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re: Insurance agent cost me thousands

Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:14 am to
Posted by h0bnail
Member since Sep 2009
7433 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:14 am to
Did you get an insurance card from this company? If not, I probably wouldn't be pointing any fingers.
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
4898 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:15 am to
How long have you been an adult?

Take this as a lesson. Trust but verify. Always.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
13995 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:17 am to
quote:

Take this as a lesson. Trust but verify. Always.
aka don’t trust anyone to do shite right
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166428 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:18 am to
quote:

Long story short




in other words, there's more to the story that OP isn't admitting faults to.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22920 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:19 am to
Probably the best thing you can do is post his name here
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166428 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:19 am to
quote:

Probably the best thing you can do is post his name here


all based on a one sided story from a likely idiot with the iq of a raisin?
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18925 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:21 am to
quote:

Decent chance he didn’t remit your premium and pocketed it instead.


This.

My agent forgot to submit my homeowner's renewal one year. No mortgage so there was no one checking on it. I didn't find out until the next year when I called to renew. I thought he ripped me off at first until I figured out he never drafted my account. I had the email telling him to renew and his response saying it would be done. It was a funny phone call.

Him: Did you have any claims last year?

Me: Nope.

Him: Enjoy your savings.

Me: What would have happened if my house burned down?

Him: I would have been writing you a big check.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124456 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:24 am to
fricking insurance lapse charges are horse shite. There's nothing you can do to fight them.

I had a signed fricking document from the DMV saying I had already paid the bullshite arse fine and they still ended up making me pay it
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
6135 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:25 am to
quote:

Drive to his office


Did this 2 hr drive several times.

New insurance with a different company is effective on the 12th.

No, I never had a lapse. He has admitted repeatedly it was his fault and he'll take care of it. My mistake was trusting him to take care of it.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
9661 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:26 am to
quote:

Drive to his office


And check them knuckles
Posted by Grad92
Member since Feb 2023
1027 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:28 am to
Hey dumb mother fricker. its me your agent. This is your fault because your refused to pay your premium.

you can lead a horse to water but can never make them drink.
Posted by 3BlockUber
Member since Aug 2022
493 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:29 am to
Drive to his office

Yep
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166428 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:29 am to
quote:

No, I never had a lapse.


you're getting charged for a lapse. you have a lapse.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20508 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:34 am to
quote:

fricking insurance lapse charges are horse shite. There's nothing you can do to fight them.

I had a signed fricking document from the DMV saying I had already paid the bullshite arse fine and they still ended up making me pay it




I've lived in a lot of states, and a major penalty from the state for an insurance lapse has to be one of the dumbest fricking abuses of power I can think of.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
21944 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:37 am to
Do you have documents or insurance cards from the actual insurance company showing you had coverage? Not the agent...the actual company the policy was through. If you have documents showing coverage, call the insurance company directly and ask them to provide a letter stating the date coverage began, that the policy is still active, and hasn't had any lapse in coverage since inception. Then take that letter to the DMV to get the issue cleared up.


The other possibility is that if you were paying the agent directly for the policy (as opposed to paying the carrier directly), that maybe the agent was pocketing the premium and didn't remit the payment to the insurer. I remember reading about a case a few years back that an agent got busted for running a ponzi scheme where he'd collect premium from a client and keep it instead of remitting to the insurance company. Then he'd eventually pay that policy with the next client's money and so on. If I remember correctly, the agent got busted when one of the insureds tried to file a claim and the carrier denied it because they didn't have a policy for that client because the agent hadn't submitted the application or premium to the company. In which case, you need to contact the Department of Insurance to file a complaint for possible fraud.

This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 10:40 am
Posted by Smoke7024
Member since Jun 2010
22699 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:41 am to
quote:

agent got busted for running a ponzi scheme where he'd collect premium from a client and keep it instead of remitting to the insurance company.


Running a ponzi scheme collecting money for a ponzi scheme.
Posted by Cashmoney99
Member since Jun 2014
262 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:43 am to
Piss in his gas tank
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
4657 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:45 am to
For future reference, you can buy auto insurance from Geico, Progressive, and probably many other companies from their websites. You don't need an insurance agent.
Posted by rexorotten
Missouri
Member since Oct 2013
3933 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:57 am to
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4274 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:58 am to
Happens all the time in Louisiana. Call your current carrier (not your agent) and get the form letter that they already have showing you have had continuous coverage. It’s literally the same thing your agent is going to have to do. (The DMV doesn’t want shite from your agent, they want it from your carrier).
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 10:59 am
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