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USAA is a leading provider of financial services to the U.S. military and their families. The company offers a wide range of products and services, including banking, insurance, investments and retirement planning. USAA is committed to providing its members with the best possible financial experience, as is shown by its low fees and competitive interest rates.

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  • Several discounts
  • Charitable company
  • Competitive rates
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  • Only available to military members
  • Limited local branches

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    Claims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2015

    The question of all questions, WHY do we continue to be insured with USAA? There is absolutely no valid conceivable reason to continue coverage. Most especially so, we recognize that what is most important is protection of our loved ones and properties. What we need is an insurer who cares about its customers, taking every opportunity to ensure satisfaction. We are totally perplexed, disheartened and disillusioned with USAA and bear emotional and physical distress from irreparable harm inflicted by our own insurer. This one-sided relationship simply cannot continue, it is obviously about receiving premiums, customers do not matter to USAA.

    There was an accident on May 15, 2015, in which we were NOT AT FAULT. USAA has courted the other parties while ignoring its own insured. We have attempted to resolve all issues, to no avail. Fair warning, USAA is not to be trusted, they will side with every party except their own, leaving discovery up to the insured instead of doing their job and taking care of its policyholders, upstanding service personnel. Not to mention, the accident in which we were not involved, USAA set up an INVESTIGATOR to investigate us, although the other party admitted fault and was operating with a suspended driver's license and failed to yield the right of way. We were not allowed to speak to adjusters until USAA "completed its investigation."

    Even now, everything has gone horribly wrong and we are still at TOTAL LOSS of peace, happiness, a 3-week old 2015 brand new vehicle, the trade-in 2015 vehicle and all down payment funds, vehicle fees and registration, personal effects, pain, suffering, emotional distress, etc. USAA paid PAT PECK NISSAN, the dealership because they never transferred title and "owned" our vehicle. USAA violated our privacy by discussing our policy with a third party not listed on our policy, without our express permission. Pat Peck Nissan, the dealership who supposedly provided a replacement vehicle, (the total loss car) according to Mississippi Lemon Law because the trade-in vehicle was the lemon. Pat Peck Nissan received close to $34,000 for a vehicle that was sold to us, USAA did that too. Buyer beware, USAA only exists to collect premiums, not take care of legally binding claims.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2015

    I have had USAA insurance for everything - auto, home, life - for more decades than I want to admit. Until recently, their rates and customer service were unbeatable. But two recent events have turned my opinion of them completely. My nephew (who is insured with Nationwide) was rear-ended in slow moving traffic (thank goodness!) on the interstate by a USAA-insured driver. His experience dealing with USAA to cover the repairs and arrange a rental while repairs were done was so abysmal that he finally just let Nationwide handle everything and recoup the costs from USAA - which eventually they did, but not without much back and forth by Nationwide.

    Then a few months later, I was also 'bumped' in the rear by a driver insured through another company. Working with USAA to get my bumper repaired has been a ridiculously time consuming nightmare. She did not want to file a claim, but I know our only two options were to call someone or call the police - and she did not want to call the police. So I said that I would call USAA and have her tell my insurance company what happened, taking responsibility for the charges, should they exceed what she wanted to pay out of pocket.

    The USAA agent listened to her 'statement' and then told me that she was unable to make any notations unless I opened a claim. I asked if this would go against me and increased my rates - she said she didn't know. I finally asked for a supervisor who told me that since I had the other driver's name, license #, phone #, address and vehicle tag #, they would be able to recoup the charges and that the incident would not go against my record. So a claim was opened on my USAA account.

    Here are the key issues in working with USAA: The agent first hearing the statement was very uninformed - not able to answer questions accurately. The USAA agent ultimately assigned to my claim has been very informed, very nice, but getting in contact with her is a convoluted mess. I can only way to reach her by POSTING messages online! I cannot reply to emails from her - they are "DO NOT REPLY" messages that point me to the online thread. If I DO reply online, sometimes other uninformed agents pick up the thread and have taken actions not discussed with me or approved by me - like paying the body shop that provided the quote for the repairs from my policy BEFORE discussing with me.

    When I have tried to call, I have always gotten an agent who 'starts at the beginning' - one agent even started reading out loud from the first posted message on the online claim thread. When I interrupted her to say that I did not have time to listen to her catching up on my claim by reading all of the background to me out loud, she tersely said to "please allow me to get informed about your claim!" I told her study on her own time and either call me back or have the agent assigned to call me. The assigned agent called back 2 days later.

    USAA's new model of answering insured calls is not working. Their agents also seem to be a mixture of those were of the 'old guard' and know their business inside and out - which was the usual profile of customer service reps/agents in the past - plus a group of new people who are not only poorly informed, but who are rude. Unfortunately that may be in part due to customers like me who are stunned by the lack of knowledge and service and who get frustrated by their ineptitude and have little patience for the severe decline in service. I was one of those who would never consider leaving USAA, but never say never... I'm now researching other companies and will be moving all of our policies and other banking services from USAA.

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2015

    Daughter attempted to purchase auto ins. Representative told her she was not eligible. During 3 generations, she, 12 men and women of family have served. Both grandparents, brother, uncles, great uncles. All related by birth. She was told that wasn't good enough. I chalked it up to more false ads. But then, I started reading the novel "The Monuments Men", which caused me to give thought to the terrible situations our military family members suffered through. This caused me to make our experience public.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    There is always someone there when you want to add coverage, or give them money, but if you have an auto claim, you get assigned 1 claims adjuster, who never answers the phone. I have been playing phone tag for days, and no one who answers the phone can help. They have to get the claims adjuster for that claim. They can't even take a message, and the adjuster always calls back 10 minutes before close. All I wanted to do was add the police report number and get the number for the repair guy they recommended, and all I can get is put on hold, transferred around, voice mail, and reminded to try the online service (which couldn't help).

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    After 31 years of being a Usaa member I am completely fed up with the rudeness, professionalism and down right deceit from this company. I had a MAX allowed of $900 for a rental car but they tried limiting me to $24.50 a day. It took literally 7 different agents and a day of stonewalling me to get them to approve a comparable rental car after an accident. I am done with these thieves, switching to State Farm.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015

    I have had USAA since 1999. I once considered them a benefit from having served in the military. They have now gone in the route of profit driven only. You have to go through a teleprompt that will drive you nuts to get a real person. Meaning they eliminated jobs to increase profit and lessen customer service. My rates have gone up continuously with a perfect DMV driving record and no claims. This is a once great company that has given way to overcharging customers and greed.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2015

    A car crossed the double yellow line hitting my car trying to pass on the left to get to a turn lane. She was driving in the median. The lady admitted fault and said not to call the insurance since minor (bumper scrapes). We called USAA (of course, not that dumb) to find out she claimed I crossed outside the lane. No witnesses. It took USAA 2 days to assign me fault. She now wants repairs to whole car. Tiffany was the appraiser. USAA is great to take your money, but doesn't protect clients.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2015

    No response - will not call you back. Managers laugh when you complain. The accident was very serious. I was not at fault. Their driver hit me while I was stopped at a light. I do not have a car to drive and they don't care. My car is 3 months old!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    I do not have USAA insurance and I am so thankful because dealing with them is an exercise in futility. I was hit by one of their members. I went out and got an estimate for the damages 5 days after the accident and still had not heard from them. Eight days after the accident I was contacted and told to go get an estimate. Once I explained I had the USAA rep said that they worked with that repair shop and would handle everything and send out the check immediately. A week later I had no check so I called to follow up on the claim. I was then told they had put in a request for an estimate from the shop and were waiting to hear back from the shop. This rep then asked if the total repairs were less than $2000, which they were, and said I could just fax them my copy to speed up the process, which I did immediately.

    After another week passed and nothing I contacted them again to follow up. The rep I got this day told me they were waiting to hear from the shop. I explained that I had faxed the estimate. She then said "oh I see you have. I will send this to our review team and have a check mailed by the end of the day. Two days later I receive a voicemail from a 3rd party company saying they are the reviewers of USAA auto claims and they need the estimate from the shop. So I call my shop and ask what is going on. The manager then tells me that they have never received a request for an estimate from USAA on that claim or any other in months. Tells me to call them back and if I don't get anywhere he will. So I call USAA again. I get this rep on 3 way with the manager of the repair shop and he tells me everything will be taken care of now.

    Another week and nothing, just called USAA again and they said their computers are down and can't check the status of any claims. It really seems as if no one is handling anything there. They will not give you a particular extension to call. They say "just call the generic line" and you talk to a different person every time whom you have to re-explain everything and tells you they are talking care of it, only to find out that nothing gets done or moved forward till you call again.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    Absolute worst service I have ever had in my entire life. USAA claims to be an organization that supports the troops and advertises in a way that makes servicemen and women believe that they are getting a great deal and that they will be taken care of. This is the biggest con-job I have ever witnessed. USAA is nothing more than another money hungry corporation that doesn't care about anything but sucking every last dollar they can from their members. I have been a customer for roughly 8 or 9 years through auto insurance and credit card. After several years of being fooled into thinking USAA had the best rates for service members, I discovered that they're auto insurance was more expensive than Geico, State Farm, Nationwide and Progressive. I ended up finding a local company that gives me the exact same coverage at a third of what I was wasting on USAA.

    The worst experience with them has to be with the credit card service. They make the payments just high enough so that nearly all only goes towards interest. Like many servicemen and women with a family, times got a little tough with our finances so we turned to USAA in hopes they would be able to help as they advertise that they do for the troops. Money got tight and I needed to feed my family and provide clothes for my kids as they got bigger. I spoke with USAA over the phone in hopes that they would be able to work with me. They told me they could enroll me in a debt payment plan that would knock my payments down to half of what I was paying and that it would automatically debit my account on the 1st of the month.

    Well a month went by and the new amount was automatically paid fine but as time went on I received a letter stating that I owed twice as much on top of what my new payment rate was. They informed me that it was a debt I owed before I started the new plan but the first time I spoke to them they informed me that I was up to date with my payments. When I asked one of their representatives why I was told I was up to date when I was still delinquent, she said "because most people don't like to hear that they own money." No kidding but you shouldn't lie to your customers and tell them they are up to date with their payments when they really owe more.

    Now I'm on the verge of being reported to the credit bureau for owing money all because this person wanted to avoid telling me I owed more money than I was advised from the beginning. Many people have budgets and unfortunately have to live pay check to pay check and have to budget everything that comes in. It's hard to do that when people like USAA give faulty information all because people "don't want to hear it." I don't like hearing that I need new tires on my car but it's something I need to know so I don't end up with a blow out while I'm driving down the interstate. I would like to say this is the first time USAA has let me down but that would be a lie if I did. USAA advertises they are for the troops but prior to this incident, I have almost always been on time with my payments and each time I called in hopes they could help me by lowering my interest just a little bit, I always get rejected.

    I used to be a loyal customer and wasn't late on payments. Tell me USAA, how exactly are you here to support the troops when all you have caused is heartache, stress and disappointment? When I spoke with the representative earlier today, I told her that I would no longer recommend USAA to anyone she stated "that's too bad because you're going to be keeping people from the advantages USAA offers." What advantages? The best experience I will have with USAA is the day everything is paid off and I never have to deal with them again. The only thing I ask is that USAA stops taking advantage of young service members that don't know much about how your services work. Please stop preying on the troops while advertising how much you care for them. Instead of being the solution, you are currently the biggest burden on my family.

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015

    One of their insured hit ME when they backed out of their space. Even though I was STOPPED, in the middle of the lane, and POUNDING on my horn, USAA still only agreed to pay 80%. So I faxed in the repair estimate from a very reputable company and I could have gone to a very expensive dealer but I was trying to do the right thing so I went with the least expensive. Unbelievably, USAA underpaid the repair! They said they had it "audited' and paid only what they thought they should have to pay. They ripped me off for almost $100!! Really? So let me get this right, you have someone on contract or on your payroll who "audits" repair estimates and you pay whatever you think you should have to pay? How is this fair? She hit me!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015

    This has been by far the worst insurance claim I have ever had to deal with in my life. If it were up to me everyone at USAA would be out of a job. They are very rude and don't know how to go about taking care of the problems. I was told they are good. That's a lie. They make military look bad... I was involved in an accident 6-23-2015. Was not my fault. Was USAA members fault. Wasn't given a rental car for more than three days which is not any help from them at all. I have been waiting a month and 7 days for answers.

    Now that I got answers I am fighting with them to get my check mailed to my house. Finally get answers on my check and it was put on hold because the guy's insurance don't cover that much. This is not my problem. USAA told me one price and then try pay another. Maybe you guys should get on your people before lose company. And one more thing when you say you're going to mail out a check make sure you do it. Will never in my life have a USAA policy and if I can help it all my family who is big time military will be calling you guys to cancel all accounts through you guys. Hope you're happy USAA.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015

    Online app for auto insurance quote. Have to become a member just to get a generic quote. Could not get one online. Called (spent over 50 minutes) trying to get a quote. I was told unless I became a member I could not. To do that I needed to agree to and sign documents and give my SSN online. Why would I want to become a member if I don't know what their insurance rates are. It's like Publishers Clearing house... To get the prize, you should buy all the magazines. If I decide to not want their services they have all my info. OK, they have no way to email them to ask questions (unless you become a member). I wasted over 1 1/2 hours on this crap to find out that I could not get a quote unless I jumped through these hoops. No thanks, there are plenty of other insurance companies willing to take my money without all the hassle!

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    Verified purchase

    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2015

    USAA policyholder short stop me after getting involved with another vehicle in front. I have a reliable neutral witness in which USAA is not pursuing. It's unfair and unjustified.

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    CoverageSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2015

    You can't buy real deal homeowners insurance in Mississippi and USAA cancelled insurance on those insureds and left them stranded - their advertising is false and for them to wave the flag is insulting. So I visited my independent insurance agent and have a much better coverage for Property and Casualty (Auto & Homeowners) with A rated companies.

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    Claims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2015

    I have USAA AUTO INSURANCE and it cut my premiums in half when I switched from Allstate. But slowly it has increased and now exceeds my Allstate premium by $12 monthly. Also I filed a claim when a deer literally ran from a neighbor's yard and slammed head first into my front fender forward of the wheel denting it and breaking the front fascia clips and inner fender tabs. Now it should be free under the policy and a deer being regarded as the same as uninsured motorist. But USAA has denied it acting as if I'm lying when in fact there were 2 witnesses. The car is a Real Shelby being a pre title car modded by Shelby American in Vegas. So the parts alone exceed $3500 not including paint and labor. It should be no debate or issue as per policy guidelines. So now my attorney can deal with it and when finished USAA and this Vet will separate permanently.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 31, 2015

    The first problem I had with USAA was when they doubled my auto insurance for no reason. I called and they could not explain why. I went to Hartford and saved $300 a year. I had an equity loan with USAA. I was canceling that loan to get a higher equity allowance. After 5 months when it still wasn't completed I cancelled it. I went to UC Credit Union. They do equity loans in three weeks. I also got a lower interest loan. Last year my flood insurance was $102. This year they wanted to charge $387 in a drought state. They more than tripled it. Someone needs to expose USAA for who they are. They advertise they care for the VETS but my experience as a Vietnam Veteran has been just the opposite.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed July 29, 2015

    Filed a claim last week of May 2015. USAA undervalued the vehicle - taking the lowest comps they found to justify total loss to the vehicle. USAA would not communicate by phone but instead wrote updates to website telling me to check. Treated like a number no personal touch at all. Reps are very rude. Slow service. Claim still not paid after 2 months.

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    Reviewed July 28, 2015

    I just received my monthly bill for my auto insurance policy and there was an increase for the month of August 2015. I called USAA and questioned the cause for the rate increase and was told that the state of Arizona had changed the rate table for all auto insurance policies. Also, I was told that myself and my wife were now 72 years old and did not qualify for "Premier Driver" discounts any longer which to me constitutes age discrimination. We have clean driving records and have been loyal customers of USAA on our home and auto for a number of years. I feel somewhat betrayed with this because good driving records should be rewarded and not penalized as one gets older. I wanted to go on record to express my concern with this company's practice.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 27, 2015

    USAA has gone to the dogs. You can no longer rely on their service. You can never get their online service due to their changing their security monthly. Takes hours of phone calls to straighten up, their people are rude as hell and they do not care about their customers, and lie about the coverages provided. I have been jacked around on auto and home policies, it has taken 4 years of my time and effort. BEWARE DO NOT USE.

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 27, 2015

    On May 1 2015 I was going back to work after lunch and was traveling south and all of a sudden a vehicle bolted out in front of me trying to cross over the road and before I could even say "Oh a ugly word," we had made contact. The airbags deployed. My vehicle was totaled. I was so very very lucky I was not very injured. I was so shaken up and upset. I had never been in an accident before. I wasn't able to go back to work that day, made contact with her insurance USAA. Their client's Fault was determined. She said it was she didn't even see me.

    Anyway boy they were nice at first then once we got to the point of totaling the car we stilled owed on it. They wanted only to pay some of it off not all. My insurance or MY gap insurance could pick up the rest of the bill. My insurance I paid for. Finally I had to let my insurance company deal with them. They were going to cause me to have a stroke dealing with them. They settled my gap - had to pay off the remainder. They didn't want to pay.

    And as for my loss of work and my anxiety, my time, my trouble, my pain and bruises from the seat belt, the airbag, the soreness I had for two weeks - well tough too bad. So sad. Move on. We have other people to rip off. I hope never again to have an accident with anyone insured by these CONS. They are a rip-off. I got to miss 4 hours of work and got the pleasure of working the next week being sore and bruised and then I had the pleasure of being without a car after they took the rental away because I would not settle with them. Such a nice thing to deal with when it wasn't even my fault.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 24, 2015

    A USAA insured hit my car. I was the first person to call it in to USAA since their insured hit me. I had to provide their insured's information (name, phone, policy number...). After 24 days and 9 phone calls USAA has decided that a vehicle (that seems to have been made up by their insured) caused the accident and left the scene, therefore they are not responsible even though their insured hit me.

    When asking one of the nine agents I spoke to at USAA why I could not speak to the same person each time, they told me that they were too big to have the same person handle any claim - they were too big to give that level of customer service. This was admitted on a recorded line. In addition, I asked to have a manager/supervisor call me and on three different occasions, I was told that someone would call me back within 24 to 48 business hours. That was 8 days ago and nobody has called me. I will now have to pay for my own repairs because USAA listened to a 16-year old liar about the accident he was involved in. I would never purchase insurance from this company. Stay away!!!

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 23, 2015

    Have been a USAA member for over 23 years. Courteous, flawless service - 100 percent service. Will never change companies.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 22, 2015

    We had full coverage and were one of the hundreds who filed a hail claim on June of 2015. Like all the other military people who received this hail damage, our car was hit by it so we fill a claim and it been a month and no one calls us. The adjuster never contacts us. Nothing. Until I call and they have me go to their body shop, after that no one calls me again. Nothing. Then an investigator by the name of Ken ** asked all a bunch of financial question not pertaining to the hail damage, then he tells me hail could not have caused the damage. It was a tool, and then repeatedly ask me who did it.

    I cannot believe out of all the low absurd things an insurance company does a VETERAN tailored company could do, they accuse a vet of taking a tool and causing damage to their vehicle. KEN ** IS A DISRESPECTFUL UNPATRIOTIC rude person!!! Of all the disgustingly inappropriate things a person does this is just pathetic!!! I don't even rate USAA with a 1 star but at least one is required.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 20, 2015

    Was rear ended 6/10/15 while on vacation. Not a bad accident at all. The young gentleman that hit us stated he did not have insurance. He had just bought the car the night before and it was his first car. He also said he just wasn't paying attention when he rear-ended us. Anyway USAA was insistent we get a quote while on vacation in the town that the accident happened. The quote said 250 dollars damage but they could not tell if the impact bar was bent without crawling under the vehicle. USAA wanted to investigate whether the gentleman had insurance or whether the person he bought the car from happened to have not canceled the insurance on the car. Completely understandable! So after vacation we waited a month. Got in no big hurry so they could investigate.

