PGH STEELERS Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 Need help finding an Insurance company. Don't like State Farm & Allstate. Would like if possible to have the insurance company in the Westerville area, but not necessary. I'm so fricken pissed at Allstate and would never think of going back to State Farm. Thanks for you help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 From my experience I'd say stay away from Liberty Mutual, they suck. I am partial to Geico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwashmycar Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 I never had any problems with Progressive in Ohio. They were just too $$$ down here in SC so I had to switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEORedLS1 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 What was the issue with AllState? I've had them for several years and never had any issues. Maybe just a bad agent? My girlfriend works for AllState now, could have her look into it if it would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airwg2189 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 USAA if you have any way into it. Very few situations where their rate won't be the lowest by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 I have no complaints with my Agent/Grange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 I did a quote on progressive a few days ago and will definitely be switching over from nationwide soon. Did a quote on state farm and now they won't stop calling me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 My wife and I are happy with our Erie Insurance auto policy. State Farm for the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have no complaints with my Agent/Grange. +1000000 For some reason they just plain have the best rates out there especially if you insure your home through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 +1000000 For some reason they just plain have the best rates out there especially if you insure your home through them. This, and you'll never have trouble getting something fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ej20_ftw Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 JD Power Ratings: http://www.jdpower.com/autos/ratings/auto-insurance-provider-ratings/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Need help finding an Insurance company. Don't like State Farm & Allstate. Would like if possible to have the insurance company in the Westerville area, but not necessary. I'm so fricken pissed at Allstate and would never think of going back to State Farm. Thanks for you help. If you don't like State Farm or All state I'm guessing you're unhappy due to service related issues not your rates. Aside from an organization like USAA nobody in the industry can touch those two for rates in most cases. Are you looking for a company that's more about the customer experience? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have had Progressive for the past two years. They have been pretty good to me and their customer service is excellent. I had nationwide before, and they were very good too. Only reason I switched was they were so expensive. Liberty Mutual can kiss my ass. Customer service sucked and was super expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamgh81 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 USAA if you have any way into it. Very few situations where their rate won't be the lowest by far. +1 for USAA... 5 vehicles, home, valuables all insured by them and they put a new roof/siding on the house last year while my vehicle premiums went down and home went up only slightly. Again, that's if you are eligible. https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/pub_eligibility_task_entry Who is eligible? Active, retired and honorably separated officers and enlisted personnel of the U.S. military. Officer candidates in commissioning programs (Academy, ROTC, OCS/OTS). Adult children whose eligible parents have or had a USAA auto or property insurance product. Widows and widowers of USAA members who have or had a USAA auto or property insurance policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got-Boost? Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 +1 for USAA... 5 vehicles, home, valuables all insured by them and they put a new roof/siding on the house last year while my vehicle premiums went down and home went up only slightly. Again, that's if you are eligible. https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/pub_eligibility_task_entry Who is eligible? Active, retired and honorably separated officers and enlisted personnel of the U.S. military. Officer candidates in commissioning programs (Academy, ROTC, OCS/OTS). Adult children whose eligible parents have or had a USAA auto or property insurance product. Widows and widowers of USAA members who have or had a USAA auto or property insurance policy. +2 USAA is the only way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkmaster03 Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I recently changed from Allstate to Progressive because Progressive was only $6 a month more then Allstate after adding my new car with full coverage. Allstate wanted an additional $100 for the new car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Progressive FTW for the past 8ish years. Customer service has always been great and no one has been able to touch my rate. Plus they're local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGH STEELERS Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 What was the issue with AllState? I've had them for several years and never had any issues. Maybe just a bad agent? My girlfriend works for AllState now, could have her look into it if it would help. I'm sure it's a extremely bad agent. Last year when I wreck my GTO (my fault), I called up to see if I should turn it in and my agent stated that they would cover the expense, but would drop me after the repair. I asked him, aren't you the good hands people and he was clueless on how to help me. Not only that but after 6 months my wife's insurance went down a little bit but my two cars went up, like $75.00 a piece. So I called on it, they stated that they would look into it and never got back to me, so I called them back to no answer again. Now after another 6 months, my house insurance went up $150.00. I'm sorry, I've had enough of this crap. Extremely poor customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGH STEELERS Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks everyone for their opinion, I will be checking out Erie Insurance and Grange. Maybe some others? The reason for State Farm is when we had that storm blow through and parts for the front roof were torn off. State Farm was willing to only patch the area in damage, not the entire front and they wouldn't even consider repairing the back which I had several roofing companies tell me that there was damage on the back side. AllState, I'm chaulking up to a very poor agent, I have had no communication and every single time we get a renewal quote, everything goes up at least by $80.00 or more. When I was with State Farm, I rarely had rate increases, and when I did it was due to a new car and then my rates never increased by large numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 You can try going through Dorsey Conley insurance. They go through about 8 or so different insurance companies. I was with grange for years and they called me asking to switch to Hanover. Rates went down on the cars and the house. Haven't had to file a claim in years though so I don't know how that'll work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRN96WS6 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thanks everyone for their opinion, I will be checking out Erie Insurance and Grange. Maybe some others? The reason for State Farm is when we had that storm blow through and parts for the front roof were torn off. State Farm was willing to only patch the area in damage, not the entire front and they wouldn't even consider repairing the back which I had several roofing companies tell me that there was damage on the back side. AllState, I'm chaulking up to a very poor agent, I have had no communication and every single time we get a renewal quote, everything goes up at least by $80.00 or more. When I was with State Farm, I rarely had rate increases, and when I did it was due to a new car and then my rates never increased by large numbers. Man with State Farm I got a whole new roof and siding from a hail storm, but like you said I think that has to do with the agent or the inspector who comes out to approve the replacement/repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGRE Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 wow thanks, i switched to all state, for auto and have liberty mutual for home. I am going to pimp my former marine dad into usaa and help us both out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whatever you do DO NOT go to Safe Co for insurance. They fucked me big time with the hail damage on the house back in 04. Took TWO YEARS and a bad ass contractor to work with them to get my roof/siding fixed. After it was all done they doubled my rates from $600 a year to over $1300 a year for the homeowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunissan28 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whatever you do DO NOT go to Safe Co for insurance. They fucked me big time with the hail damage on the house back in 04. Took TWO YEARS and a bad ass contractor to work with them to get my roof/siding fixed. After it was all done they doubled my rates from $600 a year to over $1300 a year for the homeowers. Safe Co and Liberty Mutual use the same adjusters for property claims. There were several different hail storms that year in Ohio that were catastrophe coded. As long as the date of loss was entered correctly it should not have affected your rates like that. Also with hail and wind claims it can be somewhat subjective. If you push enough most insurance companies eventually give in. Some companies have certain parameters the damage must meet, others are much more loose and come down to the adjuster's opinion. If anyone has questions on wind or hail claims for their house feel free to contact me as I deal with them daily all over the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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