Location: New York I am trying to navigate the ongoing challenges in the hardship surrender of a life insurance annuity (qualified) I inherited from my father when he passed in NOV 2013. He was 82 years old when he passed and was already taking disbursements (Metlife at that time). In early 2014, I truly thought that I had requested a full pay-out on the life insurance; however, Metlife then informed me that I had already annuitized the policy (?), and it was documented on my 2014 annual FMV notice from Metlife that there was "no servicing agent on record". At that time, I did not get too upset about the mix-up because my family was doing fine financially, then. However, I am now 61 and my wife is 62; and now our financial situation has turned dire, as last year we already liquidated the other inherited life insurance annuity from Security Benefit which was super easy and paid-out within days. The reason for this eminent need is that my wife lost her job in March 2024 and she has been unsuccessful in finding a new role in this unsure job market (>500 job applications), and her NY unemployment insurance was exhausted long ago. We also have three sons, with two currently being in college in which one of them has autism in which I have dedicated my life, acting as his personal attendant of sorts to assist his K-12 education. His disability application for SSDI is still in the appeal process with the SSA, so we have paid for his first year of community college, with a great deal of assistance from me. Unfortunately, after several documented/recorded calls with Brighthouse, they have failed to provide me with a copy of my original contract, or the ability to even open an on-line account. Whenever I call them, I am not even treated as a real Brighthouse customer as my annuity contract is immortalized allowing me no visibility of my account, and I am informed that I will not be able to withdrawal the money until age 73. After 11 years, the annuity is only worth \~$28,000 (started out at $37,000 in 2013). It's not a lot of money to most people, but it could save my family at this point! I would be so grateful if the legal expert in this community could help me navigate down the correct paths to possibly resolve this solution as we really can't afford a financial planner or attorney at this time. I'm not even sure that I'm using the correct surrender request form (EF-70N-DXC 10/23) because I never get a response from Brighthouse, and I am very gracious in my communications with them.

Sorry this is a long story Late May 2024, my husband was rear-ended, his car totaled. We have full coverage, so we opened a claim with our insurance, the same evening as the accident. Police came to take report, which they found the other driver at fault. They included that my husband was injured but refused an ambulance. We went to urgent care the next morning and he was diagnosed with a concussion and told to not work or drive for a few days. The other driver claimed to have the same insurance company, but they were actually specifically written off the policy (some kid driving his dad's truck) so he's technically uninsured. We spoke to the insurance agent many times because we've never been in an accident and didn't know what to do or expect. We were compensated for the totaled car and mentioned we'd like pain & suffering to cover the missed days of work & such. And then we just left it alone, I assumed they would investigate and make an offer that would at least cover the missed work. After about 3 months, we got a notice that a new insurance agent was taking over. We explained that my husband had lingering brain fog from the concussion and had follow-ups with his doctor regarding it. Agent#2 sent an affidavit form to sign that we had no other insurance & medical release form for my husband to fill out. We had the paperwork signed & notarized, and both sent it by mail with the business return envelope given and uploaded it via a special link sent by the agent. Again, didn't hear anything for months. I wrote an email to ask if there would be a discussion about a settlement, again ghosted. Another few months pass and we've been transferred to a new agent. She wants to have a conversation, but at this point we're a bit fed up with all these conversations leading to nowhere. I asked if we could communicate by email so that there would be a record and heard nothing until today, when Agent#3 asked me to fill out the affidavit again. It's now been 9.5 months. I'm concerned about the length of time being taken to investigate my claim. I've answered every question I've been asked, signed every form. I've had 3 different agents. In each case when I ask about a settlement or offer, I get ghosted and then eventually passed along to the next person. I'm not quite sure what more is needed. I had many conversations with the first agent. Each time I emphasized, I'm new to being in a car accident, I don't know what's the norm, so now I'm beginning to feel like I'm being taken advantage of, like there is some bad faith going on with Progressive. I must say, I was pretty upset to see them ask for a form I've already sent months ago. Are we starting over again? I don't understand. I didn't get a personal injury attorney because this sub says you don't need one. What are we missing here?