    My husband contacted them around July 10th and they stated there was no insurance on the vehicle by either the new or old owner so we could proceed with getting it fixed and getting a rental (we had underinsured & uninsured coverage & rental car coverage). We proceeded and put it in the shop and I obtained a rental. After a couple of days in the shop and no word my husband called and the impact bar was bent so they had to order it. He called the next day to check and the shop said that USAA is giving them the runaround and not wanting to pay. My husband phoned and USAA said "upon further investigation" the gentleman that hit us now has auto insurance so under the law they have to contact the insurance company to see if they will pay for the claim.

    My husband asked if they were for real. He said the guy did not have insurance on the day of the accident and the insurance company he has now is not going to pay for an accident that happened before he took out coverage. USAA said it was the law they had to contact the insurance company to see if they would pay. My husband asked if they would pay under the same circumstances and he was told absolutely not because there wouldn't have been coverage at the time of the accident. HELLO!!! So USAA said since our car was fixed we had to get it out of the shop and return the rental car immediately because they would quit paying at that point since our car was fixed. The total of the repair was 548 dollars. USAA paid 48 dollars which left us to pay 500 to get our vehicle back and USAA said they would reimburse us after their investigation. FRUSTRATING!!!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 17, 2015

    Worst customer service. Rude, slow, and incompetent. I have heard great things, so maybe my expectations were high, but this was absurd. I had to go get the police report, and if I hadn't called every day - multiple times a day - I doubt anything would've gotten done. HORRIBLE COMPANY, HORRIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed July 17, 2015

    My father and father-in-law both served in the service. I am not eligible because they did not have USAA as their insurance company. They boast how they help you save money on car, home owners insurance because your parent served, but I guess this is their way of only helping a few select. My father and my husband's father served, but I was turned down. Sorry they did not have their insurance.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 17, 2015

    My family carried USAA auto insurance until my wife had an accident. USAA took no interest in investigating what had happened and made more effort to get out of paying than doing their job. As stated by other complainants, USAA was hard to contact refusing to return messages, making excuses for their incompetence, refusing to answer my questions, etc. Additionally, I had to do all the investigative work myself: I paid for squad car video, took time off work to photograph and measure skid marks, debris, and damage to our vehicle. USAA was lethargic and dismissive in response (if I got a response at all) to the evidence that I submitted and inquiries that I made. USAA put more effort into avoiding the very reason why we all carry insurance.

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 17, 2015

    Just got rear-ended while I was waiting to make a left turn. The other driver made an illegal turn into my lane and rear-ended me with a high speed. Auto shop technicians clearly agree I was rear-ended but USAA buys other drivers untrue story (who is also covered by USAA) that I cut him off. Fact was that he was not in my lane nor did I cut him off. His license plate is printed into the rear of my bumper. You can see the letters and numbers of his plate frame. Each time I talked to USAA, they changed their story. They send me to an auto body shop telling me that damage will prove how accident took place but changed their story when damage clearly shows that I was rear-ended. Even to auto shop said that USAA's story of accident does not line up. It was clearly a rear-end collision....

    USAA did not take the time or effort to visit the site and could not support their no-non-sense made-up story how the accident take place. I believed that your insurance company should take stress away but I am clearly wrong. Last but not least: They assigned their non-logic fault distribution partial to me with 35%. Basically saying that it is also my fault for being rear-ended while other driver drove in the wrong lane and smashed into my car with full speed.

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    Claims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed July 15, 2015

    My car was rear ended by a person insured by this company. Almost two and a half months later after hearing nothing from them after initial contact I contacted them to find out the status of the claim. I was told by the person I spoke with that they had assumed zero liability on their insured part and they weren't going to pay for any of our damages. I asked her how they came to this conclusion if no one ever came out to look at our car to access the damages. That was when the rep started getting real nasty. She did not like that I was questioning the way they did things. I won't get into my back and forth with her but suffice to say it was not a pleasant experience. Totally unprofessional and my car is still not fixed.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    They are truly scum bags & total **. Even though 17 yr old side swiped me, was issued a citation & have 2 written witnesses stating she was totally at fault, USAA insurance will not pay claim. My car is non-drivable & hers is without a scratch. Unbelievable.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    This was the worst service and experience I've had with USAA. I'm considering seeking a new insurance company. The USAA rep at Don McGill was not informative, concern with my best interest, spoke on other car matters but what was going on with my car, didn't know where my car seats are, NEVER return my calls, wouldn't even ask if they would place the Windshield in the car, showed me the broken screw on the airbag compartment but said Nissan must have build a default car or someone tampered with my airbag. All comments that didn't answer why did they take my steering wheel apart. He had NO knowledge of what was going on with my car. My car was marked up for auction & he told me I wouldn't get my car back.

    My car looks like it was wrecked. I told him all the information I received was lies & this is an insurance scam. Only thing this company had to do was replace my dashboard console. I will NEVER CALL USAA to reference anyone to me ever again. I've told my friend & placed this experience on every social media I know of. I have call the Toyota Don McGill today and have not received a return call about my seats or the windshield that was replaced. I would like to talk to the director over the USAA insurance department information the poor service given. THIS company is suppose to support veterans but it's ALL about money now not service.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    My husband's vehicle was in Boston where he has to work and he borrowed my car to go to a job interview in NJ. A client of USAA Auto insurance hit my vehicle and assumed total liability for the accident. No one from the USAA contacted me to give me information about anything. I took the car for an estimate at the Whitemarsh Collision INC. because they had done work on the car before. The car was in the shop on Monday and I picked up a rental.

    The next Monday morning I called the shop and asked "what time could I pick up the car?" Around 3:30 pm I get a call back that the car will not be ready until Tuesday the next day. Approximately 4:30 pm the USAA Insurance company lady calls and starts harassing me saying "are you going to take the rental back today?" I told her "my car was not ready why would I take the rental back" and the Enterprise Car Rental closes at 6 pm. She said that I was then responsible for paying the extra day rental. I said "why was I responsible?" She said because I choose the shop and the work order was for five days. I was incredulous!

    The USSA insurance company says it is not their responsibility to give the consumer information because I choose the shop. My insurance company AAA said they never heard of such a thing that the rental was covered until the car was ready. I called USAA multiple times and got my insurance to call also. They do not return calls, they disconnect you, say extension numbers you have already used are invalid and will not let you speak to a manager. They refuse to pay for the extra day rental and Whitemarsh Collision won't either. What kind of horrible world do we live in? The only person who was of any assistance was Chris from Enterprise Rental in Conshohocken.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed July 8, 2015

    I was rear ended in my car by a person who is insured with USAA. When I contacted them they reported she had not called in a report nor had she returned their call to her. They refused to honor my claim plus 3 others who had been involved and stated that they were not responsible until they got her story. It would seem that they would consider she was evading after 3 days of not responding. They were snippy, and uncooperative after speaking with 3 other claims adjusters because the adjuster assigned the case did not return the call at all.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    If I could give zero stars I would. A few months ago a teenage driver was listening to her music so loud that she did not hear when we beeped the horn to let her know we were directly behind her. As a result she backed into my car and damaged the tail light and bumper. My car is equipped with a rear parking aid so we would have never backed into her car. Her car was not but that doesn't matter because she hit my car. Her mother refused to give insurance info and we had to call the police to get it. Nonetheless she claimed not at fault to her insurance company (USAA) and we had to send the adjuster pictures and info on what happened.

    They never got in contact with us on the claim so we called them multiple times and left multiple messages. I sent emails regarding the claim and after 2 months finally the call me back to tell me that their driver was not at fault.. So funny that they disregard the fact that she was blasting her music and the fact that my car has a rear parking aid.. Anyway the damage was not that significant so it can be paid out of pocket but the simple fact is that they did not follow up, they did not come out and get an adjustment, they disregarded the simple facts of the story that cannot be made up, and they never called once to get info on the accident after calling them multiple times.

    I am so glad that my children were in the car when the girl hit my car because if she would have hit my children I am sure that they would have had to pay damages but that wouldn't bring them back if they were hurt fix anything. If you are in an accident and you do not want to pay for the other people's damages please go with this company!!! They sure will ignore simple facts and deny the claim! If you ever are involved in an accident with someone with this insurance company I hope you have video surveillance because it's their driver's word against yours. And guess? What the teenage 17 year old driver with a teenage passenger, and music blasting wins!

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    Numerous requests in writing and verbal for update summary of my auto, property, rental and auto accident claims. No response or compliance. I am totally disabled. I have a rare autoimmune disorder. I have asthma. It is hard for me to talk and walk sometimes. Doesn't every corp or company have a policy to assist the disabled. Now they say "no open claims" and just hang up. Don't want to give their names. USAA use to be good. I have requested a call from the CEO or legal dept. I get the same old answers, it's like A BROKEN RECORD. I SUPPOSE THEY JUST WAIT FOR YOU TO GIVE UP.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 7, 2015

    If your car is totaled or you are injured by an USAA insured get a LAWYER!! USAA will make you wait for a rental, undervalue your car, and offer you next to nothing for pain and suffering. I let USAA tow my car to their lot to evaluate it. They told me it was totaled and made me an offer. I was not happy with their offer so I called my insurance company. USAA won't let my insurance company look at the car. My agent was finally able to evaluate the car 3 weeks later and offered me a settlement of $2,000 more. It's better to get help from your insurance company than to deal with USAA.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed July 6, 2015

    Got rear ended on the express way 2 weeks ago. Thank God I was not hurt bad. USAA has been awful. They had treated me more like someone trying to "get over" than a loyal customer for many years. Still working on getting a fair price for my 2 month old Lexus (which was totalled). Buyer BEWARE.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2015

    My vehicle was hit by a driver insured by USAA. USAA totaled my vehicle and then only offered me 50% of the value. Not retail, just the basic value. At first I was told my vehicle would not be damaged because of the new rebuilt motor and trans. USAA said they simply changed their mind. They would not even compensate me for the new parts on the older vehicle. I was in the military for 30 years and get sick every time I see a USAA commercial that talks about service and commitment. Something USAA knows nothing about. USAA representatives are unprofessional and very rude. USAA telephone on hold music sucks too and they make you listen to lots of it.

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    Claims HandlingCoveragePrice

    Reviewed July 2, 2015

    I have been a member of USAA with auto insurance for 49 years. After a rear end accident in December 17, 2014 I learned as others have reported on Consumer Affairs that USAA is no longer the company I had been happy with" - for 48 years. There are issues about the difficulty to talk with a human "who can give results", but the primary problem I dropped USAA auto insurance and contracted with another company is that USAA used a scapegoat rip-off company to determine the value of my totaled car and would only approve 80% of its value. Rather than determining the value by an average of three respected appraisal books or similar local car sales, CCC has their own method of appraisal and adjustments for mileage, condition and location which is legal robbery. That is why USAA will now sell you an add to your policy that gives you a new car buying bonus if your car is totaled of an extra 20% of its value (as determined by CCC).

    That extra 20% amount may get you back to the actual value determined fairly. I was ripped about $2000 in the settlement that was not negotiable. It made no difference that USAA received reimbursement from Shelter Insurance who's claimant was liable. USAA also uses Auto Injury Solutions for injury claims. Fortunately I was not seriously injured but did need treatment from two providers. As of 6 months later, Auto Injury Solutions has succeeded in delaying paying most of the medical claims by my providers. The delay includes requiring extra work from providers significantly more than other insurance companies and then rejecting claims based on minor technicalities of how the computer forms are filled out, then having a supposed medical expert who did not know anything about the patient or condition and without corresponding with the doctor then ridiculously ruling that a treatment was not required.

    This seemed to be harassment to get the provider to give up collecting from USAA and filing against the patient. The current USAA medical claims process is so bad that some providers may not accept future patients with injuries and have USAA insurance coverage. USAA has delayed closing the claim now for 6 months which has in turn delayed Shelter Insurance (the final responsible company) to not pay the $450 they owe me for my rental car reimbursement. I cancelled my USAA policy on June 30, 2015 and have contracted with another company for slightly better coverage with a total increase in yearly premium of 82 cents/year for two cars. Because of the good warning in this website by another submitter, I did not submit this complaint or threaten USAA that I was changing insurance until my new insurance was approved and complete.

    I appreciated other inputs on this site to learn in February 2015 that my problems with USAA were not unique to my claim only. For lowest total insurance cost I changed both auto and homeowners policies. I counted the complaints on this site in 2015 for a comparison of auto insurance companies I evaluated.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    My daughter's car hit a vehicle as she changed lanes in Los Angeles. The right front wheel of her car became interlocked with left front tire of other driver. Other driver's wheel base and tire were replaced. My daughter's wheel base was refurbished and tire involved in accident put back on. This improper repair placed my daughter's life in danger and the tire and wheelbase deteriorated without her realizing it. USAA refuses to repair car properly, lied, was arrogant and rude. I have repeatedly asked for accident photos which they will not provide.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed June 30, 2015

    Wasted my time and provided personal info to USAA online. Believed their ads regarding military service, only to find out that you have to have had their insurance WHILE you were in the military!!! Would be nice if they would let you know that BEFORE I gave them all my private info. Then the 800 number you are told to call AFTER you cannot get a quote goes to a person speaking with a foreign accent. Very misleading.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed June 29, 2015

    USAA is the best insurance company I have ever dealt with. Their customer service is very prompt. I have had the insurance for at least 15 years. My daughter has had them since she has had a drivers lic. The one and only claim I have ever had, they had a rental which was taken care of within a matter of hours. My car was taken care of within a week and was fixed to perfection. There were top notch service. Will keep them forever.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    Was rear ended by one of their drivers on my motorcycle. They will not respond, will not send an adjuster to look at bike or have bike towed to shop. In short they suck and will try everything to pass on the responsibility to you or your insurance. Meanwhile the tow fees and storage are racking up and I have no vehicle to drive. Thanks USAA!!!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 25, 2015

    I had my auto insurance with them for about 7 months. I had a notice of cancellation and called to see if there was anything I could do since I didn't have the money to pay the amount owed. I was told I could pay a certain amount and as long as I had a postmark prior to the cancellation date they would honor it and I would have until a certain date to pay the rest. I called on the last day that I was told I could and made a payment over the phone. Was told that it was fine and that a bill would generate that night.

    Then about 3 days later I got an email telling me my policy cancelled and they needed more money to reissue the policy. I called them and had to explain to the csr and was put on hold while he did some research. About 20 minutes later csr gets back on phone with me telling me that he was told that they did NOT scan the postmark date and did not go by that. They said they went by the cancellation date and then 10 days after the cancel date. My check did not even clear my account until 17 days after I mailed it.

    I think that my payment sat on someone's desk for several days or the post office held it for several days. Or both. I told the csr I wanted to speak to someone above him so he put in a request for one of his managers to call me and said I would get a call within 24 hours. It has been well over 24 hours and I have not received a phone call from USAA. I also have not received anything in the mail. I will NOT pay the extra amount they are wanting when I have paid them the $365 they were wanting.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    Very dissatisfied with USAA. Instead of protecting me as the holder, they chose to protect some ** who sabotaged my car as evidenced by the damages. Canceling USAA after this situation is done. Absolutely disgusted. Will not ever deal with them again. Prefer Statefarm.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    They told me they would not pay for the damages on my car caused by one of their clients during a car accident when they were found at fault for everything. Would not let me speak to anyone else because I am female and bowed down to my father when I had him call for me. And let me add, I am not a quite faint and shaky voiced woman. After my father called and talked to them, the whole story changed and they were paying for the damages to my car to be repaired, I just had to take my car to get an estimate on the damages And send them a fax of it. That was done, I took my car to Maaco and sent the fax in, about a week from not hearing from them, we called in again and they said "Oh you have to send it to this number too."

    So we did and another week passes by before hearing anything. Then we get a call from Maaco saying they can't find the estimate in our system and USAA insurance says we haven't sent in the faxes of the estimate and the claim is not going to go through when they spoke to my mother. Again, had to get my father to call again and within 20 minutes, the claim is completed and a check should be in the mail today. Moral of the story, some employees at USAA are ignorant, deceitful, sexist ** who do not want to do their job properly.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 20, 2015

    USAA is the WORST insurance I've ever had to work with. I got rear-ended by someone who had this insurance back in October and they totaled my car. First off, my adjuster didn't come look at my car to see if it was totaled or not until the middle of November. Then they took another 2 weeks to come take my car after they totaled it. I didn't get my check for my car until after Christmas. It's now almost July and all my medical bills STILL aren't paid. I leave voicemails upon voicemails and they never call me back or tell me I need to fax them the paperwork. I've faced paperwork at least 50 times and I still haven't gotten anything and now it's effecting my credit. Pissed is an understatement!

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed June 19, 2015

    Auto Insurance claim denied by USAA, insured who damaged our property at the car wash. I have all the documents, clearly accepted. Repair claim signed, notarized by our lawyer and later denied. I will attach all documents along with very profound experience we had with the claim department. We have filed an

    appeal to State of New Jersey Banking and Insurance but no response from USAA. The company is required to reply within 15 days timeframe. As of today, six weeks, no response.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    My grandson was hit by client of USAA which totaled grandson's vehicle. Usaa first said could not supply rental vehicle until claim adjuster saw vehicle. Then said could not do anything until had contact with client. I found client first time I looked for him. Right now, grandson is having to find transportation to work and home every day. SC state law gives 10 days for one involved in accident to send report to ins co. Usaa said they gave client "30" days to report. The reason is obvious. In that way they avoid providing rental vehicle. Just pray you are never involved in an accident with a client of this bunch. They have lied to us so many times, I have lost count.

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    Reviewed June 17, 2015

    A rental car agency claimed we damaged the bumper to a rented vehicle. It's a bogus claim since the damage was caused by a maintenance issue (loose bolt), and there were no dings/scratches on bumper. When we asked USAA for their assistance in disputing, they treated us like criminals, as if we were trying to hide an accident from them. One's auto insurance should be an ally, but USAA made the process adversarial.

    Since the car was rented for work, USAA would not have provided coverage anyway (if the dispute failed). We therefore decided not to file a claim with USAA. When we told them so, they'd already created a claim. Now we have a permanent record in our policy which will affect our rates. Against our wishes, USAA called the incident an "accident" in their records. Our employer's auto insurance (who is helping fight the bogus claim), requested a statement from USAA stating their position of non-coverage. USAA keeps saying they will send it, but never does. Their staff seems inept and very disorganized.

    First they sent the wrong letter - twice. Then they read a letter over the phone to make sure if fit our needs (it did), but that never arrived. The next day they had no record that it was ever written. The fact that something they wrote suddenly "disappeared" in their system only proves how disorganized they are. It's taken repeated calls and emails to finally get the letter they promised us over 10 days prior. They'd originally promised that we would receive it within 4 hours of the request. We are now in the process of switching carriers - it's been a nightmare and it wasn't even a claim they can cover! Imagine if this had been a real accident!

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    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I was driving 70mph on a stretch of I-5 south where the limit was also 70mph in moderate to heavy traffic when a dog ran into traffic immediately ahead of us causing cars to skid and swerve all over. Because the traffic was so thick, I was worried I would get rear ended if I braked hard. I swerved off the road while braking to the center median in order to avoid all other cars and I did miss all of them, until the guy who had been ahead of me decided to swerve left off the road into the side of my truck, totaling it. The state patrol cited him with accident stating in report that I left the roadway and then he struck my vehicle from the side.

    USAA declined to take responsibility until they saw police report that wasn't available for about a month. Then they just refused to pay, so my insurance paid for my damages stating I was not at fault. I had no rental coverage for those 6 weeks and I had to pay my deductible. It went to arbitration in Feb 2015 and it was decided USAA was at fault. Instead of getting a check ready for me, they just stopped communicating with Progressive and eventually Progressive advised me they did all they could and that I might wish to seek out an attorney to recoup my losses.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed June 16, 2015

    I pulled into a gas station to get gas, which was a very small parking lot. The pumps were all full, so I had no option but to stop in the driveway. A car turned in without making sure the driveway was clear and ran into the back of my car. USAA assured me that they would do their best to acquire a settlement from the other driver. Two months later and I didn't get so much as a phone call about my claim. Turns out they closed the claim and said it was my fault without so much as an explanation. They never made any attempt to contact me after the second day. I would have been better off handling the settlement on my own.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2015

    I got rear ended, a USAA insured motorist. I took my vehicle to the shop I wanted to do the work. USAA sent a check to me, not the shop, to pay for the work that was quoted that was so far below the estimate, it wouldn't cover one bumper. I ended up using their preferred provider who charged way over what it would have cost at the other shop; they did cosmetic work and ignored the hidden physical damage, and the body shop didn't fix the oil leaks that developed at the seals between my engine, transmission and transfer case.

