[CoachKandSportsguy]

Looked up our home insurance at Progressive online and notice the note : non renewal on 5/13/2025

Ok, now I have 6 months to get a new insurer lined up! If your insurance expires next year, go on line / call and find out about your renewal status now!

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Looked up our home insurance at Progressive online and notice the note : non renewal on 5/13/2025

Ok, now I have 6 months to get a new insurer lined up! If your insurance expires next year, go on line / call and find out about your renewal status now!

If your insurance expires next year? Whose doesn't?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

If your insurance expires next year? Whose doesn't?

Ours expires at midnight November 30th of this year and won’t be renewed by Farmers. After an exhaustive search for a new provider, the best I could do is a policy with Tower Hill that has a premium increase of 67%, and that’s with a brand new roof and HVAC system. Ouch!

[Craig Vernon]

Originally Posted by Jayhawk

https://www.bbb.org/us/fl/tampa/prof...869/complaints

Wow this gets straight to the point...Great stuff.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by bimmertl

They don't handle claims. They are primarily brokers for multiple carriers who actually insure their clients and handle claims.

Most, if not all, of their clients will report claim directly to the agent. That is part of the agents work

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

If your insurance expires next year? Whose doesn't?

At least it's not a last minute surprise, which means I am not going to panic, but have time to shop around. . . my post was about not getting a last minute surprise, if one doesn't do well with last minute surprises.

as far as whose doesn't, i am thinking the insurance companies which aren't leaving? maybe?

[bimmertl]

Originally Posted by kkingston57

Most, if not all, of their clients will report claim directly to the agent. That is part of the agents work

Not correct. All the major carriers have toll free numbers to directly report claims.


I guess you can always call the worthless Villages Insurance brokers to have them forward your call to the actual insurer.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Looked up our home insurance at Progressive online and notice the note : non renewal on 5/13/2025

Ok, now I have 6 months to get a new insurer lined up! If your insurance expires next year, go on line / call and find out about your renewal status now!

They are required by law to mail you a non renewal notice at least 3 months before your current policy expires. Look at the positive, your time frame for finding a new policy doesn’t coincide with hurricane season. I recently had all quotes for a new policy pulled during Helene and Milton as companies wouldn’t give out binding quotes during/after the storms. When they finally gave out binding quotes again, prices were up over 20% from about a month earlier. It was a very time consuming and stressful process finding a new insurer after getting dumped by Farmers. The Florida homeowners insurance market is terribly broken with no easy fix in sight.

[Plinker]

Originally Posted by mrf6969

That lack of service is exactly why I and many have left The Villages Insurance.
Moved to a different insurance broker and they operate like true professionals.

I have several neighbors that have Progressive. Some were renewed and some were canceled. I spoke with a Villages Insurance agent and was told the following:
If you are a full-time resident, such as myself, your policy will be renewed with Progressive. If you are here only part of the year, Progressive will cancel you. Also, Progressive will only write new policies if you are a full-time resident. Apparently, more damage can happen when the owner is not residing in the home such as is the case with snowbirds. I checked with my neighbors and it appears that only the part-timers were, indeed, cancelled.
On another note, my Progressive HO policy went up over 30%. I switched to Kin with identical coverage and the increase was 8%. Also, The Villages Insurance was using Foremost for my two golf carts at $340 per year. I called Progressive directly and now the premium for both carts is a total of $135. I asked The Villages Insurance agent if they review the policy costs on a yearly basis and was told they do not have the manpower to do it. In other words, they just send out the new policy and hope you pay it.
Needless to say, I dumped them. Spend some time online or directly call the insurance companies and save big bucks! Or, try another independent broker that is willing to do the hard work and earn your business.

[ohiosbestus]

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[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by bimmertl

Not correct. All the major carriers have toll free numbers to directly report claims.


I guess you can always call the worthless Villages Insurance brokers to have them forward your call to the actual insurer.

Was in the business and you are correct about toll free numbers. Agents can be very helpful if you have a claim and should be in the loop.