My car was totaled at the beginning of July, it was the other drivers fault and she has Fred loya. I have been completely out of a car for 3 weeks and I can’t get through to anyone. I don’t know what to do. The car isn’t worth a lot, it’s a 2005 Subaru Outback, but in my area (Colorado ) I should get at least $4,000 for it, they offered me $2,200 and after I sent a bunch of comparables over they’ve been ignoring me. I have 2 jobs and I go back to school next month, I need a car. Any advice on how to get them to pay attention to me? I’m pretty poor so getting a lawyer feels out of the question, but I’m also getting desperate. Thank you in advance

My almost 6 year old German Shepherd most likely has bone cancer. I’m very impressed by how Embrace has covered us following an almost $6,000 two night emergency vet visit. We have follow up appointments scheduled to get clear answers and treatment options and I was thinking I was grateful that our policy renews in December because I’m almost at my yearly max already. But a coworker pointed out that it’s very possible they might drop us when it’s time to renew our policy. Has anyone experienced this with Embrace?? I’d like to be mentally prepared if I’m going to have to go out of pocket starting in December. *pic of me and my best friend for tax

So I recently opened a new policy with GEICO for my car. A few days after opening the policy(march 2025), they added a driver without contacting me or giving me any notification. That alone increased my premium $450. The driver that was added is my GF that doesn’t live in my household or is licensed to drive(never got a DL). They claim I added her in a quote but i didn’t quote with them since ~Nov-Dec 2024(she visited during this time and left in Jan)I know you’re supposed to include any person in the household in a policy due to liability but I’m currently living alone. GEICO also claimed that they use “DMV records” to add drivers to policy on behalf of the customers if we didn’t do it already. That couldn’t be the case since my GF had no affiliation with the DMV in my state. Any advice on this matter would be appreciated

Day before I turned 31 this year I got into my first fender bender, I hit their rear end told at fault. Not fighting that, the problem is insurance saw the problems with my car and told me its repairable. Both my fuse boxes were obviously damaged and they didn't write them down, I wait 2 weeks to hear back and I am suddenly told Honda doesn't sell the fuse boxes separate and because of how its placed repairs and labor will exceed the car value. Not to mention I'm only half done paying it off, insurance said they can't retract or adapt their claim because it would be fraud.... I took pictures of my car post accident and you could see those boxes were damaged. Insurance initially payed me, but even though I gave the money to the garage.. now that its totaled insurance gets their money back and everything is now 100% out of my pocket. In addition to calling Total loss tomorrow is there anything I can do? I only had my car for 2 years and unfortunately leased at the end of the sky high c

Hi, First off, let me list out my situation quickly: Washington State College Student Insurance: Medicare --> EMI Health (Switched, received pay raise) Today, I checked into my dentist for a cleaning. I informed the front desk person I had switched insurance providers. She didn't say much, but checked me and said I would meet with a patient resource person after my appointment. I went back, had what I thought was just a cleaning. I went to the waiting room, then had my meeting with the patient resource specialist who told me that my insurance was no covered. no worries, what does a cleaning cost? $70? No issue. Well no. They did a "scaling" thing because my gums were inflamed so the total is $209. In this meeting was the first time I was informed about the scaling they did to my teeth. I have no recollection at previous appointments of them mentioning scaling or anything. I was never disclosed any cost because if I would have heard $209, I would have dipped quick. Is there anyway I can get out of this? I feel kinda screwed over because I had no idea what they were going to do to my teeth or procedures performed. It was my impression it was just a cleaning. I understand it is MY RESPONSIBILITY to verify my dentist is in my network, so I own up to that. It is mainly the scaling thing... I have a phone call with the dental supervisor. What should I say? I want to be as respectful as possible. Thanks

I’ve received a series of new and confusing EOBs denying claims I usually had had no problem getting approved quickly before. Pets Best informed me on the phone that they have a new automated system that some claims get filtered into that is causing some claims to be incorrectly denied. Wanted to update and post here because their customer service truly is so helpful and kind, and if you call them they will fix your issues by flagging your denials for manual review.

So from just looking on here it seems that this happens often. I got my vehicle yesterday afternoon after them having my car for a lil over a month. I didn’t look at my car much yesterday. This afternoon I went outside and was looking at the stuff on there bill of said repairs for the insurance company. A couple small things look fixed but most stuff looks the same as before as in not touched. The thing is what do I do now? I also had just called said place and the person was busy and in telling the person on the phone if they just ripped insurance company’s off he was dead silent.

Got rear-ended at a standstill last week by a new driver. Filed a claim with his insurance (Allstate). Their adjuster gave me a list of preferred shops — only one (a chain) has good reviews, but Reddit has a lot of horror stories about this chain (not my exact location though). I have a local, independent shop I trust. Allstate says I can use any shop, but the adjuster got vague when I asked about downsides of going out-of-network. Redditors in r/AutoBody warn against in-network shops since they supposedly work more for the insurer than the customer. I'm just worried about delays, surprise costs, or Allstate refusing to pay. I don't want this to turn into a massive ordeal or be without my vehicle for too long. That said, I had some other body work I wanted my local shop to do (which I’d be paying out of pocket for), so it would be convenient to “kill two birds with one stone” to take it to them and let them handle all the repairs at once — versus having the chain handle my insurance repair and then turning around and having to go back to the local shop for the other work. What would you do — play it safe with the insurance recommended chain shop, or stick with the local / independent shop I trust?

A couple of weeks ago a gentleman ran the stop sign in front of my house and used my new mudroom as a stopping mechanism. We were told to get an estimate from a contractor and they would cut us a check. We got a detailed estimate and the insurance company sent it out for review. The review came back with a 6000.00$ reduction in the estimate due to not enough detail on the labor side of the estimate. The insurance agent said that we could accept the money while we submitted an updated more detailed estimate to get the extra 6000.00$. Should we take the money while we wait for the contractor to update the estimate or should we get the updated estimate first?

I live in Texas and have seen the reports about BCBS. I have Aetna insurance, purchased through Marketplace, and today I found out that my primary care provider, physical therapy, and pain management specialist are no longer in-network although they were a week ago. My PCP did not even know that the contract with Aetna was no longer valid - she found out while trying to set up a referral for me. Is this a fluke or is something bigger going on with Marketplace insurance?