    They claimed my vehicle was high mileage (used odometer, ignored the new engine); a Jasper rebuilt engine with just over 42,000 miles, and a three year old transmission. I've been making repairs myself since I got it back but I'll need to take it to a mechanic to replace the seals. When I complained to USAA, they said I should take it back to the preferred provider because I had a lifetime warranty. Now, why would I take it back to the people who couldn't/didn't fix it right to begin with. To add insult to injury, I'm a retired Air Force veteran!

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    Reviewed June 12, 2015

    I'm sorry that I have to give them a star, because if I could, I'd give them 0 stars. So unprofessional, so annoying. My car was parked outside my house. Nobody even driving it, when a driver insured by USAA hit my car. There's dozens of witnesses, and a police report, yet here I am a week later without a car because they can't determine who's "liable". I wasn't even in my car, and it was parked 100% legal. They told me to get a quote on my car so I did. They told me to get a police report, so I did. This is an absolute joke. They even tried telling me the guy wasn't liable due to a medical issue. I wouldn't use USAA even if they paid me to. I hope enough lawsuits put them into the ground. Also tried using "he may not have enough coverage." I use my car for work, and cannot work because they don't know how to run a business. I'm thinking about filing a lawsuit for the wages I'm missing out on while they all sit and ** behind their desks.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed June 1, 2015

    Our daughter is in the Navy. She bought auto insurance with USAA two weeks ago before she left. We cannot drop her old policy because of a bank loan on the car until we can prove she has new insurance. So she is paying on both policies. We have been asking them for a policy number or even a letter to verify that she has insurance. They refuse until they speak to her. She is in Boot Camp and cannot use the phone or computer to speak with them. And they now won't cancel the policy without speaking with her. So she is stuck paying on two policies because of USAA.

    I do not recommend this company to anyone! If it's this hard getting a policy number or even a letter for something we paid for-- imagine what they're like in case of a claim? They claim it's top secret?? A letter saying you bought insurance? They are in a dream world! We have no proof that we bought the policy until the credit card statement comes back but that will still not provide a policy #?

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    CoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    USAA will make you pay your huge deductible even when the other driver is found and fault and ticketed for the accident they caused! They are a rip off. The people there are not helpful at all. The only thing they are good for is cheap prices. Do not expect much from them. They are lazy and dishonest. Now I have to drive around in a car covered in scratches caused by a city bus driver. I am a permanently disabled Iraq vet. I feel very taken advantage of. Stay away from USAA. They are not the type of business you want to be involved with.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePrice

    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    No matter what, they cant determine if person they owe to is entitled to compensation until after maximum time allowed to determine that which is weeks. Does not matter if police report says it on accident report, does not matter that witness saw their insurer run red light and slam into me. They are just doing everything they can to not pay for damages their insured motorist caused. No rental car for weeks, don't go evaluate car damages, don't answer phones, lie when they do answer phones, just over all.... this company makes me so happy that there are people able to win million dollar lawsuits against thieving pirates like this!!! So I pray this company suffers class action lawsuits... thousands of them... I pray their lawyers cannot protect them and they pay 100's of millions of dollars. Death to USAA!!! The lying, pirate thief insurer. Coverage not worth money paper cost to print policy on.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    In late 2013 I was involved in an accident while stationed in overseas. USAA informed me that they would forgive me since it was my first accident. In November of 2014 I began to see a much higher monthly insurance rate than I was used to. After calling them and asking what the reason for this was, I was informed that California didn't have any accident forgiveness laws and that due to that fact they would charge me for the accident. I asked how California would know unless the accident was on my driving record, which they said it was. Lies. I called another Insurance agency and got a quote that was nearly $80 lower a month. I asked if there was any accident on my record, they said no.

    I called USAA to cancel my insurance with them and found out they already withdrew the next payment. I still have renters and personal property insurance through them which is only about $13 a month. I asked the lady whom I spoke with to return the payment they withdrew in full, minus the payment for renters/personal property. I checked my account and found that USAA only returned a small portion of what they owed me. I don't know what kind of business USAA is trying to run, but stealing from a service member is beyond what I expected!

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    Coverage

    Reviewed May 27, 2015

    April 29, 2015 my car was hit by a USAA insured driver. It happened at a 4-way intersection with 3 stop signs. I had no stop sign so I had the right of way. The USAA insured driver had a stop sign. Even though there was traffic coming from my direction, he ignored the traffic, crossed the road and hit my car. Page 14 of the MD traffic laws says "When you come to a stop sign, you must make a complete stop at the stop line. Before starting, you must yield the right-of-way to other vehicles pedestrians. You may not proceed until it is safe to do so and until the way is clear to completely pass through the intersection." Clearly it wasn't safe to cross the road at the time but he ignored the traffic laws.

    May 26, 2015 I received a denied letter from USAA saying I "contributed to the accident" and that I "struck his vehicle." It also said Our vehicle had almost completely crossed the intersection. This is opposite from what the laws shown above. I didn't expect to get this letter at all. In addition I didn't expect to see those words. It is unbelievable how USAA and its insured manipulate and wangle this case.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 26, 2015

    I had car insurance with USAA for over 4 years. Their rates were increasing for no reason what so ever. I have new insurance with a different company. USAA withdraw money from my checking account without my permission for a policy I no longer have. I was never set up with automatic payment. I called to have them reverse the fund and was told they don't know what happened and need to look into it before they can refund my money.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed May 25, 2015

    I hit my Mom's house, (long story), within 24 hours USAA was out with an adjuster and my parents had a check in the mail them. It was all said and done in 7 day. USAA is like any other insurance company. They have no affiliation with the government. They don't have service records, you have to prove you are eligible to be insured with them.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed May 19, 2015

    I was traveling on a straight road with many side roads yielding stop signs. A USAA member pulled out in front of me as I was entirely too close, causing me to swerve into the opposite lane to avoid crashing into him. He didn't stop just kept pulling out into my lane to the point that he was the one that hit me. Totaled my car. I called USAA the next morning to get a start on things since I would be without a vehicle, filed the claim and waited for a week with no response. Time and time again I would try to get a hold of the claim adjuster with no response or return calls.

    Eventually I found out that they were trying to claim 70%:30% being my fault which was not the case at all. No one would call me and fill me in so when I would call attitudes were short and I was fed up after 2 months of not getting anywhere, with still no vehicle. 3 months later and I still have gotten nothing and no closed case. Problem after problem has come up and I'm ready to get a lawyer if things don't turn out soon. 3 months waiting for an accident where I wasn't at fault and no one being willing to answer or help with anything is completely ridiculous.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed May 15, 2015

    I had a total loss in a vehicle and it has been a minimum of 40 minutes each time I get on the phone with then putting me on hold transfers getting my personal info including ssn. I have been a insurance customer for 30 plus years and am shopping for new insurance as I'm writing this. I will gladly pay more money for auto insurance if I can deal with competency. If you are shopping for insurance do not use USAA. They are not what they used to be.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed May 13, 2015

    My wife was in a wreck that totaled my truck. USAA paid the transportation department for the damaged guard rails, but did not give me a call, nor any settlement over the truck. I have been paying insurance on this truck to them for over eight years and when I asked them, they said the file was closed. The airbags were all deployed and tore off the driver's side fender, wheel and tires and wheel housing. My wife woke up in emergency.

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    Claims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed May 8, 2015

    My son was in a car accident caused by someone insured through USAA. I opened a claim two days after the accident. I also provided the police report showing that their insured was at fault for the accident. My son's car was totaled and no longer driveable. It took them two weeks to get in touch with the person who caused the accident and they would not provide a rental car or anything until they spoke to their insured. After two weeks they finally reached their insured and accepted liability and then provided a "courtesy rental" for 3 business days. I had to return the car two days ago (one of the days I had to pay for) and still do not have a check for the totaled vehicle.

    This has been the worst insurance company when it comes to processing claims. I hope to NEVER have to deal with them again. May be a good company for those they insure but for those they have to pay out -- HORRIBLE. They did pay for "non-use" of our vehicle for the two weeks before they accepted liability but what about the days I have still been without??? THEY DON'T CARE!!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed May 7, 2015

    My life partner passed away 2 1/2 months ago. She and other members of her family owed money to USAA. Within days of her passing I began to receive harassing phone calls from USAA demanding payment, not just for my partner's debt to which I had no legal connection, but also for her daughter's debts. I received as many as 5 calls within a 2 hour period. I even tried to pay to at least bring the account up to date but was told I had legal standing to do so.

    I did send them a check which they cashed even though they claim they had no legal right to do so. They told me the harassment was my fault because I didn't know my partner's family addresses or phone numbers. I talked to a VA representative because USAA told me they were affiliated with the military and the VA. Turned out that USAA is NOT in anyway associated in such a way with the military or the VA. It is a deceptive advertising ploy on the part of USAA. I still have my car insurance through them but in no way will I trust them with my savings or checking account. I strongly recommend that others do the same.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed May 5, 2015

    ** backed over my car and the ** in the claims department said me and the police officer ** #** were liars and we were both guilty of wrongdoing even though the investigation showed that ** (**) ** of ** #** phone #** and the adjuster ** at USAA phone# 210-531-8722 ext ** claim # ** don't have a clue how much damage myself and the Murfreesboro police department can cause by word of mouth. Just think about how many people that department comes in contact with daily and we all know how the police stick together don't we? The damage will be astronomical so they need to think before their final action is taken and you should too before you buy insurance with them.

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    Reviewed May 3, 2015

    A little over 2 years ago I got rear-ended by a lady in an SUV with a big bumper guard. Over $7k in damages to my car that I had for less than a year. I had to take an ambulance to the ER due to neck pain. There was over 2 months missed work as I couldn't work on pain killers, physical therapy needed, etc. She borrowed her boyfriend's truck, apparently USAA was the insurer for their truck and my car.

    My adjuster was fast to put her at 100% at fault. However they would not give me a rental until another USAA adjuster put the other driver at fault. My adjuster did have my car towed the following morning when I advised her it would run but appeared to be highly unsafe to do so on a public road. They took over 3 weeks to offer a rental and by that time my car was repaired; 3 weeks to fix. They offered to pay for the rental after I got my car back. That was not nice, especially on a clear cut case when I was low on money.

    After 2 days of arguing for a rental, after the wreck, I had enough and lawyered up as I had a bad feeling about USAA not playing nice. That was a great call. The ER was wrong in their diagnosis and the spinal surgeon saw me twitching and knew what do. We spent about 1 year negotiating after I was at 100%. That was about 1 year recovery. In the end we had to file suit against everyone involved. 2 months before the first court date my attorney was in mediation USAA for another case. Apparently he had 3 cases with USAA. The issue got settled in mediation as USAA wanted to knock it out quick.. If you want anything actually done with USAA auto insurance claims be ready for a lawsuit and lawyer up early.

    USAA is cheaper than most other insurers. They are very nice and try to help, but..... when it comes to something major expect a fight. I don't trust them that much. I would point out I had a totally different experience when helping an old neighbor with a USAA renter's insurance claim. A car drove into the complex and my elderly neighbor didn't have anywhere to go. The city deemed his apt unsafe. He was rather stubborn to say the least, retired colonel. I spoke to a very nice renter's insurance adjuster. Told them what happened, and linked them to the news article. It was on 5 news stations. It was a weekend but they understood an emergency situation. They saw the city notice on his door from the news video. The adjuster called him up and paid his hotel bill for 2.5 months and replaced broken items. I guess USAA is hit or miss. I have also had a good experience with USAA financial for my banking.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed April 29, 2015

    On March 10, 2015 at noon, I was in a 3-car accident in Sarasota FL. I was the last person in the accident so I received the ticket. I called and make a report with my insurance company USAA right after the accident. I didn't hear back from anyone for an entire week. I had my car towed to the USAA body shop to get an estimate. I had to call and find out what was the estimate from the body shop and then I had to call to see who my claim agent was.

    Before I ever heard from anyone at USAA I received an email with 1 day from USAA that my car's value was $2500.00 if it was deemed totaled. Well my car is a 1991 Mercedes-Benz, the Florida estimate value from every valuation company is around $5000.00 - $6000.00. So once I saw that ** email I knew that this would be a fight that ends up in court.

    So after 2 weeks I hear back that the estimate of damage was around 4000.00 with my $500.00 deductible it would cost USAA $3500.00. So the insurance went and said that my car was totaled because there value of my car was only 2500 and then proceeds to offer me 2000.00 for my car. I refused and wanted to see their report.

    The report from a CCC One company, it went over my car, never had an accident, it has normal wear and is in GOOD condition at the bottom of the 5th page, there's several cars it uses to compare my car too. Both cars are in the Boston/New Hampshire area - NOT IN FLORIDA. I ask for another report and I submit 6 cars that are exact make model and color and engine just a different year by 1 or 2 years. Also submitted reports from both price evaluation company Kelly Bluebook and NADA, all dealerships use to value cars.

    The second report comes back after a week, the top part is the same and the cars they use to compare are now Boston, New Hampshire, Ohio, Michigan area. AGAIN NOT IN FLORIDA. So I ask for a 3rd report and then tell them to only use cars from the Florida area and SOUTHERN STATES. The third report has not one FLORIDA car it has an Arizona, Mississippi, Virginia car. So I told them that I am hiring an attorney and filing a lawsuit. In the mean time I have had to pay out of pocket for the full repair of my car.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 24, 2015

    I was backed into by a gentleman with USAA insurance. One phone call to report the accident and a second phone call to provide more details. I probably spent less than 20 minutes total on the phone with USAA and EVERYTHING was handled. The person on the phone (**) provided what might very well be the best customer service experience of my life. If I were able to join, I would happily pay a higher monthly payment to see that, if I were at fault in an accident, the person I damaged was treated the way I was treated. I just cannot say enough good things about this experience. THANK YOU USAA!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 21, 2015

    April 11, 2015. My girlfriend was stopped at the end of our street waiting for oncoming traffic to clear before turning down the street. While waiting to turn, a Ford Ranger pick-up came down the street at an estimated 50 mph when it failed to touch the brakes and struck the rear of the Nissan. All parties transported to the hospital, both vehicles totaled. My girlfriend is an authorized operator of the Nissan. The vehicle was properly registered and inspected and all equipment as in working order. The accident was witnessed by an off-duty state trooper.

    The accident was deemed no fault of ours and the third party operator was identified and is licensed in Massachusetts and insured by Commerce. About the vehicle that we have insured with USAA, it was a 2010 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4, SE model that was meticulously maintained as I have all receipts for work completed on the vehicle. At the time of the accident it had 63,139 miles, and only 4 payments left. It has now been totaled.

    I opened a claim with USAA the day the accident occurred and rented a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder that was $5.00 dollars a day more than my allotted $30.00 a day coverage. Didn't think it would matter much because I am under the impression that I am entitled to like transportation for a no fault accident. When I show up to rent the vehicle they refused to rent to me unless I was willing to stipulate that I would pay a $150.00 detail fee since I have dogs that I transport to day care a couple days a week and the German Shepherd goes with me everywhere, which was why I had a Pathfinder in the first place. They have refused to pay the difference, detail fee and taxes on the vehicle, and have advised they will no longer pay for the rental effective 4/24/15, even though we haven't come to a settlement claim.

    Running out of characters so to shorten it up, I have spoken to **, all total claim lost representatives. I received a little help from ** and no help from the other two. I requested to speak to a supervisor from ** and she said she would have one contact me. They never did. I asked for a supervisor's extension since one hadn't called me back from **. She refused to give me the extension, put me through to the voice mail, and I haven't heard back supervisor **.

    Some of the issues that I have is that my vehicle was undervalued, despite having all the receipts for any and all work done on the vehicle. In the last 15 months I spent over 2300 maintaining the vehicle. Even in the 17 page report the N.A.D.A stated my vehicle was valued at $19,575. When I confronted ** with that fact she stated they don't use N.A.D.A which is the insurance bible for vehicle valuations. I told her it was on page 17 and she was still saying they don't use it, but it was in the report they had generated via a third party appraiser to determine the value of my vehicle. That is a $1,145 dollar discrepancy, so they were also short charging me on the vehicle sales tax, which on a $1,145 difference would be $71.56 for a total of $1216.56.

    They have refused to pay for the full tank of gas that was put in just before the accident, despite the vehicle appraiser taking a photo of the gauge to show it was full. I am still fighting them for the monies that I am out of pocket for a no fault accident and have come to the conclusion that I will be seeking legal remedies to be made whole. They told me to seek remedies against the opposing insurance company. I explained to them, that was why I paid USAA, so USAA would have my back and be my representative for this matter. It went nowhere. I am disgusted that a company that purports to have the best interest for veterans, which I am, and their families at heart, was unwilling to fight to get me what I was entitled to.

    It's bad enough that I am now going to have to have auto payment for a couple years as opposed to driving a vehicle that I had every intention of driving for the next 6-8 years. Now I have a legal fight on my hand because USAA failed to represent my best interest, when I finally needed an insurance company to fight for me. Truly disgusted and will now be insuring my vehicle with GEICO. Saved $170.00 on a yearly policy with slightly higher limits than what I had with USAA. Last word of advice, don't only walk away from USAA, RUN AND RUN FAST.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed April 21, 2015

    Buried my doctor and me in paperwork and denied claims, and I ended up paying for all of it.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed April 14, 2015

    I was being charged 756 every 6 months for a 2009 Forrester (great driving record, medical professional, age 35, married) and 350 every 6 months for a 1995 Legacy (husband good record too). I got quotes for five other companies all for literally 50% USAA rates. For example, my Forrester is now 402 every 6 months at Allstate. When we replaced the Legacy (she died last month) with something like an Outback or Tahoe, we are currently quoted for 638 every six months for BOTH cars. I got similar offers with Farmer's, State Farm, etc. USAA could not give me any explanation for why they charged me so much - nothing - nada.

    While I was at it, I moved my homeowner policy from USAA (58 month) to Allstate (39 month) for the exact same coverage. I decided to investigate the 529B rates and compare to my state's plan (Oregon). USAA feels are 3X those of the Oregon 529B college savings plan. The performance of the USAA 529B portfolio is actually about 1-2% lower than Oregon. I am terribly disappointed by USAA. I feel misled on the car insurance... I lost several thousand dollars staying loyal to USAA. I will keep my membership with USAA in case things improve, but I am not hopeful.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 14, 2015

    I am upset because I have been a USAA member (Auto Insurance & Credit Card) for about 5 years. When calling to change auto policy the employee seemed irritated with me and didn't seem to be helpful when trying to understand the policy change. I decided to shop around for a lower rate and ended up finding one, they faxed a cancellation letter to USAA. Today I called to verify they received the cancellation request, I was informed my account was not cancelled and the employee that I was speaking with also informed me she CANNOT cancel my account and that a manager would have to call me back. I am extremely frustrated as to how it can be so easy to create new accounts with you all or get loans but when I need to cancel the account it seems to be impossible.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 14, 2015

    I am an elderly, widowed female. Called USAA to obtain ins. I am hard of hearing so had to ask her to repeat a lot. She implied that I had to get a bank acct and an A.E. c.c. Even though I kept telling her I had an act and a c.c. She asked about house ins and I told her it is my sons house so she started talking about renters ins. I already have house ins. Later I told my son how I was required to obtain all these other things in order to get car ins with them and he told me that was not the truth. So I've been trying to contact someone again and have received verbal nastiness and No info. I can't even find a way to email them or chat- a pop-up tells me something about security something. I do not know what to do. I haven't paid anything... wouldn't know how but I just want everything canceled. Should I get legal help?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 13, 2015

    I was hit by a USAA insured driver coming home from work at 11:30 pm. I was in a double turn lane on the outside lane. The USAA driver was on the inside lane and decided to make an immediate right into a parking lot. The USAA driver hit my right front fender. Since the Addison Police were too lazy to write a report, USAA took the work of their driver over mine. They will not talk to a witness who saw the accident. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. No calls back!!! Bad Attitude!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 10, 2015

    Let me start by saying I've been a member for 12 years, and back in 2003 when a DUI driver hit me, they were there for me. This time a driver turned left in front of me and they have been the worst company with sucky communication and haven't been completely honest with me. After this, I’m closing my membership and moving my business elsewhere.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 10, 2015

    I've been a USAA member for over 40 years. About five years ago, I noticed that they were less responsive and less competitive on auto loans. I also noticed that credit card policies and practices changed. They would send an email saying you are pre-selected for a card, then when you responded, you would be denied. When questioned, USAA noted that pre-selected did not mean pre-approved. Fair enough, but misleading in my judgment. Once I went over my limit, which I did pay off, but in the interim received two nasty calls from a representative from either USAA or an agency they subcontracted, stating I needed to get under my limit or risk penalties. I was refused life insurance by USAA but was able to secure it from another company that took the time to learn about my circumstances.