In New Jersey here. I’ve just been having awful luck with my car the last few years and I’m trying to figure out how to proceed. My driving history abstract pulled 1/2025: December 2021 - ticket obstructing passage of other vehicle March 2022 - fender bender - at fault but not shown on my abstract. insurance paid October 2022- My leased 2019 Jeep Cherokee was totaled in a hit and run accident. Not at fault. Insurance paid May 2023 - a Tesla and My new Kia sportage (financed in 1/2023) collide while both Backing out of opposite parking spaces. not shown on my abstract. Insurance paid November 2023 - got out of my Kia sportage, wasn’t in park and rolled away from me and hit a garage wall. Insurance paid. progressive sends nonrenewal notice. January 2024 I can’t find any insurance coverage for less than $1000 a month. So I give up, unregister it, leave it uninsured just and put the car in the garage. It’s been 15 months without a car. I still can’t afford to insure it. My sister and I decided we would trade cars. I would take her 2015 Chrysler 200 since it’s paid off and see if I can get cheaper insurance. Then she could register and insure my sportage under her name and use it for herself. we’d prefer not to refinance it in her name because we’re going to split the finance payment. My portion would be like paying her for the Chrysler. So that’s our plan but She has NJM and they’re saying they can’t insure the sportage if she’s not on the loan. Is this possible? Also any insights the situation as a whole and what to do to proceed? I really need to get back on the road. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I recently had to have an in-patient EEG. The neurologist said they'd call my insurance (Aetna) for pre-approval before moving forward with booking. I received a call saying that it was completely covered and to move forward with procedure. I check-in with no mention of payment and checked-out with no mention of payment. Cut to now about a month later and I receive a bill for $7,000. Apparently, insurance only offered partial coverage though I was told by my provider it will be completely covered. Do I have any recourse in this?

I’m going to lose my mind. I feel like I’m going to have a panic attack. I have Aetna, yet I still owe $6000 on an er visit after I had complications with my gallbladder surgery. I haven’t even gotten the bill for my surgery yet. I literally cannot afford this. Insurance is through my work and I didn’t have a choice. My deductible is 6000 and yeah I’ve MET that now, but I still can’t afford $6000!!! Why is health insurance in the us so bad. I’m literally going to cry Is there ANYTHING I can do to lower my bill? I called the hospital and they couldn’t do anything to help

My husband lost his job a month after I gave birth and is on unemployment now. I applied for Medicaid and now my son and I are on it. However, we both got a card for some Amerigroup plan which is through Medicaid? My son's pediatrician only takes Medicaid and not this plan but I'm confused. Is this not still Medicaid? And if not, why would we get put on this plan from Medicaid when we never asked to be put on it? Can I reject this and just have us on plain ol Medicaid? Who am I supposed to call to get this fixed? Age: 32, Son is 5 months. State: GA. Estimated income: $30,000 from unemployment. 3 person household I don't understand how this works. Can someone explain it to me like I'm 5 lol.

I have BCBS Horizon of NJ PPO. It’s my dad’s plan thru his work at a large sales company that has no religious affiliation. He’s worked there only a few years definitely after 2019. His job is in NC, I’m a MD resident. Currently battling insurance for a bilateral salpingectomy which is a form of permanent contraceptive and falls under preventive care and the ACA. My plan offers preventive care 100% covered in network. My insurance is telling me it’s covered at 80% after my deductible is met ($1200). One rep even told me my plan must not be aca compliant then. I looked into that and BCBS NJ horizon has not offered a non aca compliant plan since 2013. This rep is flat out lying, right? Well she gets a supervisor involved and he can’t confidently say whether my plan is aca compliant or not. It covers birth control 100% (I currently am on a 100% covered by them birth control). I think they may be looking it up as an outpatient surgery and not as preventative care. How do I tell them to look at it from preventative care and not outpatient surgery? Is it even possible for my plan to not be aca compliant? I’m currently in communication with an hr person from my dad’s company. She hasn’t gotten back to me yet and I really want to sleep tonight. My surgery is March 27th and I really can’t afford for it to not be 100% covered. Please help 🙏 💜

Is it even legal for Healthy Paws pet insurance to increase premiums at almost 200% in CA? This is outrageously high!! Anyone experiencing the same? #healthypawspetinsurance

Hello all! I was a passenger in a non at fault accident two years ago. My lawyer filed with the person that hit us, and then used my underinsured at the time too (with geico). We just switched insruance and our 6 month premium is 300 dollars more than if I didn't have that claim 2 years ago. Is it normal to have my car insurnace go up because of a non-at fault claim where I was a passenger? Thank you!

Hi everyone. I have a 6 year old terrier mix that's been insured with Fetch since I adopted him at 5 months old. He's had 4 claims all under $200 in all these years. 2 for ear issues, 1 for diarrhea and 1 for a scrape on his leg. No claims in the Iast two years. I started paying $35 / month and now they want to increase my premium from $71 to $117 which is absolutely crazy! I currently have no annual limit with a 90% coverage and $250 deductible. I have no problem bringing down the annual limit to 20-25k, 80% coverage and a higher deductible to decrease my rate but my concern is if he's only 6 right now and Fetch is jacking up prices like this, even if I reduce coverage I'm afraid I'll end up with a crazy premium in just a couple of years! Also, I had another dog insured by them and we spent 25k with her last year. She unfortunately passed away but now I wonder if that is playing a role with how much they are increasing my terrier mix rate since they were both under the same account (I read someone here in Reddit had something like this happening with Fetch). I'd love to hear experiences of people switching insurance specially in regards to coverage of pre existing conditions and also, if anyone has recommendations of other insurance companies I'd love to hear your experience too (especially in regards to rate increases and claims). Thank you!