Oh, God, yes. In fact, a lot of folks recommend looking at different companies every few years. I grew up thinking that the longer you stayed, the better they treated you. Somewhere along the line that changed. Seems like all the various providers (cable, phone, etc) hook you with the entry rate and then ratchet up the prices. I went to Geico but reckon there are others to consider.Originally Posted by GyroF-16
We're USAA members, but switched to Progressive for Auto a while back. It didn't help that USAA decided to stop writing policies in FL (I think this was for house insurance?). I find the service from Progressive to be fantastic. I've had two rear-end accidents in the last year and they were awesome to work with to get me settled. Highly recommend Flo.
Man, that's some bad luck.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
I was a GEICO member for many, many years...had Progressive for a while for a motorcycle, not home or car...and for the last several years have been with Amica for home, auto and umbrella coverage with no plans of switching.
There's nothing civil about this war.
I think Progressive is variable by region (probably true of other insurers too since they're regulated state by state). I've had to deal with Progressive claims in Oregon and California both. Progressive's Oregon office was excellent service. California not so much. That office was palpably hostile and imperious. Ended up in arbitration on that one. Which I won but less time, independent appraiser fees, etc. The fight was worth the rather large difference in valuation on a write-off, but not pleasant and should have been completely avoidable.
no one sees what's written on the spine of his own autobiography.
Easiest way is to just focus on avoiding as many of the Fortune 500 brands as possible. They're at least pretty easy to identify in most cases and at least that's a much smaller list to deal with. For example, Unilever. They have something like ~250 subsidiary brands, many of which are easily recognizable. All I do is glance at the packaging of whatever item and ask myself, "Is this a Unilever brand?" (usually marked as such with their logo) If so, I don't buy it.
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