each year when the premi

I have State Farm and pay about $750 monthly for my several cars and teenager. Every carrier I quoted with (the major ones that everyone knows) All wanted $1,100 or more per month for exact same coverage. These people are crazy!!! The $750 I think is already too high. 3 cars, 1 truck, 2 adults and a teen. No accidents, tickets, or claims for anyone, ever. Going to try a local broker tomorrow. Maybe they can help. Are other people seeing the same crazy differences when getting a quote? Any good experiences using a broker and anything I should watch out for? Never used an independent broker.

We've had several years with Amica, they've been great. However the new rate even with a 1.5k deductible is a lot. If you've got a good non-first tier insurer that we can trust, I'd like a recommendation.

I’m moving to a new state and currently have renters’ insurance with State Farm. I filed a claim for a theft in my building a couple of months ago, where a large amount of my personal items were stolen from what was supposed to be a secure mailroom. Last Friday, I contacted a State Farm agent in my new state to set up a policy for my next apartment. After taking the weekend to get back to me, she said she had spoken with the underwriting department and they couldn’t write me a policy because of that claim. She specifically said I couldn’t have an active claim in the last **24–36 months**. That doesn’t make sense to me. Why would the rule be a range instead of a clear cutoff? Is this standard insurance practice, and I’m just unfamiliar with it, or did she give me incorrect info? The vague timeline feels odd, and I’m wondering if she was just making it up or if she has the information wrong. I ended up going with a different insurance company anyway, but just wondering if she was BSing

Hi, I’m looking for help on disputing information on my CLUE report. Back in March 2024, in Arizona, US, I was involved in a accident which was deemed to be the other driver’s fault. The payout went out from their policy. We were both insured with Progressive at the time. When I first called to report the accident, Progressive opened a claim on my policy, I wasn’t aware it was on my policy at the time, however, I made it clear to them that the other person agreed to having been at fault and gave me their insurance details. When the adjuster first contacted me, they spotted this mistake and closed the claim on my policy with 0 payout and opened a claim on the other party’s insurance, which ended up in a payout of $1400 to me. While shopping for insurance last week, I saw that progressive is listing the above accident as a non-chargeable at fault accident with 0 payout. To get this corrected as a no-fault accident on my LexisNexis CLUE report, I will need to raise a dispute, howe

TN/ Progressive So i damaged my car a few weeks ago. My insurance sent my car to a body shop. Body shop had stated needing to disassemble the car but like also needing to wait for a mechanic to do so because if something was wrong the mechanic would need to fix it. Issue is they don’t have an in house mechanic and parts needed to be ordered. The mechanic didn’t come in after parts arrived until a day or two later. Now as they are fixing it, they need other parts ordered. This is quoted to take a whole extra week after 2 weeks with my car only being actually worked on a few days ago. A friend said I should express more frustration and should get some sort of compensation. I’m not sure what kind to expect or from who. I feel like my insurance should have sent my vehicle to a place that would have properly fixed it at the quoted time which was a reasonable time frame. But now it’s quieted for a week later and interfering with tracking I have. Can I get my insurance to pay for a rental e

We bought our home just outside the Twin Cities area in mid last year, and at the time our Travelers homeowners insurance premium was around **$1,680/year**. This year, our renewal came in at **over $3,300**. After some back and forth, I changed the deductible to match last year’s, but the total was still around **$2,800**. I contacted a few other insurance companies, and their quotes were all in the same \~$3k range. I was told that **all homeowners insurance carriers in MN increased rates significantly this past year**. Has anyone else experienced this? * Do you know *why* rates jumped so much in Minnesota? * Are there any strategies to cut this cost beyond just raising the deductible? Any insight would be appreciated. As a note, there were several homes in our area that had their roofs replaced about 2-3 years ago, because of hail damage or something like that, I would have imagined that it would have caused the price hike last year, not this.