    At this point, I am in the process of transferring all of my insurance to another company and have ceased to use my credit cards. USAA is not the company it was in 1968 when I first enrolled. It is not even the company it was ten years ago. I would trade all their gauzy self-congratulatory ads on TV, for a return to the values and customer service that was once the hallmark of USAA.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed April 7, 2015

    A USAA member slammed into my car at 3 am over a month ago. I have contacted USAA multiple times and always get a voicemail for the adjuster. I have left multiple messages with no call back. When I just speak to a random adjuster they are rude and send me nasty follow up letters. All I hear is, "This claim is under investigation and we cannot allow a rental car and storage is at your own expense!" I was even told they are too busy to return calls! One month later and my car has not even been looked at! I repeatedly ask what is left to investigate and they claim they cannot discuss that with me. The officer that responded to the accident that night has spoken with them and given all the information requested - still nothing. I have filed a complaint with the Maryland insurance commissioner!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed April 6, 2015

    After 10 years as a customer I had all my accounts with USAA. Car insurance, motorcycle insurance, Home owner insurance, Auto loan, Home loan, Credit card, checking account, even credit monitoring service. Suddenly I notice my auto insurance jump from $117 per month to $320. I called to find out why, and the answer was "We signed a new contract with Massachusetts and this is your new rate". Mind you I had just renewed just 3 months ago. I still don't understand why the thought I would tolerate an increase of nearly triple what I should pay. Needless to say I changed insurance to Liberty Mutual in less than 30 mins refinanced my car the very next day opened a new credit card and paid half my USAA balance.

    I will find a way to change the mortgage one way or another. I will try to not do business with them anymore. So disappointed. I actually never even shopped around for anything because I fell for the whole military thing being called Sergeant and enjoyed their customer service but now I realize that 16% APR was 10 times what I would've been paying with my local credit unions credit card. Don't fall for their BS. They're as shady and uncaring as any other corporation.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 6, 2015

    A man insured by USAA hit my parked car and this is what happened: USAA took 7-10 days to call me back after they promised to respond within 24 to 48 hrs! USAA refused to pay for a genuine Honda part. Right now they are forcing me to use a "like new" part ,in other words a part (side mirror) that salvaged from a junk yard, or an aftermarket part BASICALLY AN INFERIOR part. I THINK I HAVE A RIGHT TO INSIST ON A GENUINE HONDA PART replacement since their insured hit MY GENUINE HONDA PART. The man hit my car on 3/7 and now it is 4/5 and still the issue NOT resolved. The side mirror cost $254 and USAA offered me $170! This is my first dealing with USAA and so far my experiences had been horrible... then I stumbled on all these complaints...!!! I totally feel your pains! I also contacted Mr ** who hit my car and so far no response.

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed April 5, 2015

    Relatively minor damage to one of our older cars (1996). Still a running daily driver so I would like it repaired, at least for safety with working lights. Now after waiting 3 weeks, USAA auto insurance is asking for the details, for a 4th Time! AVOID USAA AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE!

    USAA Auto claim # **, Attention: Claims Representative **, (phone 800-531-8722 extension **) CC: USAA Claims Supervisor **. I submitted an automobile damage report way back on March-23-2015 at 1:28 PM to USAA auto claims, via Fax # 800-531-8669 and have the receipt, transmitted OK. I sent a cover letter with summary of incident and all of my personal contact information (phone, email, address) as well as a copy of the police report with all their information (Officer, badge #, case number and incident details) as well as an auto body shop estimate with all their contact information in order for USAA to generate their incident claim number. Ten (10) days passed and NO RESPONSE from anyone at USAA. The drivers side tun signal fell out as a result of this collision and it's now dangerous / unsafe driving the vehicle.

    I called USAA and ended up talking to Claims Representative ** to find out the status of my claim. She stated that I did in fact send all my information to the correct claims fax number I provided but that it apparently was lost or thrown out by someone at USAA as no one would know where to forward it to without a USAA claims number attached. Duhhhh, I sent it to USAA for them to generate a claims number. I was on the phone with ** at USAA for about a half hour providing all the same information I had already faxed 10 days before.

    It appears to me that this was a case of poor management and/or or lack of supervision. I requested to speak to ** supervisor. She provided the name ** stating he would not be available for several days. She stated that she would have another USAA auto claims supervisor call me back before the end of that business day. You guessed it!... No call back from anyone at USAA. So, I re-faxed all the same incident information again to the same fax number on 04-02-2015, with the USAA claims # ** attached. It's now 04-05-15... tick-tock... still waiting!

    What a bunch of fools at USAA. I can only guess that they are reading off some prepared cards when you can actually get a real person, just to give you the run around and hope you will go away and not actually try to help you out. Sounds like they got too commercialized and greedy, profits before service not the best plan for the consumer. The red flag is all the millions of dollars they are spending on commercials... if they were really that great, word of mouth would be selling their products. Here's the No Help response I just received from USAA. Basically, don't say anything bad about them, to tip others off and tell me about your required repair, For The Fourth Time!

    "USAA: **, we understand the importance of your claim. Please use socialmedia@usaa.com to provide us details and we will have it reviewed. Also we see that you posted this several times and ask that you refrain from any additional posts. We have a policy against continually bumping of the same issue on our wall. This prevents us from providing assistance to other members who have issues that need immediate attention. Please note that future posts regarding the same issue will not receive a response, and are subject to removal from our wall."

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    Claims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed April 4, 2015

    On 3-23-15 my car was sideswiped. The police were called and the person who sideswiped me was ticketed. I cannot repair my car because the people I speak with in claims at USAA Ins. keep telling me they need their driver's statement. It's been 2 weeks and although it is clear who is responsible for the accident they will not take responsibility by calling in a statement. The police report clearly states USAA's insured was at fault and received a ticket. I need to get this resolved.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed April 3, 2015

    I thought they were all about being there for those who served, or so I thought. The rates that were supposed to be the best, were costing me over 400 dollars a year more than the leading insurance companies, so I suggest researching other companies such as Allied or Progressive cause they can usually beat USAA.

    But, My eyes were opened when I was hit by another vehicle through no fault of my own. Its so sad that I received better customer service from the insurance (farmers) of the woman that hit me. I received ONE phone call from my rep at USAA, that was it, never could reach her again - straight to voice mail. I had to make phone calls often to keep this slow process going, still I was hit.

    Two months later my car was finally repaired and the adjuster was not the brightest. Half the frame damaged wasnt accessed therefore the damaged ended up costing the insurance company more than the value of my car, yet now I'm left with a car that should have been totaled. Just know that USAA is just another insurance company not looking out for those that have served. I no longer recommend nor carry them as an insurance company.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 1, 2015

    On March 8th I was struck from behind by a driver insured with usaa . I am also a member of usaa but no longer carry their insurance thank god. After exchanging information and going on about my day I figured I was done and would soon have my vehicle fixed. The next day Monday to be exact. I called to verify that my claim was filed correctly and to make sure they received the estimate I was asked to get. I was told by the adjuster assigned to my claim that I would have to get another estimate from their body shop so I drove to there shop 45 minutes from home to get another estimate. After playing the estimate game I called the follow day for more info and to make sure everything was being handled properly. I was soon transferred to a person calling themselves a special investigator and that they will be handling my claim.

    2 weeks past with countless attempts to reach ** my claims adjuster and ** the investigator assigned to my case. After that I asked to speak with a manager and was told I would be hearing from them in 24 to 48 hours. This was a lie. 6 days past with no return call and all contact made to this company was by myself and never them calling me. I final got a woman on the phone a ** claiming to be ** manager and she was going to fix everything. This woman never called me back when she said she would and I had to fight to get her on the phone some times taking 4 hours of back and forth before someone could find her .

    Now on to what happened so you know the whole story. March 8th I was struck from behind by a 2008 chrysler town and country while I was waiting for my food in a McDonald's drive thru. The drive of the vehicle had stated that he went into a coughing fit and had hit the gas instead of the brake causing him to race forward and barrel into the back of my vehicle. In fact after striking the rear of my truck this person was still on the gas and managed to move my truck 4 or 5 ft forward. A recorded statement was take by myself and an officer verifying these facts.

    Usaa has since denied my claim to have my vehicle repaired even after pulling a recent car facts showing that my truck had never had damage claimed to it prior to this accident. The driver of the vehicle has since changed his account of what happened and usaa is claiming that my truck didn't cause enough damage to his van to justify the repairs needed. This Company Is Trying To Take Advantage Of Peoples Helplessness In Hopes That They Wont Seek Legal Recourse. As it stands now I am closing in on filing my legal paper work to take both the drive and insurance company to court all just to fix my truck after what should have been a simple "hey man it was an accident we'll get it fixed". If you have usaa auto insurance I'd recommend prepaid legal cause if you do get in an accident - your most likely going to get sued cause they won't pay.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 31, 2015

    I've had USAA Auto Insurance for over 25 years. During that time I have not had to use them very often but when I have, they have always been great. I appreciate that their phone representatives are always friendly, ready to listen, patient, and helpful. I appreciate that they do not spend money on TV/internet commercials with spontaneously appearing agents or talking geckos.

    Last month my teenage daughter was in a minor collision. No one was hurt but that car was badly damaged. After calling and explaining what happened, USAA quickly went into action, without hesitation. They appraised the car, totaled it out, and arranged for it to be towed to their salvage yard. Their independently determined replacement value is better than I had expected. My monthly premiums are higher than many other companies (and may go a little higher now too!) but when you need them, they do exactly what you expect them to do.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed March 31, 2015

    Tried to get auto insurance, gave them the info they wanted but they refuse to insure because they couldn't find service record. My Father served in the US Marine Corps, they advertise that they insure but refuse to.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed March 27, 2015

    I have never had anyone talk to me the way this licensed insurance agent did. I called to get a quote for insurance and within 5 minutes of talking to the agent, I hung up on her because she was so rude. She talked to me as if I was a child, and I am in shock at how disrespectful this agent was when I was trying to give her my business. If this is any sign of how they do business then I want to warn everyone to not do business with them! P.S. their military discounts are a total scam! They are taking advantage of hard working, loyal Americans. DO NOT SIGN UP.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 19, 2015

    Let me first state that I created this account, solely for the purpose of writing this review; that's how angry I am regarding USAA. Here is my situation and problem with them. I had an active USAA auto insurance policy and platinum MasterCard for about 4 years. I never missed a payment, I never paid late. My credit score was 720+ at the time. Things were great, but then took a turn for the worst. My ex-spouse began wrecking my credit and I began to struggle heavily financially during our separation process. I was forced to switch insurance providers to save money.

    After my credit score plummeted, my credit card limit was severely reduced, and then shortly after, canceled completely. When I tried contacting USAA customer service, I was largely placed on hold, transferred from department to department, and overall given the runaround. When I did finally get to speak to someone, I was basically told that I was dropped because of policy, regardless of my situation and the fact that I am a former, decorated, honorably discharged Marine.

    In the end, my service to my country, my financial history with the company, and my personal situation at the time didn't matter whatsoever. The moment my credit score dropped below a certain threshold, and the moment I began to experience any financial difficulties, I was let go when I needed the credit card the most. Proud to serve Military Veterans? Sure, as long as their credit is good and they are not struggling financially.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed March 18, 2015

    Highly disappointed in USAA Auto Insurance. I am a Service member who chose USAA due to their coverage options while deployed. Unfortunately, my fiance was in an accident (no fault of theirs) while I was deployed. I contacted USAA and filed a claim. I gave all the information they requested and was told that the other party’s insurance would cover everything and there was nothing further I needed to do. The other person's Insurance did do everything but USAA failed to mention that if the claim had to be reopened for any reason, that they would not be held liable.

    My luck after the car was fixed additional damages were found. USAA would not help me in any way! They refused to reopen the claim. They said that due to filing a third party claim they couldn't do anything (their policy). I never chose to file a third party claim but was led to believe this was what I had to do. I felt USAA did not lead me in the right direction and gave me bad information. All of this while I was overseas. The damages ended up having to come out of pocket due to their negligence in providing me with good, accurate advice. I do not suggest using USAA for insurance.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2015

    I have been trying to get USAA to pay me the amount they owe me for my injury claim but they keep giving me a way too low amount. Every time I call I get a voicemail and no call back. I get emails with attachments attached but the attachment has nothing in them. Every time I talk to another claim rep they tell me that I have to talk to the person assigned only. As soon as I get this claim over I will no longer bank or have insurance with USAA.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 16, 2015

    Made application for insurance via phone and fax over a 3 month period. They say they never received the FAX's even though I have confirmation, plus many phone calls, transferred to different departments, no results, no call backs, put on hold and no one will answer. They have terrible customer service. I have decided this is not a company I want to deal with. Online reviews confirm how bad this company is. Thinking back, I am now pleased they did not take me on as a new customer. Nothing good would have come from this relationship.

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    Claims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed March 15, 2015

    My daughter was in an accident 13 months ago. USAA felt it was not worth their way to fight for us. She was rear-ended by a driver going 40 mph, while she was sitting still. They decided to take our deductible, pay us 75 % of the value of the car and told us "it is not worth our while to fight for your case.” But, called our attorney every week costing us 200 dollars a pop. I would not ever use them anymore. We have never had a claim in 25 years with them and they completely screwed us over! We had our mutual funds with them, house insurance, and car insurance, plus checking account. They have completely turned me off! ** was the ass that really screwed us and did not help at all. He was NO help. God help you if he is your adjustor. This is my opine. He pushed and pushed just to close the case, and had no concern for the client. Twenty five years no claims and thrown to the wolves!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed March 10, 2015

    On 9/30/2014, a USAA policyholder t-boned my car causing approximately $5,000 in damages. While USAA paid for the damage promptly, I have waited over three months for my DIV (loss in value) payment. I filed it on 12/11/2014, and when I called today to check on the status, it had been "overlooked" (according to the representative). I have previously left five voice messages for the claims adjuster to contact me, and he has returned NONE of the calls. No one has EVER checked on my son who was involved in the crash. EVER.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed March 6, 2015

    I have been using USAA bill pay for about 6 months. I had a situation in February. I had set up my mortgage to be paid by the 15th back in August, 1 day before a late charge would assessed by my mortgage company. I have been paying a mortgage for the past 30+ years and never had an issue, or late charge. The past 10 years or so I have used bill pay at a local bank that was taken over so I moved to USAA bill pay; I had been a member of USAA for the past 3 years prior to using the bill pay feature. I did check each payment mail date and posting dates and each was on time or early, until this one and it was 2 days. I had given myself a buffer of 1 day, just in case.

    I received a call from my mortgage company on Tuesday Feb 16th telling me my mortgage payment was not paid. I contacted USAA who told me it was sent out on the 10th and slated to arrive on the 13th. It didn't. I was not concerned, because I knew there was a guarantee and they would pay any late fees up to $50.00. USAA customer service agreed with me. I was WRONG! It eventually arrived on the 17th to be posted on the 18th. You guessed it, they charged me $45.34 the maximum allowed by my contract. The mortgage company did not budge and claimed my bank would not pay it either, unless I set the payment up to be paid by the 1st of the month. Ahhh, hello! I should be able to choose to pay my mortgage anytime I choose to before a late charge is assessed. But not here.

    Apparently they have a rule (USAA does) that they forgot to inform us all about. They claim they pay late fees ONLY if the auto pay info is set up "correctly". I would assume "correctly" means account numbers, addresses and arrival dates as it asks for on the bill pay set up form. Wrong again, "correctly" now means they get to say when the payment delivery date should be, and it MUST be the "statement due date", not the "pay by" date that incurred a late charge. So, I don't know about anyone else, but a huge bill like a mortgage gets paid prior to a late charge, that is the "due date" for me. Why give them 16 days (over a 1/2 a month) in interest benefit? If my mortgage company would deal with electronic payments, this would be a non-issue, but they want access to my checking account for me to pay electronically, and if my financial institution can't get it there on time, they enjoy the late fees (free cash).

    I thought USAA had my back. I guess I was wrong... yet again. They refuse to reimburse me the 45.00 late charge on the basis I did not follow the fine print that is not even available for me to read. So, they got your back, as long as they can talk the business you paid late to rescind the late fee, and well Mortgage companies want that fee and USAA doesn't want to reimburse me. They did state they need to reword the bill pay set up and make the fine print available to customers in the future, so I paid the price for them to know how to set up and interact with their members. I believe I should have been reimbursed for their failure to make public their process and identify the "payment received by date" MUST be the "due date" on the statement, or they will refuse to be responsible for late payment... what a heartless company that make the customers pay for their learning curve.

    I think most likely the issue was, they incorrectly set up the delivery date to accommodate the weekend and Monday holiday. They allowed only 3 days to mail to the east coast from Texas. I think 4-5 would have been more appropriate. Sad, very sad USAA, you’re not very ethical on this issue. This was your mistake that cost me 45.00. Sad. USAA has NOT remained true to their founding values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 3, 2015

    I was hit from behind by a USAA policy holder. I suffered injuries, loss of wages and incurred hospital, radiology and chiropractor bills in excess of $20,000.00. I was harassed by the USAA agent who had a nasty demeanor. She went from offering me $1,900.00 which barely covered the hospital bills to offering me $10,000.00 and required my wife (who was not involved in the accident) to sign off on the release. She refused to allow me to speak with her supervisor and when I called to speak with her supervisor I could hear her in the background. Every document that they asked for I sent immediately. Each of them justified my losses and expenses but USAA still refused to pay the total amount.

    This company is a prime example of a company that does not operate in good faith. As I always say: Insurance is a rip off. They want you to pay but they never want to pay. I will be hiring an attorney but Crumley Roberts said that they would not take the case. Another person whose family member was a victim of this company's scheme not to pay damages caused by a policy holder of theirs said that they are the WORSE INSURANCE COMPANY in the world because they refused to pay them damages that they were entitled to. I'm going to have them investigated.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 2, 2015

    I had an accident at an automatic carwash with another vehicle. The vehicle backed into my car while we were going through the wash cycle and drove away. The carwash was able to provide a license on the vehicle that was at fault and had actual video if needed for evidence. I called and emailed the adjuster and other reps at least 4-5 times to give information on the other vehicle and the contact for the manager at the carwash. Two weeks goes by and no answer on the other vehicle. I contacted USAA again and was told that no information could be obtain on the other driver or their insurance company, and because there was no evidence my deductible would be a loss out of pocket which would have been fine if it was my fault but it was not.

    USAA told me that if they needed evidence or video they would contact the carwash, which they did not and still came to a conclusion that there were no evidence. I contacted the carwash and asked if anyone had contacted them about the video and was told no. So I went and retrieved the video and a sworn statement from the carwash myself to start my own investigation to why USAA could not get any information on the driver or their insurance policy. After many unfriendly emails from me, they call and left me a message that they found the car and the insurance company for that car. And guess which company insured the other vehicle, yep USAA. They did not want to give me back my deductible and pretended like they could not find the other vehicle and its driver.

    They are a bunch of crooks willing to take your money, but will do whatever it takes to not pay when they have to. Believe me I will be cancelling all my insurance policy through them and would close all my bank accounts as well if it wasn't for the hassle of switching all my automatic payments. Stay away people, if they are willing to screw me over for $500, I do not know what they would do if something extreme would to happen.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015

    I rolled my truck over due to icy roads 2 weeks ago. I was not cited for any offense by the CO Hwy Patrol, as the accident was unavoidable. USAA totaled the truck. It is a 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4X4 TRD with 154,000 miles on it. Perfect mechanical condition, clean, nothing broken, have all maintenance records. Topper, running boards, and aftermarket rims and tires. My contract says that USAA is to pay fair market value for my truck. That is to mean replacement value. They hired a third party company that is affiliated with USAA to give a vehicle valuation for my truck. They valued it at $12,971.

