Got into a car accident last year (rear-ended). Sent a demand letter to Farmers Insurance asking for: * **$4,523** in gross medical expenses (I attached the detailed reports/receipts for them) * **$33,000** for pain and suffering * **$6,295** for diminished value (they said this will be handled separately) Yesterday, they offered **$7,823** for my bodily injury claim. Seems like they’re barely covering my medical bills and throwing in a small amount for pain and suffering (10% of what I requested). Should I counter? If so, should I slightly lower my initial demand (say $25K for pain and suffering) to show I’m negotiating in good faith, or should I stay firm on the original amount? Has anyone been through this process without an attorney and successfully negotiated a higher payout? Btw, when my vehicle was in the shop, I gave the shop the insurance's contact info and the insurance paid the shop. Looking for advice on next steps before I respond. Any input is appreciated!

Wife and I started a new policy being as ours ended with our previous company and we were under the impression. Everything was good. We were waiting for them to pull the payment we had our ID insurance card sent to us. We were even using their snapshot app during that time, my wife back into the neighbors vehicle, which was parked illegally And the door luckily my neighbor super cool about it but a few days after that happened progressive recanted the policy and I am worried I’m gonna have to pay out cash is what it is. I just wanna know what my options are and if progressive can be held to pay for the damages, even if they recounted their policy, after the fact

[Ontario, Canada] Might not be the best place to ask this, but I was unable to find anywhere else. Following a car accident that was not my fault, my vehicle was totaled. My insurance provider, TD Insurance, paid off the car loan, and during the process, the agent proposed deducting my deductible from their payment to the finance company, with the understanding that they would later recover this amount from the other party's insurance. However, almost six months have passed, and I have yet to receive the deductible reimbursement. When I inquired, the TD agent explained that they have had difficulty contacting the other insurance company, citing a recent instance where they were on hold for over an hour without success. As this is my first experience with such a situation, I would appreciate guidance on how to proceed.

I live in Ohio and have State Farm for my homeowners policy. My roof was damaged by wind end of September 2024 and siding was torn off my house. I also have water damage inside my home. I had a contractor out and State Farm had their contractor out to assess damage. I have a $6k deductible and State Farm deemed it was repairable. Payout is $4k but I appealed because of the matching code in Ohio and I don’t agree the roofing repairs will match my current roof. In the meantime, another storm passed through and now shingles are flying off my house. I am 20 years in on a 30 year shingle. State Farm wants me to file a new claim, and a new $6k deductible. I believe they should have covered it from the beginning. Now what do I do?

I have a 2020 Hyundai Kona with 50K miles that I bought two years ago, with 40K miles, for about $20,000. I recently drove into a parking garage with my bike rack on my car, causing roof damage. They are considering it totaled with an initial estimate of $10,600 in damages on a car valued at $15,600. First, that seems low, given that I've seen other vehicles online with the same miles for $17,000 or more. They are also trying to claim that the car has $3,000 in unrelated damages, even though I've never hit anything, scratched anything, bumped into anything, etc. I suppose there must be minor dings or scratches from driving it in the city (I've asked them to email me photos), but regardless, $3,000 seems high for whatever it is. I'd also argue that I've been paying insurance rates on a car valued at closer to the $20,000 I paid for it, not....$10,000? My question: Does it seem reasonable that a regular seeming car with no issues beyond standard wear and tear would see a $3,000 devaluation like this? Can I get a second opinion on the value of my car, and this prior damage? How do I go about doing that, and what would it cost? On a slightly unrelated note...is insurance just kind of insane right now? I feel like I'm hearing stories that they are totaling everything these days. (I have State Farm, comprehensive coverage).

Located in Oregon, USA Short Term Disability insurance related to parental leave I took parental leave from work in 2024. My job/company is entirely remote, so my employer uses a benefits manager, JW, for payroll and insurance, and a third party administrator, Sparrow, specifically to manage short- or long-term leave, kind of like a concierge service for employees (because rules vary significantly from state to state). I signed the things that Sparrow told me to sign. I was supposed to be paid from the state, from private STD, and topped up by my employer. I didn’t have a STD policy of my own; I was told that my employer took out a STD policy on its employees. Payments were confusing, delayed, and as a new parent I was not paying attention. I didn’t tally things up until recently to do my taxes. I’m missing a 1099 from STD so I called Sparrow, who said go to STD, who said go to JW, who said there was no STD policy for me… but if there was it should be in my W2. Taxes were withheld from STD so I said regardless of how we got here, I need an accurate W2, which is in the works. And it looks like I was overpaid by the STD amount. Lo and behold, today I got a call from the STD company saying my STD claim was denied and submitted for overpayment. I kinda laughed… I’d just been signing paperwork and living my life. How the heck did they approve and pay a claim on a policy that does’t exist? And why did Sparrow/JW request that money? And why was I told it was my company’s policy? So I told the STD company that they can recoup the money from one of the benefits managers. This strikes me as an unenforceable request for repayment from me, but I don’t know what I don’t know and would appreciate any insight about how to navigate this. Thanks in advance.

Need a new home insurance company! WILL NEVER USE STATE FARM AGAIN! They have been the absolute WORST! Looking for some direction here… What are some of the Best companies I should be looking to switch to?

My auto insurance policy with Progressive was ceded to the North Carolina Reinsurance Facility. I have a clean driving record, no accidents, no tickets, no nothing in the 15 years I've been driving, but they told me that ALL of their policies in North Carolina were ceded after Hurricane Helene -- even though I don't live in Western NC. I've always carried coverage well above the minimum but my coverages are of course going to decrease significantly and my premium has gone up by a lot, as well. I'd like to switch companies, but I'm wondering if this has happened with policies across the board in NC regardless of company and that now that I've had a policy ceded, anywhere I switch will automatically do that, as well. Can anyone clarify how this works? Any other NC drivers run into this with other companies since Hurricane Helene? I really hope I'm not out of luck and can no longer get coverage above the minimum anywhere. I'm happy to switch companies if needed, but I also bundle with

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

My car was hit by someone who took responsibility for the accident. We went through their insurance company and took the car to the repair shop they recommended. While at the shop, they doubled the estimate of the repair work leaving the car disassembled, as the insurance company wanted to declare it a total loss. I told the insurance company to work out the financial settlement with the finance company, as the loan was still larger than the value. The finance company sent the insurance company a letter of guarantee and I signed the DNV documents transferring ownership to the insurance company. The insurance company then deducted the salvage cost from the settlement and said they would tow the vehicle to my home. This is not a vehicle I want or agreed to retain, as the vehicle is not currently drivable, and the effort to make it so is not in my best financial interest. They are attempting to force the vehicle back into my possession. Is there anything I can do to prevent them from forcing me to retain possession of the vehicle, given they have the signed documents necessary to transfer ownership once the lien is paid? This is CA and the insurance company is AAA.