Dubious M.
Don't do Farmers if you want a vaguely 21st century online experience.
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 (am also insured with a company other than Farmers/Foremost/AAA as of today). 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 Christ, how did I not know? (She didn’t say Christ. She was very friendly and probably only mentally taking the Lord’s name in vain.) 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. 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 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. 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 beyond execrable 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.