    I went to a local dealership, did an online comparable search, and all results came back that my truck is worth at least $15,000. You can do a search right now and find the same results on any web site. USAA refuses to give me fair market value for this truck so I can replace it. The conclusion of my research is that USAA is offering me KBB value for a truck that is selling in the real world at NADA book prices. I have been their customer for 18 years. I am considering small claims court for breach of contract. What a crappy way to treat loyal customers. Guess we will see who wins in court.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015

    I (Jan 28, 2015) called USAA to inquire why the amount they were taking out of our bank account had gone up so precipitously. I never really received an answer, but got quotes from them for lesser coverage, and was given 4 different quotes, depending on how we changed the coverage. Couldn't make a commitment at that time, needed to talk to my wife.

    Less than 24 hours after the 1st call, called back. In the discussion with the agent at that time, was told that we were being charged $7.00 per month for towing - which is covered under our AAA+ plan. So we didn't need it. The quote I was given at that time, for the same coverage, with the towing removed, was for $8 more than I had been quoted less than 24 hours earlier. And I was basically told that was the way it was. I told the agent that they could honor the first quote, less the towing, or do without all my business. They said that was OK with them. So I went out and shopped around and found coverage cheaper somewhere else.

    On February 2nd, 2015, USAA proceeded to take $690.97 out of my bank account anyway. When I called to complain, and demand a refund, I was told that we would get a refund of $629.14, because some of the increase in premium was for coverage we had already had. OK. On February 18th, called USAA and was told the refund had been processed on 2/12/15 and should be deposited by the end of the week. That evening, my wife told me that the refund had been deposited - $535.**.

    February 19th, called USAA yet again, after going through the whole thing, Marissa told me that the refund was for the correct amount and that she didn't know where the $629.14 number came from and that she couldn't transfer my call to a manager, but would have a manager call me within 24 hours. I'm now waiting for a call back.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015

    On 11/24/14, a driver insured by USAA pulled out in front of us from a full stop at the bottom of a highway off-ramp. Both vehicles were "totaled," though no injuries occurred. USAA's insured was cited. Our insurance company was notified of the accident as soon as we arrived home. The other driver, JL did not contact USAA until he was contacted by them. We were advised that a person, RL, would be handling our claim. Repeated calls to the number provided for him produced no response. I then wrote to the CEO, Josue Robles on January 2nd, 2015. A person from the CEO's office did call, apologizing but in fact, things got worse.

    I was called by multiple persons, was on the receiving end of rudeness, arrogance and verbal abuse to the extent that I refused to speak with them anymore and insisted that all communication be in writing, though they keep calling my daughter, a former USAA member who just moved all her investments and insurance from USAA. Though we have an agreement on the value of the Jeep, something that I would have accepted within two weeks of the accident, I am still being run around, argued with, having the same information and questions repeated some three months after the accident when I ask for compensation for the loss of my main means of transportation. I live in New England, the weather has been brutal, I am considered "essential personnel" and drive in any weather, usually in a very sure footed Jeep (I had just put four new snow tires on at the time of the accident).

    Instead, I have been driving around in a vehicle that is less than adequate for the road conditions and my safety has often been compromised. USAA keeps trying to get me to send the title to the vehicle, probably so they can close the claim on their terms. Judging from what I have read of other people's experiences with USAA, this rudeness, verbal abuse, and attempts to wear down a person is corporate policy and not just one ill-mannered employee. I am filing complaints with the Office of the Attorney General for Texas, the Departments of Banking and Insurance for Texas and Vermont (my home state) and will publicize my experience widely.

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    Claims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    USAA knowingly submitted a fraudulent claim with my insurance company. I was rear-ended in a parking lot and the driver of the other car, a USAA insurance holder, admitted immediately it was her fault. When I called USAA to open a claim, the agent became quite aggressive and began interrogating me as if we were in a court deposition. I was very clear to state that their client admitted to the fault and that we had witnesses to the event. The agent gave me a "we'll see about that" tone.

    Sure enough, USAA filed a claim against my insurance company claiming I was fully at fault. I have since begun pursuing a fraudulent claim against USAA in the hopes to hold them accountable for their criminal activity, but am skeptical since the "system" seems to only help the company and not the individual. Isn't USAA a community of current and former military personnel? What an absolute disgrace they are to the men and women who served our country.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    I have had more problems with USAA than any other bank. Anytime I call there, I'm put on hold for at least 15 mins, transferred to 2 or 3 different people and the customer service reps are always very rude and unhelpful. I have a car loan with USAA that I have been trying to pay off, so I sent them a cashier’s check from Pentagon Federal Bank (a real bank) for the full amount of the loan. USAA has been holding this check for days telling me they have to check and make sure the funds are there which I know they are, while they’re holding my check they're still adding on fees and interest on a car I am trying to pay off.

    They can't tell me how much longer they will be holding my check and every time I call to check the very rude rep tell me "Well I advised you not to sent a check and you did it anyway, so you're just going to have to wait. You should have sent it Western Union." What am I being punished for trying to pay off my car loan??? What kind of "bank" doesn't take a check or cash - isn't that the point of a bank? The Fayetteville USAA locations have been closed for the past 2 days even though they were only suppose to be closed on Monday. They have been closed since Monday. I'm so tired of dealing with USAA. Once I get my car back, I'm closing every account I have with them. They are very unhelpful to follow soldiers.

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    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    I was insured with USAA for 57 Years and I watched them depart from the great company I once knew. I am retired military officer and USAA used to be like a family. They only accepted commissioned officers as members. But that wasn't good enough. They wanted to expand so they admitted senior NCO's, but that wasn't enough so they admitted anyone who had ever served in the military. USAA management became a "good old boys club" for retired generals & admirals who had connections with others in management. They did not pursue a subrogation claim on a accident that was not my fault. They did not pursue a claim I had with against a company for a bad charge on my credit card. And to top it off my premium on my car was over $1,000 more than my present company. Sad!

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    Claims HandlingPrice

    Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015

    My wife was rear ended seemingly on purpose. No police report. She obtained the other driver's information. We reported this to USAA. USAA said it was getting too expensive to pursue this case dealing with the other party's insurance company. We had to take this to Marin County, Cal. Small Claims Court.The case was won by us to recover our costs. After being a member since 1956 and spending a fortune on premiums, and very few relatively insignificant claim amounts, this is ludicrous, and a travesty!

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015

    I am flabbergasted and hurt to find out the "thank you for your service USAA Co" is quoting me a higher price because I was a non-commissioned officer instead of commissioned even though my credit rating is in the upper 2%! Unbelievable that they can get away with this. I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you.

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015

    They put ridiculously long holds on checks, even after they clear another bank. They state this is their policy. Really? It is your policy to hold money that cleared another bank?? That should be illegal. I never bounced a check ever until I started using USAA. Supposedly I have bounced 7, they charge you the NSF fee and then the check clears the very next day. That does not make sense whatsoever. DO NOT BANK HERE!

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015

    One of their policy holders backed into my SUV and accelerated instead of braking. Since this has happened I have not been given any options about what to do, where to have my vehicle repaired. Now they are questioning me because I wanted my vehicle back and would have the 4 wheel drive on it repaired and my understanding is they would reimburse me. Not happening, I am given nothing but flack which is causing my blood pressure to rise and chest pains. Way to go USAA. I don't know about women in Texas but in Tennessee we like to have some say about things. I don't like being questioned like a criminal. I have added 3 pictures but there are more. I will be speaking to an attorney tomorrow.

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    Coverage

    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015

    Driver insured by USAA using her cellphone smashed in to and totaled my truck. Even though there are witnesses USAA refuses to accept liability simply so they won't have to pay.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2015

    They can't fix anything or do anything without asking a million questions for security reasons and then it takes forever to reach a representative and none of the representatives are on point. They keep giving me false news and with my busy schedule I can never get to them till the next morning and all they do is keep thanking me for my service. I just want my problems fixed.

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015

    USAA insurance company is giving me the run around after someone insured under them barreled into the back of me while I was sitting, waiting for the lights to change. From day one they asked me questions that were totally appropriate and treated me like I was a fool and even talked to me like a fool. I am so mad. I will get my satisfaction by posting pictures and all dialog between them and I on my facebook page and any forum I can find to tell how these crooks tried to send me clear across town to get an estimate from people who tenably lied on me and told me misleading information because they never had my best interest at hand. They work for USAA, not me. Of course they don't want me to win those crook liars and thieves. I have pic and I remember what those fools said to me verbatim.

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    Claims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015

    They insure Dana ** and want me to sue him. I don't use these guys and I would never use them. I own a cab service and Dana ** ran into the back of one of my cars in Pocatello Idaho on Dec. 30th. USAA is refusing to pay for damages or replacement costs to my cab. They (Amy in claims) have told me to go ahead and sue him because they will not cover damages of $4290.00.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015

    I was hit by this person on a Monday. Nearly a week has gone by and I have not heard from them yet. She was issued a ticket for failure to yield. No I did not receive a ticket, but I did go to the hospital for injuries of my head and stomach. I called the company and was told -- had I not gotten the police and hospital involved this would have gone faster...They need to investigate the accident. How do you investigate without talking to both sides, the police, witnesses or look at the cars? Remote control???

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    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015

    I was driving home and came to a complete stop, (was stopped for at least 10 seconds) when I was rear-ended by a USAA customer. A witness came forward when the police arrived, and corroborated this, and stated that USAA customer was driving erratically. Officer agreed and issued her a citation for driving too close. Fortunately, I was not injured! Other party concocted a story, that I had cut her off at the last second, and USAA refuses to accept Liability and pay damages. Fortunately, I have insurance with a reputable company, and they have assured me that I will more than likely recover my share of the deductible through Insurance arbitration. This will take a few months. I find this very inconvenient. USAA adjuster handling this case is a shyster!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015

    I was rear ended by a USAA policy holder. He was texting and rear-ended me. He tried to run from the accident, but another car and I blocked him in. It was evident then that he couldn't drive far anyway. So a week has gone by and I've heard nothing about the accident. I got the copy of the report and called his insurance USAA. He had not reported that he was involved with another car. He had just stated he had an accident.

    The rep was rude and ill mannered. She had no information about me or my vehicle. I told her that he rear-ended me and it wasn't surprising since he tried to run. "Well, we are NOT taking responsibility for this accident since he said nothing about hitting you." Really, I have the accident report stating he did and it was his fault but since he didn't say it, they are taking his side. Now they want me to drive an hour to their body shop for an estimate (not that they will pay was her exact words). When they pay my mileage, I'll be glad to. What a bunch of morons.

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    Claims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015

    I was hit by person insured by USAA. The person was known to me and asked if he could pay for damage without filing a claim. So I repaired the car and then when I asked for the money, he refused to pay. Instead, he filed a claim with USAA. At first, USAA was sincere but it was all a front. After submitting all the documents they requested and waiting for weeks, they denied the claim. They stated that since they didn't originally see the damage (even though I submitted the photos of damage before I repaired it) so they can't determine for sure if damage ever happened. Total BS...they never had intention to pay.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015

    Been with USAA 20+ yrs retired military. Thinking of changing because they have taken 2 months plus to pay a claim, still waiting! We are talking both parties have USAA and the other party was at fault acknowledged by USAA and yet here we are totaled car.... Ridiculous. I always thought this was a reputable company but now rethinking that. There was a time when this company was smaller and had great customer service. NO MORE. They have gotten too big they DO NOT CARE ABOUT their customers. USAA SUCKS!!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015

    I was hit by a USAA member, whom thought it was smart to text and drive. I lost my job due to the amount of days that I lost regarding this accident. I want to say that I feel, USAA does not accept the full responsibility when they are at fault. Because of this accident I've received an eviction notice, a disconnect notice for my electricity, and so forth. One of the representatives stated to me that my misfortunes are not their fault. This boiled my blood in anger because before this accident, I was able to maintain all of my bills by holding down a job. It was very disrespectful for USAA to just shrug their shoulders at my situation...

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015

    USAA adjusters continue to talk down to me with little recourse from their supervisors, so this must be an acceptable practice. At one point, I was told I should just go collect SSDI. They discontinued my Michigan PIP benefits based on findings from a doctor they paid for, even though I have 4 doctors stating the injury in question is a result of the accident. I have now filed a complaint with the Michigan Department of Insurance who has yet to respond after the complaint was filed more than 7 weeks ago. I have also had to hire an attorney to file a lawsuit against USAA now as well, and they are my auto insurance company, not for much longer. This has just been a nightmare and they are not out to help Veterans!

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    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2015

    Stay away from clients of USAA INSURANCE. My accident date (not my fault) 10/26/2014 and months later USAA INSURANCE NO PAY NOTHING. My truck is total loss (Cadillac Escalade), 3 days in hospital, 2 1/2 months at therapy but I have pain my neck and back, I can work! At this time I lost everything, my health, my job, my truck! Only problems and bills!! USAA INSURANCE IS HORRIBLE, IRRESPONSIBLE ---> STAY AWAY USAA CLIENTS!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2015

    I was hit in a parking lot by someone that had USAA insurance. They were quick to assist me in getting my vehicle repaired. First of all I have a truck for a reason. They supplied me with a full size car rental which upset me from the get go but it was better than nothing so I got over that. Then finally when my truck was done. I took it back to the rental company and they told me that I owed them $118.21. And I asked why they said USAA stopped covering my rental 5 days prior!! Also I didn't get my check to give to body shop TIL the day before it was ready.

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015

    My fiance were involved in an auto accident. We are insured by USAA. The drunk person who was at fault for the accident was under insured. We have the max on our policy for everything, underinsured, uninsured, etc. Since the at fault driver did not have adequate insurance we had to go against USAA for the medical and everything from the accident. This accident was on Dec. 17, 2013 and USAA is still refusing to take care of the claim today 1/21/2015. We have full police records and everything for the accident. We were in no way at fault as we were stopped at a red light and were rear ended by the drunk driver going over 60 miles per hour.

    We pay for top notch insurance, or at least we thought we were. USAA is a horrible insurance agency, they have taken our money for over 14 years with no issues, when we finally need them for a not at fault accident they are trying to crew us. We have an attorney and will no be taking them to court and sewing for damages. Sad, I would have thought USAA would take care of their veterans better than this, at least that's what they advertise they would do. USAA should be ashamed of their actions.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015

    I have been USAA customer for over 5 years and my husband for over 10. During all the time I have been a client, this is the first time I need the insurance and I am very disappointed with the claims service provided. I provided multiple pictures to show where the damage was and they keep trying to avoid paying for all the damage. It has been almost a month and I hope this will end well, but so far I left multiple voice mails on my adjuster phone and her manager and neither return my calls. It is really frustrating and it is making me rethink insurance. I am sure I can find better service and I will if needed. They are refusing to pay for the damages caused on my rear bumper and they are saying it does not seem related to the accident when I am sending the picture below, which clearly shows that the damage was caused by the accident. I wish I could get a legal advice on how to proceed with this case.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2015

    In July 2012 I was involved in a car accident with my business partner. She was driving and was at fault. She was insured with USAA. I was 8 months pregnant and was sent to the ER for bruising on my abdomen. Upon entering the ER, I had to show proof of medical insurance. I gave them my medical insurance info. As a precautionary measure, I was required to stay in the hospital overnight. Fast forward 3 months, I get a bill for the remainder that my insurance didn't cover of $1800. I called my insurance and they were still trying to get in touch with someone from USAA to get reimbursed. I filled out packet after packet of information (some of the packets were the same) for USAA and talked to so many different case managers and adjusters. They never paid stating that I never filled out the paperwork. I have post office receipts as well as signature confirmation.

    My insurance company is still fighting them to get reimbursed. All the while, I am thinking that it is now between the insurance companies. I was wrong in my assumption, the remaining hospital balance was sent to collections and shows negative on my credit report. Maybe if they would have left one person in charge of my case, instead of switching it every other day then they would have been able to keep up with the paperwork. How can a company claiming to represent our freedom fighting morally ethical military, be so unscrupulous and morally corrupt?

    Fast forward, current day. My husband was rear ended 2 weeks ago by a man with USAA (urghhh) insurance. The other driver admitted fault and police report was taken. Adjuster comes out Monday. We haven't heard a single thing since Monday and it is now Thursday. We tried calling numerous times, but can never get in touch with anyone. We are down to one car to take and pick up children and commute to 3 jobs. They will not approve a rental car until the claim has been approved. I am afraid to rent on my own car bc I do not trust that they will actually reimburse me. Once again, I feel like USAA is trying to give me the run around and eventually screw us over.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2015

    I was in an accident with a USAA customer and the accident was not my fault. USAA took full liability for it. Due to the accident I lost my job because I couldn't do my job duties. They was low balling me with my settlement. If you ever get in an accident with someone with USAA, I feel sorry for you.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2015

    I am a victim of USAA insurance. I was hit by a driver with USAA insurance, who was under-insured, and badly injured. It was completely the fault of the other driver and USAA has accepted full responsibility. Instead of USAA trying to make things right, they use every stall tactic and dishonorable method to avoid paying me. My hospital bills are almost as high as the coverage and I cannot afford to hire a lawyer, otherwise I'll be upside down in the whole thing. I just want to get the whole thing settled, but they quibble about the smallest thing to delay paying.

    USAA is not an honorable company. I have been with GEICO for many years and they have always taken care of me, and paid what was appropriate, quickly, when a claim was made. If you want to know what this company is about, search on "I hate USAA" and go on the company’s website and see what their customers have to say.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2015

    I have been with USAA for over 10 years. I do like banking with them and about five years ago I moved all my insurance policies over to USAA. I recently PCS'd to New Jersey and my auto policy went from $735 (in OK) to $1300 for six months. Their excuse/justification was the NJ PIP insurance. This motivated me to look else where for auto insurance. I went with Geico and I wish I checked with them sooner. My new policy is $650 for six months, less than what I paid in Oklahoma! What the hell USAA? I will review all my USAA policies and shop around now.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014

    When I first started with USAA, it was after a divorce, I was initially told that my rates would not change with my divorce....and then they changed. They told me since I was not married to my husband anymore (whom was former military), I could not keep the same rates. I was then told that they would waive my first months bill but they had to set my account up on auto draft for my future payments. I verified with the rep more than once and it stated that I would not be charged the following money, well they charged me. I contacted them back and the next rep said that there was nothing they could do, talked to a supervisor whom as EXTREMELY RUDE and told me that I should have known that it was going to auto draft, although the rep told me differently. She told me that when my birthday hit, my policy would go down over $200.

    So eventually after 3 months of paying high fees, I decided to look. Call back about my policy going down bc it had passed my bday and still no lower rate. Then the next supervisor told me that my policy only goes down once it ends....that was in 3 more months. So I found Progressive and they were over $200 cheaper. I called USAA to cancel my policy. I was then automatically transferred to a supervisor, without asking, bc the rep wanted me to give them my new Progressive Policy number. The supervisor badgered me about it until I told her, I utterly refused. She then placed me on a 5 min hold, and came back and finally told me my policy was changed and hung up on me. I am so happy I am done with those losers with my car insurance, I have them for my banking needs and I will be cancelling them too.

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014

    Had state farm a year ago and looked into getting auto through usaa. I did, and they talked me into switching my home insurance too. They even called my previous insurance company and insurance. Few months later I noticed they were appraising my house almost 100 more than the other insurance and 3 times the amount of my home. So, I requested them to come out to do a reappraisal. The guy did, walked around for 5 minutes. Never going to back yard even. 7 months later, got a letter I need to replace my roof or they will drop me in 20 days. I called them. They agreed the guy was not a professional, that there is no criteria to who or what makes a professional, they agreed the guy never went on the roof to look. And basically said "replace or we will cancel the policy," they insisted on me getting. They were ruthless. They say they help who serves. They know those who serve will pay and take advantage of. Now I have to switch my auto, because I am not getting the discount. Year ago I was so impressed in how they did everything for me to help me switch... lol... now I know why!!!

