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  • dragonist@kbin.socialtoNews@lemmy.worldCar insurance prices surge
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    5 months ago

    Anecdotal but Liberty Mutual increased my rates annually, refused to lower cause I was at lowest rate possible (supposedly, even recalculating as a new customer). Went from 135 to 150 to 170 at last renewal. Then after contract renew I get hit for 205. Said they adjusted rates for everyone in my area and tough shit. And then had the audacity to demand 127 after I canceled my policy because it was a few days after a payment, and they claimed to have charged for the previous month. I remember paying the first month upon signing up with them, not as “accrued”, but a month and then being covered between them and the next payment.

    Left them to State Farm and went from 156/month for 6 months DOWN to 125/month at renewal for 6 months. New Hyundai Venue (not one they refuse to insure due to theft), full coverage but the lowest possible.

    I’m still mad about it but happy I left.

    Shop around. Your loyalty means nothing to them.












  • I hate the idea of inherited debt - which means that’d be an amazing driving source of discontent in a novel!

    Are all humans tracked by said corps? Assuming they are, how would they react to untracked children? Surely some humans manage to get away and breed, and wander their way back into society. How is the debt tracked? Are we talking like tattoos of bar codes ala Idiocracy? A genetic marker? Retinal scans? What kind of market is out there to circumvent this tracker method? It seems like there’d be an underground trade that works against this inherited debt prospect, and assists in relocating people into new areas not overruled by the corps.

    Who is in charge of said corps? Assuming there’s a managerial style network (President, ceo, admins, etc), would they have their own colony? One per corp? Or is it computer/AI driven? How is innovation handled? New companies are created all the time but in this scenario I’d think they’d stamp out any new prospects. Do the corps create at all? Or do they just become an “old guard” so to speak of entities that exist just to collect money due to their original role in the exodus, and thus stymying any new progress for humanity?

    I’m very interested in learning more!