My employer is putting our retirement funds (and a very nice match) into a TIAA Group Retirement Annuity account. I really don't want my money in an annuity, but there are no other options through their retirement plan, and the match is too good to pass up. Barring a major incident, I will likely work for them until I retire, and I don't anticipate taking the annuity upon retirement because it won't be enough to live on. Moving money out of a GRA takes 10 years, and I don't think I can start that process until I leave the company, leaving me in a potentially bad spot for up to 10 years after I retire. Does anyone know if I have an option I'm not seeing? I am putting money into an IRA as well, but not nearly as much, and I anticipate the bulk of my retirement savings will be tied up in this idiotic GRA.

Cardiologist ordered a CT for my heart. Pre-authorization approved by insurance but for cost estimate at BCBS website I will still roughly pay about 2K while they will cover about $1600. I have BCBS PPO with $3200 deductible. Would the hospital billing department be able to give me my actual cost before I go through with the procedure. I just don’t want any more surprises after getting hit with a $3K hospital bill for my son’s ambulance and ER TRIP.

Sorry everyone this is a long one and I don’t have a good way to TLDR it. Just for a quick note, I have USAA for auto insurance and my vehicle is a 2017 Corvette Z06 in 3LZ trim, Z07 package, and 52k miles. I own the car outright and it is titled/registered in NH. So a little while ago I was driving in heavy rain, hydroplaned, lost control, hit another car in a few places not too hard, and slid into the median. The cosmetic damage is pretty bad. A few body panels and aerodynamic parts of the car were damaged and will need to be completely replaced, as you can’t repair fiberglass/carbon fiber. I estimated myself that the cosmetic damage alone would cost $25-$30k (take that for what it is, I’m not expert lol). I had a chance to look under the car and nothing looked terrible - only thing of concern was a rear wheel that was canted slightly outwards. I towed it to a shop and they’ve found no frame damage; they’re saying it’s completely repairable. USAA got an adjuster to do an estimate on the repairs and it came out to almost $32k without having taken apart the vehicle. Their estimate also included a substantial amount of work being done on the rear suspension, if needed, which is probably the only mechanical part of the car which would’ve been damaged. Their Actual Cash Value (ACV) for the car came out to be almost $61k at the time, and since the repairs were estimated to be over 50% of the ACV, they deemed it a total loss immediately. But I knew that ACV was wrong, because no low ballers, I know what I got. In all seriousness, their report included the methodology for calculating the ACV - they compare my car to two similar cars for sale in the area. However they made a mistake and compared my car to two base model Corvettes which, brand new, went for anywhere from $30k-$45k cheaper at MSRP. They also left out very valuable features my car had as OEM equipment like the carbon ceramic brakes which go for about $16k brand new. Obviously I know I’m not getting full value for these things, I’m just saying they certainly add value. Anyway, they admitted their mistake in comparing my car to two non-comparable vehicles and redid the calculation. The new ACV is almost $87k now. Now, I know a lot of you if not all of you will say take the money and run, but this is a dream car for me - it’s spec’d perfectly and I’ve done a lot of work on this car all by myself, so it has a lot of meaning for me. I could take the owner retainment settlement option and receive $48k, repair the car myself, and pocket extra money (because I know these repairs wouldn’t cost more than $48k), but they would issue a salvage title, and I couldn’t do that because I’d still want full coverage on the car. But even with this new (and correct) ACV, USAA refuses to not call this car a total loss. Repairs would have to exceed $43k to be over 50% ACV and, by their own definition, be a total loss. Additionally, in the state of NH, generally when a vehicle is involved in a collision the damages need to exceed 75% of the ACV to be deemed a total loss. This is what USAA has recently sent me as I’m still fighting them to get the repairs done, “I can understand your point, however there was no mistake in deeming the vehicle a total loss at start, you were interested in more value in the settlement. The fact that the added value was reviewed doesn't remove it from a total loss stance. We still report it to the State as a total loss, the features and conditions that were modified as a courtesy increased the value here.” So my question is, can they do this? Still deem it a total loss even though from the start their calculation of the ACV was incorrect? I disagreed the car was a total loss from the very beginning, I wasn’t looking to get more money from the settlement, I just wanted to ACV to be correct. I’m not even looking to pocket any money from this, I just want my car fixed.