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    Customer ServiceClaims Handling

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2014

    I have had USAA auto insurance since 1987 and have had only great experience with service including claims. Once while 300 miles from home, they went the extra mile to complete my extensive repairs within a very short time. When traveling, if I have a mechanical problem I immediately call USAA to find one of their repair shops in the area to do the work because I've learned their shops are closely monitored for customer service compliance.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014

    I received spam solicitation from USAA Auto insurance many times throughout the past 20 years. Each time I run a review check of this so-called company which uses the name USA and deceitfully attempting to connect themselves to the Armed Forces. This is quite the contrary. This company is NOT connected in any way to our men and women who proudly serve our country. Not only that, but they have horrible reviews. I have GEICO and have zero complaints with their product. My suggestion is for anyone to do some decent research and stick with well-known names along with always getting an accident report when involved in an accident. What the other driver says to you at the scene is irrelevant after the fact. YOU NEED AN ACCIDENT REPORT.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014

    On 11/14/14 myself and my two small children were rear ended by the teenage son of a USAA client. We were stopped in traffic while he had been speeding. My hand was fractured in the collision, my daughter has a contrecoup concussion (with seizures), my son has whiplash. (She was in a booster and he was in a 5 point harness).

    On 11/28/14 Ms ** cut a check and then quit her job. On 11/29/14 USAA put our car into the repair shop and dictated to the repair shop Jordan Ford Collision, to only paint the bumper and to NOT do an inspection of anything else. An adjuster NEVER came out (we called daily to verify). We were never contacted with an estimate, we were never contacted regarding repairs, eventually they would tell us to call our attorney for information even though they never contacted him either.

    ON 12/04/14 Jordan Ford Collision called to say work was complete but when asked if there was any other damage, Nick ** seemed to be hiding something. We asked if they did an inspection of the vehicle and Nick ** stated "no" and that USAA dictated to only repair the bumper. DOT was contacted and both DOT & Ford did an inspection a few days later (after the "repairs"). They found that my frame alignment was off and that my rear shocks were leaking.

    During this time USAA had us mail back the check from 11/28/14, and another adjuster in the office would call the car rental company to tell them the car was ready, when it wasn't, so my husband's bank account was charged the full amount of the rental that USAA initially stated they were paying for. On 12/10/14 USAA declined to repair the shocks. They initially tried to claim that it was wear and tear until presented with documentation that the rear had new parts as of 10/23/14 then they simply went silent.

    On 12/12/14 Jordan Ford Collision calls to advise they will charge a storage fee, still no word from USAA. And no repairs. On 12/15/14 USAA cuts a check. On 12/16/14 USAA mails the check. On 12/18/14 9am, USAA calls Enterprise to tell them that the car has been ready since 12/12/14 and they, USAA aren't paying the rental. My husband's account is charged for the full price of the rental. At 3pm the mail is delivered and the check arrives. My husband delivers the check to pick up our unfixed Ford Flex SEL as we were told that USAA will not repair the collision damages that aren't aesthetic and if we keep the car there, Jordan Ford Collision will charge a daily storage rate - Essentially USAA is forcing close the property damage and leaving us to foot the bill for the damage caused by Pastor ** son (it will likely be several thousand dollars worth of repairs.)

    We have one car, and now that car is not safe to drive because his son "Do you know who my father is??? I have an audition!!! My mom is coming to deal with you!!" (My son was unconscious, and I was waiting for EMS to arrive. The teen's behavior towards myself and his friends swarming our car actually contributed to documented anxiety in my children. Thankfully we have insurance because USAA did not want to pay for the medical of my daughter's concussion, and my broken hand - they likely wouldn't pay for the therapy the kids need to deal with their anxiety. For children, being rear ended is scary, but to have a very aggressive angry teen come to your window immediately afterwards is overwhelmingly frightening.)

    I had always heard how wonderful USAA is, and even though my husband is a combat vet, they didn't even try to do what was right to repair our car for the damages from the collision. Their initial adjuster quit, so multiple adjusters who never communicated with each other were handling the account, and the only thing they agreed on was to not repair the collision damage.

    So thanks to USAA, our car is not repaired (but it looks pretty!), it's not safe to drive, and my husband's account is bounced because whichever adjuster called to Enterprise in the am on 12/18/14 told Enterprise to charge the FULL amount of the rental because USAA wasn't paying them. (The initial adjuster that quit had approved the rental.)

    With our injuries, USAA sent us to a Chiro. We ended up in an ER three times due to pain, and my daughter's seizures. USAA refused any other medical treatments, and we are being forced to use our insurance to cover the damages their driver caused both medically and with our property. (Our insurance kicked in on Dec 1st). I've been out of work since I was injured so it's going to be awhile before I can repair my car, if ever since the cost of repairs caused by USAA's client, is ridiculous. (Frame alignment, and rear shocks.)

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014

    When my USN Lt. brother was killed in 2008, he was fully insured with USAA. I could not believe how utterly rude the adjusters handling the claims and family member support were. Moving forward to 2014 - nothing has changed except that I chose to insure elsewhere. They were disgraceful regarding my brother's death and disgraceful when I had auto claims. I will never insure any part of my car, body, or family member with them ever again. And, the insurance I found elsewhere was much less in cost and their customer service is superb.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2014

    We've had full coverage of USAA for about a year now, and just today I finally needed the roadside assistance and I'm glad I had it because I was stranded in the middle of nowhere with 4 miles till empty and 2 friends I'd just picked up from the airport. A cop and an ambulance drove past us without a second glance, so USAA was my only hope. Sat on the line for a good 15 minutes before anyone picked up but they were very courteous and patient with me when I had no idea where I was, and were able to pinpoint my location from very vague landmarks and dirt roads.

    Took about 40 minutes for someone to come out with 2.5 gallons of gas (understandable, we were out in the boonies) and he was super nice and joked around with us and even led us to a gas station in the next town over before leaving. I was told over the phone that I'd need to pay in cash for the gas but the agent who came out said everything was reimbursed by my insurance and I was good to go. Sounds good to me! All in all I'm very glad I had USAA and everyone I dealt with was professional. I'd recommend them to friends and family.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014

    On December. 4, 2014 my husband was in a accident with a gentleman whose insurance was through USAA. I can tell you its been the worse 2 weeks of our life. Thank GOD both men were ok, the poor gentleman car was totaled on the spot. Afterwards my husband assumed things were fine until the car started acting up. USAA got in touch with us, we gave them our information, got things set up for the rental car, and proceeded with the insurance claim. As the claim went on we had some issues getting the time and date set up for the towing, meaning they could not give me a time and date when the tow driver would show up to come get it.

    Later on in the evening close to 8pm my neighbor comes over and proceeds to tell me someone is taking my car. Not really sure what to think I run out and am met with a nice gentleman who proceeds to inform me he is the tow driver coming to take my car to the shop. I was quite ill to say the least, i didn't get a call or anything before they showed up! What if I had to run out! Were they really just going to take my car without a call or even a knock at the door when they showed up, I still had some things in my car to get out and was sick so I needed at least 30 minutes to an hour before they showed so I could get dressed and have help getting things out of my truck.

    After the ordeal was over, and I got my stuff out of the truck (I am not saying it was the tow drivers fault, I imagine if my neighbor wouldn't have told us, he would have came up and let us know why he was there. At least I hope.) He took my truck to the shop where it has sat for nearly two weeks. The rental place they had called in my area was completely out of cars and had no idea when they would get more from one day to the next, so we had to sit home for 4 days until they had one available. Afterwards calling the body shop I got word that they have gathered the estimate and have submitted it to be reviewed. The repair cost was only $1800, at this point it's safe to say I would rather them repaired it than the final outcome.

    Today December 17, 2014 we were informed that they wanted to settle the case at $2k for the truck. I'm sorry but before the collision that truck was worth more than that, similar SUV's with the same miles and condition sold for over 3k. So far we have objected to the amount, my husband has lost time off work for the last 2 weeks, they were suppose to send us paper work on his injuries so the medical expenses could be covered but I don't even think they have sent that. So far all and all, after reading the reviews here and dealing with them personally, I'm not sure who to feel worse for. The gentleman that was in the accident whose insurance is causing all the issues or us. This company is taking time, and hope from us for our kids to have a good Christmas. For those with similar or effected issues from this insurer as well, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014

    Most of their customer reps are extremely rude and condescending. One of them made me feel like I was a liar and that my statements meant absolutely nothing. I felt like a criminal. Like I did something wrong. A horrible company. They are just out to make a buck. USAA is just like every other insurance company, they only have their best interest in mind. What a sad world we live in.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingPriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2014

    I have accident forgiveness on my policy. I unfortunately got in an accident. My first at fault accident. Lucky for me I had accident forgiven. I was reassured that my premium will not go up, but about 3-4 months later my premium is increased. I called and the person helping me could not tell me why it went up. After talking to multiple departments, I was finally connected to a supervisor who informed me that it was not my policy and that everyone in my area code were having a price increase due increase risk or claims or something of that nature. However, my neighbor has USAA and when I checked with him there was no increase in his policy.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014

    I do not have an account with USAA, but twice now I have had to deal with them in matters concerning their customers. In the first instance, one of their customers drove a truck into my house and then drove off. Even though their customer was absolutely at fault, and fled the scene, USAA did everything they could to avoid paying for the damages. It took six months to get our house and vehicle repaired. If I had not called them every few days I am confident that it would not have be paid for.

    More recently, a woman rear ended me at a red light. She was at fault, and even admitted that she was not paying attention to traffic. When I called USAA they questioned the validity of my claim since their customer had not called to report it. Of course she didn't. Why would she call to tell them that she had been in an accident? USAA informed me that they would have to contact their customer to verify my story. After two weeks with no word from them I called USAA. They said nothing had been done yet since they had not been able to contact the woman who hit me. After four weeks with no word I called again and received the same story. After two months I received a letter from USAA informing me that their client was not at fault due to the following reason: they had not been able to contact her.

    This may be a common practice in the insurance business, but I find it despicable. Not holding a person responsible for their actions simply because they wouldn't answer the phone is a shameful way to do business.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014

    I was involved in an auto accident with a person insured by USAA. They claimed that the police report was the final outcome of the claim. The police report comes and states that the USAA insured was at fault. I waited almost two months for the police report. I received a letter from USAA dated the same date as the police report was available, stating that I AM AT FAULT and they will not pay for damages to my vehicle or pay for the inconvenience that this has been!!! I am just speechless and will go as high as I can to get this resolved!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2014

    Accident occurred Oct 29. No response as of today. Rude/unreasonable/unresponsive usaa reps. How does USAA get away with this behavior? The accident - their clients fault however they refuse resolution in the matter. Security guard on call is our recorded witness. This company's refusal to look at facts - astonishing and honestly scary. It's deceitful and dishonest. No resolution almost 2 months later. I understand their rates are low. No surprise here.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2014

    I had my roof inspected by a professional inspection service. He found hail damage and recommended having my roof looked at by a roofing contractor. I got estimates from two reputable roofing contractors which their bids came in at $5100 and $4708. USAA sent out an adjuster which stated there was very little damage, not even enough to reach my $1570 hail damage deductible. They have fought me all the way on this claim. I had to pay out of my own pocket $4708 to replace my roof so I could protect my house. USAA says that they serve the veterans. Well I say they're full of it. I also found out that there are more than 700 unresolved complaints filed against them on the BBB website similar to mine.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2014

    Stay away from USAA auto insurance. I was in a hit and run accident 2 months ago. USAA is refusing to fix my vehicle back to the condition the vehicle was in. They state "sorry for the inconvenience". I am paying my deductible to have the vehicle repaired and now will also have to pay $800 on top of the deductible to have the vehicle repaired correctly. The issue is they will only pay to fix a portion of the damage. The lines rocker panels on my truck will have a 10 inch shiny section where it was repaired since the new product is not the same as the old product. The repaired section will also be thicker than the rest of the truck. The rest of the rocker panels will be a dull grey color again due to the old product that was sprayed on the truck. It will never match like it did prior to the accident. Here is the exact email from USAA! Pictures to follow as they still haven't fixed the truck at all 2 months later! "Mr. **, I apologize for the delay. We have determined we will only pay for the affected area of line-x. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and will follow up with you tomorrow morning going over my conversation with my manager."

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014

    All Vets, active duty and family members please hear this warning. Drop USAA ASAP! This company will drop you with no remorse and no reason. I was recently informed that USAA will drop me as of Jan. 31, 2015. I am a disabled Vet. who has been with this company for 33 years paying their ultra high premiums ($300 per month for two old used cars with a book worth of less than $15,000 total). They are dropping me because they made up claims on me: first, I broke down with a water hose bursting, had my car towed and paid for all repairs this is a claim according to Carmen **, P&C underwriter... second my truck overheated, had it towed paid the entire bill out of pocket and this is a claim according to Carmen **, P&C underwriter... my wife and I separated and USAA told her to separate the policy, hers in KY and mine in TX, her son had a wreck in KY and USAA put it on my policy and Carmen **, P&C underwriter says it is my fault, me in TX and the accident in KY by the child of my separated wife, on her policy.

    Carmen **, P&C underwriter told me, numerous times, that USAA considers these to be my fault and that since they (USAA) wrote the roadside incidents up as claims it is far more likely that I will have an accident and that they (USAA) can't charge me high enough premiums to cover me. She, Carmen **, P&C underwriter, continued to tell me that these claims were legit even though USAA did not pay a dime on my cars. She, Carmen ** P&C underwriter, said USAA had costs for their processing of a claims on these events even though I never asked for a dime from USAA.

    If this woman, a rep for USAA, no a P&C underwriter for USAA will gladly drop a disabled vet and client of 33 years for bogus claims never paid by USAA they will drop you and/or your family member for nothing as well. Please, heed my warning and get insurance from a more reputable company (State Farm, Nationwide, anyone) but do it before USAA drops you for roadside assistance and bogus claims their people, like Carmen ** P&C underwriter start on you. Trust me the hassle, money and problems this causes are horrible, costly and lasts for years! Please, do yourselves a favor and get another insurance provider before you go through the hardship, loss and financial damage that these people will gladly put on you!

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014

    We just had about the worst experience ever trying to use our roadside assistance coverage. Late this morning my husband's car broke down in front of our kid's daycare. Contacted USAA to request a tow, got a confirmation that a tow truck would be there at 2:15pm. At 1:30pm we called to see if the pick up time was still the same so we could make sure to be there on time and to confirm time of arrival with the repair shop. We were told they were running a little behind and instructed to leave the keys under the doormat of the car.

    At 5pm we showed to pick up our kids and noticed the car was still sitting in the parking lot (unlocked with keys inside). Contacted the number we were given by USAA and left a message asking to let us know if they were able to get our car asap or if we needed to make other arrangements. At 7pm someone called back to tell us they weren't able to locate our car. Turns out they were looking in the wrong place. We directed them to the right address, and called USAA to express our concern about the lack of communication.

    At 8pm someone from the towing company left a voicemail for us saying "We have your car, but unless you pay us overage charges for execs mileage we will be taking your car to the impound lot." We immediately called USAA to find out what was going on (no one told us about overages when we first called it in or requested payment from us at any point during this ordeal). USAA's response was "We're sorry, but unless you meet the driver right now and pay him, your car will be impounded. Our manager will call you tomorrow to follow up."

    Holy crap, right!? We've been loyal and paying USAA customers for over 10 years, and this is the level of service and support we get in return?! Oh, we're so disappointed with you USAA. We've been so proud to have you "on our side" all these years, but when it came time to prove that you really care about us, the real truth came out. Clearly, you don't care. And we doubt you ever have. Things were great when you collected our money and we asked for nothing in return. The thing we learned about USAA insurance today - You're nothing special and we will not be staying with you for life.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014

    I had their insurance on my autos. I was under the impression that as a Veteran I was getting a special rate. This year I thought I should check what I was paying. I was surprised that Geico for the same coverage was nearly $300 a year below their figures.

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014

    I've been a customer of USAA for 38 years, since I was born. I've never had a problem with USAA until I filed my first claim. My car, a 2006 Acura RSX, was caught in storm and wind damages when I was deployed to Kuwait. First they denied the claim saying it was wear and tear and responded with a witness statement from my neighbor and an itemized list of new parts that were damaged that were less than 3 months old. So then they re-appraised the damage at $5200, and now what to total loss the car. However, I have over $5000 in performance parts and they appraised the vehicle at $6676. It only has 63,000 miles in it, so I looked for comps as they sell between $11,000 and $12,000. They gone from one extreme of denying the claim as wear and tear to declaring it has a total loss and trying to rip me off on the value of the vehicle. 38 years of insurance payments to be ripped off on my first valid claim - this company does not operate in good faith and is manipulating claim amounts to maximize profits.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2014

    I setup an automatic payment on my USAA auto loan using my saving account. I later made a change and switched it before the due date to withdraw fund from my checking account instead. I submitted the change successfully. When I learned that there was an insufficient fund from my saving account, I contacted my bank and they waived the insufficient fees. I contacted USAA multiple times via email and on the phone. They refused to give me a complimentary one-time waive of the fee associated with this transaction. Bad customer service USAA. Ironically they rate me 4.6 out of the possible 5.0 as best customer on their USAA.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014

    First off, I've never had problems with USAA after 13 years of being with them; now I've noticed a change since the beginning of this year with customer service and banking. I admit I'm not the best with finances but I've looked over the recent transactions and USAA is deliberately holding bills in order to ensure that when they go through that there will be an overdraft fee. I've check through last month and even the month before finances and have noticed a trend. What once took a day to process a transaction now takes 5 days and when I called the payee they show that the transaction was approved and already accounted for. When I called the USAA they said that they were unable to give me any of my own financial information because my name wasn't on the account! After banking with them for 13 years and having a joint account with my husband now I'm being denied my own financial account because they couldn't find my power of attorney that has been on file for four years and updated every year. I am now leaving USAA and filing complaints! Do not bank with them.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014

    USAA agents lied to me and switched me to 8 adjustors. Cecile rear end-me and caused severe injuries to my spine, nerves and body organs. Cecile called her home and she was told not to call the police. Cecile told me that her daughter had an accident and her insurance would pay. Cecile told me not to call the police and her insurance would pay for the damages. I believed Cecile, first mistake. USAA told me to file a lawsuit without using a lawyer and they would pay for my injuries and my medical bills. Second mistake to believe USAA. After I filed the lawsuit per their request, I was contacted by a USAA lawyer saying that it was my fault; I called the USAA agent and they told me that they can not talk to me anymore. In the trial, all the communications between USAA and myself were not allowed into evidence per their lawyer request. They lied in court to avoid paying for the negligence of her driver.

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2014

    I was unhappy with the auto and home insurance rates charged by State Farm. A ex-military friend recommended USAA, which my parents were on. I am so glad I took a look at my mother's insurance before I moved to them: They had been increasing my mother's home insurance property replacement values every year, totally without any regard for realistic valuations or neighborhood values, and had overvalued her house by over 50%. And they automatically pegged her personal property to a percentage of that, so her very old furniture was valued at 500% more than replacement. So basically, they have been deliberating and knowing robbing a 86-year-old widow.

    When I complained about both, they offered a 20% reduction in both, but refused to change the personal property valuation fixed percentage. At the same time, USAA investments has had my father's estate tied up for a year and half in useless and silly wrangling, each month asking for something new - a new document, a new page, a new amendment. They do this intentionally to many people, to keep the funds earning fees in their mediocre collection of mutual funds. It is an act of gross negligence or criminal incompetence. So I've got to lend money to my mother to pay her bills, because a big fat evil, greedy insurance and "investment" company can make lots of profits.

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2014

    After having been lied to by USAA for the last time, I specifically told them that I would be switching insurance companies. What did they do? Reported to the state that I have no insurance and my license was suspended. I had no idea as I had started my policy with one of their competitors and thought that we were good. Nope. My license was suspended last week...two weeks after I told them of my plans to switch. Now no one over there wants to take accountability for it and I'm stuck having to fix this mess. NEVER AGAIN.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014

    I just posted this grievance on the USAA website under their Contact and Customer Support Center. I wanted to share it with the public to make people aware of how USAA treats veterans on Veteran's Day: I am highly disgusted with how USAA conducts its business. I just got off the phone with our loan processor, Lashanda, who informed me we were denied our home loan because of how our residual income was calculated. Unfortunately, I was also told we wouldn't be getting our good faith deposit back because the appraisal already happened. With this said, help me understand how after submitting the basic information needed to calculate residual income (i.e. our tax returns on Oct 29) that this one single determining number (residual income) was finally calculated and shared with me on Nov 10 after an appraisal done Nov 4. This makes no sense! We paid $350 for incompetence!!

