Foremost Insurance

Guess what I had in my car until today? An insurance card from Farmers stating I had a policy with them as of 02/03/2023 good maximum a year. Guess when my policy was canceled with them, as I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY (Sept. 2023)? 02/03/2023. Yes, this is a massive adulting fail on my part and I m not proud of it (and am also insured with a company other than Farmers/Foremost/AAA as of today). <-- PLEASE note that if you are confused about why I am talking about Farmers and writing a review for Foremost, well, join the club. HOWEVER I have it on good intelligence that I was in fact insured by Foremost, and Foremost's portal was the last one that worked for me; please see below; if this hurts your brain rest assured it hurts mine too. How does this come about your say. Well gather round and I shall tell ye the tale. I move in early 2023 and try to contact AAA, who I initially contacted to get insurance, to advise them of this to update my policy. The AAA rep is after all prominently listed on the Farmers/Foremost portal (when I can get access to it). But he informs me to inform them. Farmers or Foremost? I have no clue, as I once had access to an online portal through Farmers, until I got a cryptic message and didn’t. I think it’s been transferred to a Foremost portal (who is Foremost? No one has explained anything), which I accessed once I think?? I manage to log in and inform them of the move. Okey dokey they say. They quote me a slightly higher rate. Righty ho I say. I log out. I print out my shiny new insurance card. I don’t check my bank account which is linked to AutoPay (my fatal error). I just assume all is well. I get a few emails from them saying “Billing documents available” and I go, well alrighty, that is how they tell me they’re doing AutoPay, leastways that’s how it’s always been in the past. I continue my prudent driving habits until I need to share my auto ins card and decide to give pay my old portal friends a visit. Oh no. Oh NO. I call a Farmers lady who tells me I haven’t had insurance since 02/03/23 and... how did I not know? I tell her I never got any notices? She says yes you did? I said they all looked like the generic Autopay notices. Also what is Foremost? She says they were giving you insurance actually. Not Farmers. Farmers is just the name on your card. But you could have logged into both portals. I say you are very nice but actually, no I very much could not, I could not log into Farmers it was very unceremonious about a year ago, and confusing. The last portal I could get into was Foremost. I say I am an adult in 2023 and have tons of things on Autopay. I did not check my bank statement for the roughly $50/month charge from Farmers/Foremost/whoever. Yes I should have done this. I did not. Adulting fail. However your systems are also BADLY designed. She is clearly preparing to take this to her boss (she cares! she's a darling!) and says, if this were a month or so late I could have done something. But then she starts going on about how she has to Demonstrate that I haven't known and Gather evidence and I'm like, lady you seem nice but I need to go get me some actual insurance. And given I've been derelict for over half a year now, I'm not going to find anything worthwhile from your reputable establishment, so kindly I must take my leave kthxbye. Have I mentioned the charge that caused me to lose insurance back on 02/03/23 (again despite the fact that I also was able to print out a card good 02/03/23 that very day)? THREE. DOLLARS. THAT was the rub and it couldn’t go through on Autopay because Reasons and they sent me a notice about it to my email (I opted into paperless billing like a fool) and it looked just like their notices saying hey we’re doing the Autopay thing and have I mentioned their portal was a nightmare. Anyway I am still ultimately the one responsible to carry auto insurance (which I have consistently done since licensed and driving a vehicle) and had I had an accident, my ignorance here would not have been an excuse. Very much aware of this and not proud. Easily the biggest adulting fault of my 30s, or the second biggest after marrying my ex. (Are you happy, Foremost/Farmers/AAA? You are being compared to highly unfortunate ex spousal units. NOT A GOOD LOOK.) So tldr, PLEASE stay away from these people if you a) want to know who you actually are getting your insurance from; b) want a vaguely 21st century billing and payment experience; c) want the space time continuum to make some sort of kind of sense. Again. Not saying this wasn't also a major fail on my part. It absolutely was. Over and out.

I've been with them for 3 years and have been extremely happy with their company. They helped me manage my internet billing which was new to me so I don't even have to get a money order to send payment. This saves me a bunch of time. They managed to cut my rate by around $70 compared to my last provider and were able to get me the same coverage as well as towing for 50 miles. They were a smooth company to work with and always answered my questions when I called them. My wife is also on the same plan and we were bundled and saved around $70. Overall I'm very happy with them.

My experience so far with Foremost has been pretty good. It just seems that every 6 months maybe even sooner, but I know every six months my policy renews and the rates go up! So I don't understand, why I have yet to call them and ask. So it's a little frustrating especially when you're a good driver you know, like Progressive says, Safe Driver discount a good driver discount. No accidents no tickets no incentive to stay with that company?, the only incentive is to cancel my policy with them and find something else. I know the answer they're going to give me when I ask why they raise my rates every few months they're going to answer "Oh, everyone does in your area. All the insurance companies do it!

It was a great policy that covered everything. My husband got hit by another car and we had no problems with the insurance company, they were easy to deal with and he got a rental while the car was in the shop. However we switched to another company because after years with them the rates went up too much and we found the same policy for half the price somewhere else. It may have been because we switched from buying through an agency to buying the insurance ourselves.