Hello, I just found this sub. I am looking at getting pet insurance. I have a 3 month old cavapoo. I was going to go with fetch until I saw all these horror stories. I am in Canada. Any suggestions? I got quoted $108 with trupanion. Seems high. Fetch was like $60 with the wellness. I notice they all jack up premiums based on whatever yearly too. Even if trupanion says it's not based on age, they can blame it on whatever. I asked them and they said they're is not cap on how much premiums can increase. I understand it's a gamble. Might never need it but I want the piece of mind of having coverage.

Hello, I have a very unique situation here lol. I am moving out of state where I will no longer need to use my vehicle. However, I don’t want to get rid of it and my girlfriend and I have planned to let her use it until her lease ends next year to move with me. So - the car is hers essentially in every way but legally and since I am still financing it I know I have to be on the auto insurance. However, the car is going to be used by her primarily and stored at her FL address. I explained the situation to GEICO and they said they couldn’t insure this situation since the car would not be stored at the owner’s address. Is this going to be allowed by any auto insurance or am I screwed aka need to find an alternative way to handle this situation? Thanks,

Location: Georgia, USA Hello everyone- My brother was in a motorcycle accident April 6, 2024. He was in ICU for a month and discharged in July, 2024. During that time he did not have his phone, access to email, or ability to check standard mail. My brother was a PE Teacher and football coach in the state of Georgia for 27 years. All of his insurance premiums were paid for once a month in his paycheck. The state of Georgia agreed to early retirement with benefits beginning July 2024. Blue Cross informed him last month they were dropping his insurance for delinquent payments. His appeal was denied. My brother is looking into COBRA as well as ACA. Does my brother have a case agains Blue Cross? What steps should he take to have Blue Cross reinstate him? Thanks!

Due to a pipe backing up, and magically fixing itself, our house flooded. We have been out of our house since the beginning of February. We have ASI thru progressive. Our insurance adjuster said he was going to pay the company directly for mitigation, and then send us a check so we could pay the company for restoration. We have been waiting for weeks on when and how much they are going to pay us. The only time I hear from our adjuster is when I call to let him know that our hotel stay needs to be extended. I’m trying to be patient, but I’ve been trying to reach out and can’t get in touch with him and his voicemail is full. We are living in a hotel with two dogs, and a cat. Our dogs are stressed, and ill, they have been to the vet for this. One is actually there now. We are eating fast food every night, and I just REALLY want to be home. I need to know how much they are paying so I know how much to pull out of our 401k to replace the deductible and appreciation (?), and this process takes time. I have tried to view the claim online and nothing comes up when I put in the information. What do I do from here? I want to be HOME. THANKS!

Me and my girlfriend purchased a 2020 Rav 4 like a week or so before Christmas. We got GAP insurance and got Progressive insurance that next day or so. She and 2 others drivers were hit by an 18 wheeler less then a month later back in January while they were parked at stop light. The 18wheeler driver was in the CDL drivers ed program at a local community college and didn’t swing wide enough and ended up dragging our RAV4 and 2 other cars. And of course we got the worse of the damages and ended up getting totaled. We put $3K down as a down payment and paid the 1st car note like a week early. After several weeks of back and forth and getting police report correcting and etc, we are stuck without a car now. Progressive paid out enough to pay off the car and had like $380 leftover for us. Our adjustor said they didn’t need to use GAP or it wouldn’t help. Is that correct? Cause even after we can the deductible and rental reimbursements back, it’s still not enough compared to what we put in. And all that has to go into subjugation. And then he said all that won’t be processed till and medical/bodily harm stuff is settled and they will do all of it at once. I guess we are just still shocked and disappointed cause basically got screwed by an unfortunate event. But I just knew the GAP would get us back in something else. Any suggestions or corrections?

I faxed in a request to cancel and cash out an unneeded long-term care policy. I noticed I was billed again, about a month later. I received in the mail that same day a letter denying my request because the signature doesn't match what they have on file. I called Allstate and they told me all I can do is resubmit and ensure the signature matches, but it'll be declined again if it still doesn't. I was told I'd lose the accrued value if I disputed the charge or stopped the payments. I'm at a loss. My signature hasn't changed. Any suggestions?

So we now know one of two things - either snapshot is designed poorly or FSD brakes too hard in a model 3. I don’t use anything except FSD and the best I’ve been able to score is 4 out of 5 stars all because of what it thinks is hard breaking - apparently snapshot isn’t designed for autonomous driving. PGR , time to wake up!