    If we were going to be denied from the very beginning because of numbers from our tax returns, then why did anybody have the decency to calculate this number earlier before the appraisal or even schedule the appraisal after someone punched a few numbers into a computer calculator to get this number?! And how is it that something as simple as explaining to your customer how to calculate their residual income and debt-to-income ratios can't be a part of the upfront pre-qualification process? Instead you string them along for 2 weeks, make them pay this good faith deposit, and then say “Sorry we finally got our act together and your numbers won't work for us.”

    We have been banking with USAA for a long time now. We even transferred our auto insurance over to you and this is how we are treated. This is despicable. I will be looking to change my services elsewhere and plan on sharing my experience with my online community, family, and friends of how your company is just too big and too corporate to care about anyone customer (especially this veteran). Oh yeah and of all days, today Nov 11th (VETERAN'S DAY). I am just some digital account that can be erased just like you did me online (just now) when I went back to my online application and was wiped out of even my loan officer's contact information and left with a “you've been denied” page. Wow. Really classy.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014

    First and foremost I'd like to state that I have been in the USA since I was 3 years old. I am not from Mexico but from Cuba therefore I am a political refuge not an immigrant capable of deportation. I've also been in this beautiful country I call home legally ever since I set foot in it and I respect and love this nation. As of May 2014 I went in for my citizenship and passed everything but on August my permanent card expired. All I was waiting for was my oath ceremony. I've been with USAA for 8 years along with my husband who is in the Army. I used to bank with them, had a credit card even insurance! USAA treated me so unprofessional!

    They kept sending me warning certified letters, emails stating how I would be cut off from service thru them if I didn't provide legal status of being in the states. What made me cancel and leave this review was the fact they gave me until October 9th which I would have had done my oath by then but they locked me out of everything by mid September. When I tried faxing stuff to prove I was waiting for my oath and basically beg them for access so I could pay bills. They didn't hesitate to express how they felt by saying, "We only bank with us citizens and not with illegal immigrants". Sounds crazy right? Well I became a us citizen before the time limit and I'm banking with someone else. Can't express how happy I am now! Any bank that's willing to treat their military family like this, is just not worth banking with!

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014

    In 2012 I got financing through USAA for a car + extended warranty (5yr 75k miles). They rolled the $ for the warranty into my loan, which I pay monthly amounts based on. They have refused to honor the warranty for a while now, yet have kept my $ and continued charging me interest on that principal amount. Long story short, they completely manipulated me into buying their financing by selling me a warranty they never intended to honor, which has cost me tons of extra $ and headaches now.

    My question to all of you is, Does anyone know how to get a hold of their corporate offices?? I've already filed with the federal reserve & BBB but now am wanting to file a small claims court case against them. I'm needing as much info as I can get on their corporate contacts as all of the info online is for an address in Texas, no phone #, no email etc., etc. Has anyone had any experience with this or does anyone have any info that might be helpful to me? I cannot afford an attorney and am hoping someone here can help! Thank you all in advance!

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    Coverage

    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2014

    I was rear ended in October 2013. USAA was my car insurer. In PA, your own policy covers your own medical bills even though the accident was not my fault. I have been treating for about 6 months and even though I have $25,000 in medical benefits, USAA is refusing to pay any more bills. They said they had their adjuster, without ever seeing me, look at my case and I am not in need of any more treatment. Meanwhile, MY DOCTOR says I still need treatment. On the bills that they did pay, they did not pay timely. I had a doctor appointment in February, they paid him in August!

    They approved 20 visits to chiropractic and acupuncture. I thought I would spread them out and went once a week for about 9 weeks and then I find out that I had to take all 20 visits within the same month! It would have been nice for them to tell me that. Now they are trying to force me to pay for the 5 visits after the first month! If this was their stipulation fine - but they never informed either my doctor or myself. They just send me this letter, after the fact, as if I am some sort of mind reader or something!

    Now, I am trying to get prescriptions filled. They are refusing to pay them. This is MY insurance company and these are MY medical bills. I still have almost $15,000 worth of coverage, but they refuse to pay! USAA takes care of veterans, what a joke! I am reporting them to the PA insurance commission and I recommend everyone else to do the same. They are the worst insurance company I have ever had.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014

    Recently I married a member of USAA Federal Savings Bank and although he probably at this point in time would not like to be referred in such a manner, it is the truth. Prior to our marriage, about thirty years ago, I too had USAA insurance. Within the first year of being insured, I needed to file a claim due to a hit and run in a parking lot that left a dimple in my bumper. I called my insurance company and was told that I could file a claim and the amount that I would receive for the bumper would be $500.00, however, my policy would increase in cost to me $500.00 each year for the next three years. Needless to say, I dropped this company and became a customer with State Farm and remained with this insurance company for more than 25 years. I changed agencies when we married and that is when all of the troubles began.

    In the past few years, I noticed my husband struggling with his accounts, both insurance and banking, in the manner of agents providing false information, instructions that confused the matter at hand and a system of policies and procedures that left him bound to this company with little or no modern day banking advantages. I told him that USAA's banking system was archaic at best and the manner in which the company was handling it's customers was much like that of a banking system found in the post 70's systems in China or Russia. We never received any assistance when we called, the agents were extremely invasive by continually overstepping their bounds as a bank representative and whenever an agent could muddle a process within our banking experience, they did so with a manner of entitlement and pleasure. It seemed as if the agents made up policies and procedures as they spoke with us and when we became indignant, they seemed to reach for measures within the USAA P&P's to punish us with extreme restrictions that might be placed on a newer customer with a very shady past. Mind you that my husband and his father both banked at USAA for over thirty years with impeccable records showing no need for concern for fraud or suspicion.

    Recently and the final straw, USAA placed a hold on a check we deposited from another bank account my husband and I share. He called to make certain this was acceptable and that we would not have any problems doing so. We were encouraged to do so, so he scanned the check and made the deposit into our account. When he scanned checks for deposit, he used a stamp that he had used for twenty years to endorse the check which he had done for many many checks before.

    Stuff hit the fan and agents were clucking and pecking like hens in a chicken house on fire with wolves outside the door!!! The check was placed on hold even though we received an email stating it had been posted and USAA had already drawn the money from our other account.. When we called the bank an agent stated it was placed on hold because he did not sign the back of the check. The deposit was to be held for 3-5 business days. We had checks coming through on the account and our greatest concern was a check we just gave our daughter to pay for some of her college expenses. We called USAA and the agent told us the check would not be taken off hold and that they would not honor the check to our daughter.

    At this point, we are trying to place money into the account to cover the check in the form of a wire transfer from our secondary bank into our USAA account. USAA refused to capture the wire transfer and let the transfer ride 24 hours before they deposited the transfer into our account. We again contacted the bank and were told that the check for our daughter had been paid and the NSF fee was reversed. My daughter checked with her bank to see if the check from us cleared and it had been returned. Fortunately, we at great cost sent her cash through money transfer agency and she received the monies and placed it into her account before the check we gave her bounced!!!

    We called USAA the following business day and was told that our initial check was now on hold for TEN business days and that the wire transfer had been deposited and the check of concern was indeed paid. My daughter received from us twice the money she needed. That was okay, she needed the extra money anyway.

    Throughout the process of trying to provide this bank, NO LONGER OUR BANK, with everything we could to resolve a very simple banking issue, the agents seemed compelled to do everything possible to make this experience bitter and unresolved. The agents even seemed to take GREAT PLEASURE in making this difficult and used all aspects of banking regulations to provide us with all disadvantages in trying to amend our account. SADISTIC practices at their fullest were used to make us squirm and feel helpless. VERY GESTAPO like practices used within this financial institution! Oh and we forgot to mention that because a check from this bank was received from us for our insurance policy a day late, they cancelled our insurance and ensured us that we would be reinstated as a new member with new accounts for all of our insurance policies, even our home owners policy!!!!!

    So I believe that USAA Federal Savings Bank is scrapping for financial gain in any manner possible to stay afloat. We purchased a new insurance policy with a local agency and he advised us that three other people contacted him within the same week who were prior customers of USAA. Our agents at our local bank told us they also had experienced mistreatment from this bank and chose to use other avenues for their loans and banking needs! USAA is taking firm steps in ensuring they present themselves as a very pristine and ethical banking institution, however like the Gestapo, if you do not agree with them or criticize their methods they most likely will send out the German Shepherd's to trail you and inflict financial injury!

    I told my husband many times that I never had problems with my banks as he was with USAA. The bank has very few branches and this ensures you cannot resolve banking issues within a minimal amount of time; you can make deposits but only over the internet or (and this makes me giggle so much) through the UPS Store; and USAA uses the regulations set forth by the FTC, OCC and Federal Reserve to their advantage, not the consumers. USAA seems to be closing long term accounts to keep any monies invested in insurance premiums by cancelling the policies using any unethical reasons possible. Of course this is my experience and opinion. I actually told one agent that I believed the gates of hell opened up beneath the bank and the vile scathing creatures that emerged replaced the humans that once serviced the customers using this institution!

    Take my words of advice or ignore them but I recommend based upon our experiences recently that you when see the smoke from the cinders burning beneath this bank and turn the other way. Don't listen to the sirens placed in the media to lure you in, because you most likely will be treated as we were but not until you have paid them with years of loyal commitment and monies paid into their system!

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    Online & AppStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2014

    Made the BIG mistake of deleting current working automatic payment account for a different one, to pay for my auto insurance from USAA. They cannot verify the account until you login to their multi-level security account and request two deposits made to your account to verify it. USAA then (hopefully) sends you two different temporary deposits within 1-3 days. You then hope this has happened after three days; go to your local branch within 30 days (and also before the next billing date); obtain those deposit amounts; return to USAA website and enter your three levels of security login information; find the manage accounts feature; click on the non-verified account and enter the two values from your bank. Now hope and pray the verification posts, stating that it is verified.

    I tried this three times with failure. This is just an example of unethical strong-arm business practice to coerce members to use USAA banking services instead of an outside bank, and they KNOW that. Then their website login is like they are running NORAD. Except the people at NORAD actually use encoded cards and fingerprint scanners (cheap and still the best). Why don't they just require a simple fingerprint from a $19 fingerprint reader available at any computer superstore which plugs into a USB port? I guarantee no one has ever hacked a fingerprint, which is why they are used for drug dispensers, like Pixis and by federal agencies.

    No, let's just add 6 more levels of numbers, symbols, arbitrary shapes and sequences of things that can be hacked, and ten minutes of hassle for you to enter it as you look it up in your digital password keeper app. Then, good luck finding anything on their convoluted, multi-level website. I know they are located in a foreign country called Texas, but this is like going back to the 1980's. It's no wonder that their company is so archaic. Their CEO is a retired Army General good 'ol boy republican with (no doubt) dinosaur thinking (which also runs the rest of our country) and keeps America where they want it: At the bottom of the list with most everything. While smaller countries with more drive and fewer resources, do more with better-educated people, and fresh, innovative decision making. Just visit Europe or Israel. You will think you've returned to the wild west when you come back here.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014

    I have read a bunch of these reviews before posting and do not get the negativity associated with USAA. Not only are they my insurance company for both auto and homeowners but they also handle my banking, credit cards, and auto loans. But that's all beside the point.

    I am currently in a claim with them. Yesterday I rear ended someone going about 5 mph. Immediately called USAA and started the claim, never had to file one before so I wanted to be walked through the process, same day they had my car at their approved location for the estimate and even had a car dropped off at my office. Did not have to pay anything for the rental car (except $25 gas hold by enterprise) since they get directly billed for it, even gave me a premium car. Today, day 2 of the claim, the body shop submitted their estimate to USAA and within 10 minutes of doing so they transferred the funds into my account (a little over 3.7k after they took out my 500 dollar deductible) and told me if there was any additional damages that they find that they will cover those as well. I don't know what else anyone could ask for in an insurance company because they are absolutely the best.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014

    I have had it with USAA as a bank, but more so as an auto insurer. They have raised the premiums. When I've called they say that I no longer qualified for the lower rate. When I asked them did they inform me of this change BEFORE they deducted the money off my debit card (not with USAA) they told me that a letter would be in the mail. I thought that before they took a payment other than the amount agreed to, they would have to inform me. They say no. But that wasn't it, they charged me NSF on my savings account with them for the insurance payment. I asked them how they could charge me NFS fees when the payment was going thru another account at another bank. They informed me they would check into removing the NSF fees.... WHAT? You cannot charge me NSF fees on an account that the payment wasn't taken from.

    When I was pulled over and had to take my proof of insurance to court, USAA said they needed to check if I was insured at the time, telling the court no, resulting in a suspended license, making me get an SR-22 to restore my driver's license, going thru many trips to the BMV to have USAA come back with a letter of apology saying that they had made a mistake, I WAS insured at the time, they are sorry for any inconvenience that it may have caused. Are you kidding? This bank/auto etc is a joke. I'm advising everyone to check ratings before going with a company since I would've checked I would never have signed up with USAA.. EVER!!!!!!!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014

    25 Year Member Reports: USAA has CHANGED. BEWARE and ready to fight FRAUD! I have paid hefty premiums for auto, home, life, and umbrella policies to USAA for over 25 years. My family had a claim about 15 years ago and USAA faithfully took care of us. Things have changed. Recently, my car was hit from behind, nearly killing me. The driver, also insured with USAA, was speeding and didn't see my stopped car in the fast lane or the other 3 he totaled because he was looking down at his radio, more likely, he was texting. He hit my stopped compact car in excess of 75 mph, totaling my car and others around me. I was rushed to the emergency room and treated for multiple broken bones, hands, neck, back, ribs, legs, concussion, contusions, and other injuries, which eventually resulted in surgery, and wiped me out of work for over a year.

    The very first thing USAA did was commit complete FRAUD in the adjustment of my vehicle. They hired an outside appraisal company, CCC One, who did an appraisal, which magically came back at nearly half the blue book value of my car. USAA tried to take advantage of my severe medical injuries and pushed me very hard to accept this settlement. I pushed back and eventually was able to secure a copy of the appraisal. I was shocked when I found out that the comparable vehicles which they used were salvage vehicles. Mine was a limited edition, registered show car that had been one of the most cherished in the local club for this vehicle. Mine was MINT new and had previously been one of the ones they keep inside the glass room next to the dealer sales desk. I explained this to USAA, but it didn't matter, they insisted that KBB was incorrect and the appraisal was the answer. I took the appraisal and ran each VIN number thru AutoFax where I discovered that they were salvage and flood vehicles. I sent the reports back to the USAA adjuster, who continued to insist that KBB was inaccurate.

    I escalated this to management and even told them that I would accept the same make, model, mileage car on my driveway in lieu of their proposed settlement. There was not a single vehicle available nationwide at the price they were forcing on me. I reported the FRAUD and the manager agreed to have CCC One run the appraisal again. After much growling and threatening, I got the report and I once again found out they committed FRAUD. This time, they obscured the VIN numbers so that I could not run an AutoFax. I was able to locate the appraisal vehicles using dealership, mileage, year and color. I verified that each comparable was either a completely different vehicle than mine (like comparing a BMW base model hard top 325i to an M3 convertible) OR it was a vehicle that had been in a collision. It took me over 40 phone calls and letters to get the fair market value (still less than KBB) for my vehicle out of USAA. The process took nearly 6 months. They have never apologized for the FRAUD their hired gun, CCC One, committed.

    Next up, I tried to collect from the at fault driver, a USAA insured. I sent the adjuster, who has a California minimum policy to offer me, receipts for medicals and lost wages exceeding 10 x the policy limit. It has been over a year and they refuse to send the payment. They keep asking for more information even though I have already proven special damages exceed 10x their policy. I have sent them a dozen letters and even accused the adjuster of extreme bad faith and still I have not received a penny. I am shocked that USAA would take this kind of risk (Google how to open an auto policy because of bad faith and check out California Insurance Code 790) just to have the time value of the miniscule and inevitable policy limit they owed.

    Next, I submitted receipts for my copays and prescriptions to my medical payments group. Surely, I thought, they would reimburse me for my out of pocket expenses. This is straight forward, right? They hired a company called Auto Injury Solutions. Auto Injury Solutions has denied every single bill I have sent them, even a bill for $3.50 for pain medication 2 days after the accident. This company has sent me over 100 letters, each one stating a reason why they cannot pay the amount due. They claim to have hired independent doctors who believe that whiplash and neck injuries do not need to be treated by a Chiropractor. I have tried to reason with the med-pay adjuster and she simply refuses to send payment, even though I have sent her thousands of dollars in photocopied receipts. She asked me for my medical records, but she sent me a medical release that states USAA IS NOT HIPPA COMPLIANT. This means that USAA has no obligation to protect my medical history; that they can sell this information to life insurance and disability companies, who can then use it to deny or limit coverage.

    God knows what USAA will do with my private medical information? Would you want your neighbor knowing that you had AIDS? Or your boss knowing that your daughter had an abortion? Or your school principal knowing that your kid was in drug rehab? I find it irreprehensible that USAA takes the position that they refuse to pay a single penny on med pay without full medical records, but they refuse to protect these records like every other insurance company does and is required to do under HIPPA.

    So, as it stands now, I still have received not a single penny from USAA med pay. I have been thru surgeries, have had over a dozen cortisone injections and my ICD9 and CPT codes would fill a lined sheet of paper. I recently gave in and sent USAA a 50 page ledger from my medical insurance company showing every single treatment date and diagnosis. Guess what, they still refuse to reimburse me for even $4 in pain medication. Absolutely the most and ridiculous treatment I have ever experienced.

    Next up: the wage earner feature of my policy, a feature that promises to pay a nominal amount of disability pay provided I am taken out of work due to an auto injury. Let me just make this short and sweet: I was denied. Yep. They refused to pay a penny until I fought them for months and months and months. Then, after months of fighting, they paid a single payment and stopped. I have sent them a continuous stream of nearly 30 FULL disability notes from orthopedic surgeons treating my bones, ligaments, tendons, nerves, and other injured body parts and USAA has turned a blind eye to all of this. I get on the phone, argue, scream, send letters to USAA threatening to contact the Insurance Commissioner, and hire a Lawyer. I get a single payment, then they stop.

    Please, I am urging you to research USAA, research Auto Injury Solutions, and research CCC One. Look at the over sized premiums you are paying because you are not going to get the warm, cuddly, nice treatment your father used to get from USAA. I do not endorse any insurance company and I do not work for any insurance company. The above are the facts of my experience with USAA, after paying hefty premiums for as long as I can remember. USAA is the worst company I have ever done business with in my entire life, bar-none.

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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014

    I was stationed in Germany and Great Britain and I was never able to get USAA Insurance had to settle for GEICO!!! I was an enlisted man, while the USAA Insurance was a better rate and available to Officers only. It just irks me to no end that they want to get your business but didn't want it before!!!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014

    I was parallel parking into a parking spot downtown Chicago, and a taxi driver, with NO valid driver's license, rear-ended me while I was already 10 feet backed into the spot, trying to drop off these three girls. He hit me in the middle of my bumper, which caused some frame damage, and he had damage on his driver side front bumper... along with multiple other scratches. My first accident, and when I got home I filed a claim with my USAA auto insurance. They proceeded to tell me that I had negligence on my part, for not seeing the taxi driver while parking. How do you expect someone, who is already backed into the spot, to check all three mirrors at the same time. I DON'T HAVE SUPER VISION POWERS!!!

    On top of that, I had to continuously go out of my way to update myself on the claim. 2 months and 15 days later I called, and the gentleman couldn't understand why it wasn't finalized already. They finalized it that day, and they put me 20% at fault!!!!!!!! Told me that all the money I paid for the accident will not be reimbursed, unless I reached out to the taxi driver's insurance company.

    I have never been more offended in my life, they took my hard earned money each month, plus stole an additional $500 for an accident I DID NOT cause!!!! ! If you want an insurance company that has your back, stays up on things, and doesn't require you to have super powers, well, USAA ain't it! They are the worst auto insurance company ever, and besides me writing this review, I will spread the word. I immediately closed everything I have/had with them. Stay away from USAA!

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014

    We have been USAA customers for a while now and until we had an auto accident everything was fine, well.... Sometimes I did have to call to get things removed from my policy because they added things to my renters insurance. When we first went to USAA we asked for full coverage on two vehicles, well the other day we got into a car accident (we slid on oil water mixture while making a left), we ended up sliding up a curb unto a sidewalk... Thank goodness we didn't hit anyone, no one is injured and we have auto insurance. Well we called USAA and guess what? We don't! This whole time we thought we were paying on auto insurance like we asked for but they only covered one of the vehicles and not the other because it was old! What?

    It may be an older car BUT we still wanted it insured! And that was the car we had the accident in... And to top it off the officer that day called a tow company right away and didn't allow us to call ours so now the car is sitting in a tow yard and we can't get it back because the fees are so high now and USAA refuses to do a thing! I transferred USAA my previous auto insurance with another company and it shows that I had full coverage on this vehicle. I regret joining USAA so badly! I went with them because I thought they served the military and they offered renters insurance. But they don't serve the military, that's just a ploy, I understand that now. They are also very rude to you and the way they see it is "that's your problem."

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoveragePrice

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2014

    My husband is a veteran of 4 deployments and we have been with USAA for 22 years and never filed a claim! We pay nearly $3000.00 every six months with them for insurance on our vehicle and all have full coverage. My daughter backed into a pole in our yard and we went ahead and submitted the claim since we had "Insurance", we have a $1000.00 deductible. The vehicle is a 1991 Geo Tracker that is in very good condition with 103,000 actual miles on it. NADA Book value on this vehicle $4,275.00 for High Retail - Average Retail is still more than their offer. I was also offered $5200.00 for the vehicle less than 2 months ago by a dealership and the vehicle has a brand new less than 5 days old set of $800.00 tires on it.

    When I told the adjuster this she told me, "You should have sold it then." I told her I DIDN'T want to sell it then or now. I just want what I pay them for. I was told by USAA and the adjuster that they DON'T use Book Value or Loan Value on a vehicle, that they use Cash Value. The way the come up with Cash Value is that they called two little hole in the wall used car lots and ask them what they would give for the vehicle. They never looked at the vehicle and they told the adjuster that a hard top value was the same as a soft top value. They also said it didn't matter that it was a 4x4, that that would be the same cost as well.

    The adjuster told me that the reason she did that was because they COULD NOT find a comparable vehicle to mine because of what it was and the condition. You can find 100's of regular Tracker and that’s the quote price they gave me, it was not for a vehicle of comparable value. HUGE Rip off and now they have totaled my vehicle out when I have 3 different body shops that say it can be fixed for under $1000.00.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2014

    USAA has done a very if not extremely poor job with customer service and repairs for insurance claims. A USAA insured customer knocked my outside mirror completely off my vehicle. The insured left a note admitting fault and contact info for whatever I needed. I texted the insured and he immediately gave his USAA policy number to process the claim. Two days after the incident I took my vehicle to the approved auto body repair center for an estimate of damages as requested. It was a matter of two weeks before I spoke with the claims adjuster in which the claims adjuster stated that she had to speak with the insured regarding the situation. I was confused what further measures needed to be discussed as the insured admitted to being at fault. The insured decided to say that he felt the mirror was not stable and/or it may have been glued on. This is incorrect.

    The auto body shop never determined that it was a faulty installation or questionable stability of the mirror. I have followed up for three weeks since the accident and the claims adjuster has yet to return a single call as I have requested. The adjusters manager hasn't returned a call either. A manager I did speak with said that all of the information would be relayed to the case manager, but as of now USAA would not be accepting responsibility. USAA determined that the mirror was glued on prior to it being knocked off! This is unacceptable. USAA could not have made that determination based on pictures, and I was with the vehicle during the estimate in which time the individual doing the estimate never made that determination. The insured individual felt that way and has no evidence supporting his belief. In what day and age can someone admit to making a mistake in black and white on paper, offer their insurance info and not be liable because they lied to their insurance carrier so their premium wouldn't go up , and get away with it. That's the kind of principles USAA stands by.

    The fact that someone took responsibility for their actions and now do not need to because of a false claim that has no evidence behind it is wrong! They are screwing me out of money to fix my car. They will not return calls, they are not available to talk when you call no matter what time during business hours you call. They ignore you in hopes that you will go away and screw you out of your hard earned money, instead of utilizing the insurance we as consumers are required to have.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014

    On August 10,2014, I was the victim of a parking lot collision. I have been a member of USAA for 45 years and have not had a ticket since 1977. When I arrived home on the evening of the accident, I called, the first thing was that we're concerned that I was okay. They took down pertinent details and arranged an estimate through a body shop in partnership with them under USAA's STARS program. The estimate was very professional and thorough. Their photos were uploaded to USAA via internet along with the estimate. USAA paid them the next day and said that if there was any additional damages uncovered that they would pay the repair facility.

    The repair facility arranged a repair date of the next Wednesday. USAA arranged my rental; I had rental reimbursement coverage. The rental experience was great. My repair was stunning. I have a 2007 Suzuki Reno that I had purchased new with only 35 miles on the odometer. I take extraordinary care and many people tell me it looks brand new. My car was ready as promised and the repairs were stunning. You would absolutely know that the collision had ever occurred. Other damage was discovered during the repair and it was immediately covered by USAA. When I picked my car up all I had to pay was my $200 deductible. USAA was in contact with me every step of the way. And now they are fighting to get me my deductible from the other party's insurance company. Who would want to go anywhere else!

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014

    We were never paid in full on our house claim for the Florida hurricane, requiring us to rebuild our house and lives, which we start as fast as we could. Taking years, upon completion USAA was told via our bank loan, they were our carrier. Never looking at the bill since included in our loan, we realized a later that they had 15 times our Rate! We immediately shopped insurance and called USAA about the 15 times difference from a local quote. They just said "we're the best!" At which time we reminded the clueless employee (!) they never paid out in full on our policy. He had no record of that and we told him to cancel our policy, we were going local and expected a refund on our year balance. Since that date we never got a refund and life being hectic, never got back to them expecting them to do the right thing. Get a note in mail, not from the great USAA, but DMV stating no car insurance. We were never called or emailed etc stating this was a issue! So basically terrible customer service, not honorable to contract. Would not recommend dealing with.

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    Claims HandlingCoverage

    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2014

    My 2005 Nissan Xterra was vandalized while at a mechanic's garage. It was towed there, then driven when the repairs weren't right (less than 2 miles driven). I had forgotten to take my vehicle out of storage (I was in Afghanistan from 2012-2014), I was paying storage fees instead of regular fees, but THE CAR DID NOT WORK (new motor installed) and was only driven back and forth to the repair shop. I have been with USAA for about 15+ years, NO tickets, accidents, or claims, and 5 insured vehicles-- paying 1547.00 in premiums; and USAA wouldn't pay a claim of about 4,000.00 dollars. Can someone recommend me to a New Auto Insurer, asap!

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    Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014

    This is the 2nd accident I was involved with that they automatically give their client's right. A woman runs a stop sign and my son's at fault. The car was a beat up station car, my son's car is brand new. 4 month later his car is not repaired.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014

    Talked with Sara, part of the CEO's office. I looked into USAA a few years ago. I was looking at renting out my house and moving into my girlfriend's/now wife's house. They said in order to rent out the house I would have to have landlord insurance and renter's under her house. She had a different insurance company and did not want her to switch. So I never changed, but just on the quote they started up renter's insurance. I called in 4 times to cancel. So I decide to start auto insurance up with USAA a few months later. Don't know why.

    So to fast forward, I had USAA take the payment out of my bank USAA to make payments. I travel a lot for work so when I come home sometimes do not see all the mail. I have let the insurance go a few days past payment date but never owed them too much. So they cancel my insurance because it is too difficult to pull it from the USAA checking account. I call in and complain and have to fight my case with 2 managers, because I was in the wrong. I am sorry that I trusted you. So they state that they will keep my insurance and keep the bill the same. Silly me I accept that and two months later see my insurance bill has went up $100 per month.

    So I call and they send the case to the CEO's office. I talk to Sara today and she let me know that they still have been billing me for renter's and would be trying to figure out how much to give back to me. Also she stated my bill will be higher because of the cancellation that they did not take out of my account that they have with them. What a bunch of monkeys. I am said that they state they serve veterans, but take more money that they stated and try to blame it on the customer. Sara I hope you do not represent the whole company, but after how I have been treated am switching to another company for insurance and changing my bank account. Thanks for caring USAA and Sara!

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014

    I have been a USAA member since 2001. My wife recently had a vehicle collision with a deer while on her way to my SLC graduation. Our 2013 Honda Pilot had some damage and required for the truck to be repaired out of state due to the trip. We got a rental vehicle for the 6 weeks that took to repair our vehicle. After our vehicle was repaired we come to find out that USAA only paid $900.00 out of $1,400.00 of the car rental bill. I call them a number of times to see if they would cover the remaining portion given the fact that for the past 13 years I had been accident free, well I guess that was too much to ask. They denied the request. Well, I went shopping around for a new car insurance in which Geico surprised me with their military rates, way better than USAA, so I canceled my policy and went with Geico. My whole point is that USAA would rather see me go than to help their long time customers over $400.00. Well I come from a family with several military members that have USAA, that's going to change soon. I will never go back to USAA, not until they realize they are not about military families anymore but to getting our pockets and see dollar signs in our foreheads.

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    Claims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014

    In March of 2011 I was struck by a USAA insured motorist. My new car that I hadn't even made a first payment on was a complete loss. I sustained injuries to my back including the destabilization of a fusion that I was a mere 6 months post op from. It took USAA over 8 weeks to issue us a check reimbursing us for our loss of vehicle. I have had two additional back surgeries and face several more throughout my life. My husband and I have been sued for medical expenses and almost lost our home. We just tried mediation with USAA and walked out. They offered less than 1/3 of my total medical damages!!! They are trying to claim no responsibility because I already had a compromised back. Um, excuse me. If I have a broken leg and you kick my crutches out from under me causing further damage, YOU ARE AT FAULT USAA!!! It doesn't matter how compromised my back is, your driver hit me and was cited by the police at the scene. The results are that I will undergo more than a half dozen reparative surgeries in order to have quality of life. He paid his premiums for insurance, now pay up big biz!

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014

    The USAA client rear-ended my vehicle. The USAA adjuster refused my claim for repairs based on the client's erroneous statement that "I cut him off". The adjuster ignored the police report that clearly diagrams and states that the USAA client was given a citation for following too closely. Thus, assessing fault to the USAA client. I will send an update if USAA re-evaluates their position or if I have to seek a legal remedy for the situation.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014

    One of their insurance customer hit my car and they told me take them to their estimator, Caliber Collision, then first of all they estimated aftermarket price for my bumper and front head lights. And estimated 50% lesser value than original fixed price... And they said they could only provide rental car for three days and told me it takes 5-10 days for cheque to arrive. Now my PRB car is wrecked, no money, no rental... and when I called them, they hung up on me...

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    Staff

    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014

    My daughter in law had an accident in our truck a year ago. It was the other driver's fault. There was no question on the police report about who was at fault. My daughter in law was 8 and 1/2 months pregnant. She immediately began having contractions from the stress of the accident, and the ambulance driver demanded they take her to the hospital immediately. She was in the hospital for several hours monitoring the baby and her contractions because they were worried she was having some issues. The insurance company has not paid a dime on her medical bills, and she has had to file on our uninsured motorist to have a portion of the over $4000 in hospital bills paid. She has now filed a claim through her lawyer to try to have the bills paid.

    In addition, USAA paid to have our truck repaired immediately, but there has still been an issue with the horn not working. The collision company, whom USAA adjuster claims he has a great relationship with, referred the truck to the Ford service department to determine the issue with the horn. Ford informed us that it is an electrical issue and the horn or airbag will not work until it is repaired. The repair is over $1000, but the insurance company refuses to pay it. They claim it has nothing to do with the accident, even though my daughter in law honked the horn during the entire accident trying to warn the lady that pulled out in front of her, and even though the collision repair store and the Ford service department said it does. The truck will not even pass inspection without the horn being repaired. I WOULD NEVER USE THIS COMPANY, AND I PRAY I NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM AGAIN.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2014

    We had a driver hit us on the highway. Took our vehicle to the dealership that we bought it from and told them there was insurance from either the driver that cause the wreck or from our insurance (usaa). The adjuster wrote the estimate to repair the vehicle to pre-wreck condition. We contacted USAA about our claim and went through the steps. We informed them that there was an estimate and who had done the estimate. The adjuster said that was one of USAA'S preferred auto body shops and I stated I would contact them back and then call the adjuster back, she agreed. The USAA adjuster then ignored what we decided on during our call and called the shop.

    The next thing I knew the estimate was for a whole lot less and they were repairing parts not replacing them like the body shop had told me needed to be done. They had the shop send over a far less costly estimate and said that's all we are going to pay! They have been Rude and are nothing like they make themselves out to be in their ads. They have just said they right to do that and we are at an impasse. They will not pay for an independent adjuster to resolve the dispute and just want to send some other adjuster out to screw us. They have never seen the vehicle and do not even have pictures but they still had the auto body shop lower the estimate! This company USAA we have been with for several years and we thought were good military people like our family, but we have found out they are nothing more then a bunch of "BEAN COUNTERS" who could care less about anyone.

    We have a 100% Disabled Vet in the hospital Fighting For His Life as we speak and this is how they treat a Military Family! It is bad enough having to deal with a sick loved one 24/7 but then add your horrible insurance company USAA on top of that and that is the way they say "Thank You For Serving Our Country"...... We fought for freedom so they could give us the shaft! I want to warn people this is not the USAA we use to know and we are Leaving them for good. Bank account, 5 cars insured, a loan and 2 houses insured with them. All will be gone!

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2014

    We have been with USAA for many years. Our policy has been going up every 6 months. We have no tickets or claims on us. They came back later stating my husband had a ticket almost 6 years ago and we are being charged now since they just caught it. My 21 year old son has a newer vehicle and his policy is half of ours. They are ongoing making mistakes on our policy. My son has a Corvette in storage. They were charging him storage fee and liability insurance. After talking with them an hour and half it was corrected. I ask for a credit for the extra cost and I was told no, it was our responsibility to catch it. I was calling because I caught it.

    We were paying renters insurance for five years before buying a home. I had a $511.00 credit when I dropped the policy. They used the credit to pay the policy off instead of putting it on my vehicle policy or cutting me a check. I am very displeased with the ongoing issues they continue to give us. We are in our 40's with a clean driving record and they continue to lie to us and do us wrong. I pay my monthly notes and have been a good client. No more! My husband has served over 23 years to be treated with disrespect. I will be leaving them and I advise nobody to use this company serving in the military. I could write a book on the mistakes and over charges we have been through with this company. Our military needs to bond together and write them letters on how bad we are treated and how wrong they are for taking advantage of us and our families.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2014

    USAA does commercials and marketing to convince us how great they are but after being a member for 25+Yrs when I finally have a claim they don't want to pay my rent car for 30 days on a total loss. Allstate give their customers 30 days per my family, why won't USAA? I'm spending next 25 yrs with Allstate. Don't buy USAA.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014

    I was parked in a public parking lot. A young boy got his parent's keys to their truck and tried to drive it. The boy hit five vehicles in the parking lot. My vehicle was one of them. USAA told me to take my vehicle to a shop they recommended and that USAA would pay the shop directly for the repairs. I did as USAA requested. USAA then told me that the cost of the repairs was $3,016 and that the value of my vehicle was only $2,700. They said they would take my vehicle and give me $2,700. I said I just paid $3,500 in repairs for my vehicle, that it was worth more than that, and that there was no way that I would sell it to them for that amount of money. They said they could subtract the salvage value and give me $2,200 for the car and that I could pay the $800 difference to the body shop to get the car repaired. I mentioned that their Website said they helped Vets. I stated that "I am a Vet and it looks more like you are trying to screw me." Can an insurance company do that? Is there no oversight committee or review board to insure fair practices?

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    Claims HandlingPrice

    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2014

    I was in a car accident, it was my fault. I used the shop they told me was a good one. From May 5th till June 6th my car was in shop, I picked my car up June 7th. Since I picked my car up it has been in the shop every month except the time I was in school for 6 wks., for the same problem. When the body shop first appraised my car, they said total loss. USAA claim guy went to shop, they dropped price fixed car. It will be my 5th time taking it back to shop. USAA notified me I would have to pay for my rental out of pocket. I'm taking car back, for warranty bodywork.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2014

    I have been a customer of 40 years with USAA. My car insurance was cancelled after a fender bender and when it was finally reinstated, the rates went up 100% to a unthinkable amount. They basically forced me away as a customer. I was told there would be no other fees due and received an additional bill for over $500, demanding payment. I have never missed a payment or had an accident. When I brought my concerns to the management, they were rude, unprofessional and "happy to see me go". Nice.

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2014

    On 8/29/14 I was sitting in my garage when I heard a loud bang. I looked out my garage to see a car driving away from my mail box and it was now at a 45 deg angle. I ran out to see if the driver was going to stop and it didn't. I saw the car go to the end of my street and the driver get out and go around to the passenger’s side to see something. Well after I found out who the driver was and had their ins. info I put in a claim for replacing my mail box. After contacting USAA INS. and letting them know what happened and what I was, they said "ok we’ll look into it."

    Well to cut to the chase, they called me two days later to say I was lying and that there was no way she hit my box. When I said I saw the car driving away slow down then leave and stop at the end of the street, their reply there’s no way she hit your mail box and claim closed. Now that is some Company to call me a (eye witness) a liar and that no one hit my mail box. USAA INS. would rather call me a liar and the driver a good person by not being a kind of person who owns up to their responsibilities - enough said.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2014

    Around 3 years ago, my car was hit by a USAA insured driver. Clearly her fault. She crashed into me from another lane and even said after that she had no idea what happened. I told her that I know, you hit me. After delaying me for months and bouncing me around to a different representatives each time I called, USAA told me it was my fault because I was a negligent driver! Their client crashed into me from another lane, admitted that she didn't know what happened and I was negligent! Unbelievable.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2014

    They charge more than most other ins. co. and use vets as a come on to go to them. I find it Appalling and underhanded and just to show how much they’re not even members of Consumer Affairs, and as you can see from the reviews why they don't want to answer for all of this. Shame on USAA for who and what you are and using Vets as your ploy.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2014

    USAA is deceptive when they claim to repair cracked/chipped windshields. They charge you your deductible first for any damage over a quarter size and then have the claim submitted to SafeLite to do the repairs. This bit of information should be included in the explanation of coverage. SafeLite are not the only windshield repair in town. USAA collects thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in insurance over the years and years and years you do service with them. USAA gets so much praise for being better than the rest. Are they??? USAA is not the only insurance in town either!

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2014

    I was involved in a car accident that was not my fault. The other driver turned left in front of me and I tried to avoid the turning car but was unsuccessful. The other driver had USAA insurance. USAA assumed full liability for the accident but refused to pay all of my damages. After being transferred many times by their customer service representatives, each one telling me I had been transferred to the wrong department, I became very agitated. After I was informed that USAA would not pay for all of my damages, I asked who was responsible for the rest of the damages, the USAA customer service representatives informed me that I would have to sue the policy holder for any damages left over above what USAA would pay. I did not agree with this. We pay insane rates each month and we think our insurance company will be there for us instead of advising people to sue us.

    So I called the policy holder myself and told her what her insurance company advised me to do. "I am not out for money," I told her, "I just want my car fixed. Since your insurance company refuses to pay the complete cost they want me to sue you." She did not seem happy to hear that. Now I would like to tell the world that if you have USAA insurance they will not have your back. I paid my own deductible and went through my own insurance, which has their own legal department that will get the money from USAA the hard way. But that is why I pay each month, so I can count on them to be there for me. Not to advise other people to sue me.

    So be warned USAA policy holders, your insurance company is only there for themselves and they could care less if you get sued. I guess they would rather their policy pay for the damages instead of them. But then why even have insurance if they are not going to pay?

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    Claims HandlingSales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 30, 2014

    I have been a driver with USAA for 11 years now. I have been involved to 1 accident involving multiple cars and a few other claims more recently. I have paid my premiums in full and on time every year, yet because they had to shell out over $1500.00 within the past year (while I still pay them 75% of that in premiums) they have decided to drop me. USAA prides itself on servicing our veterans and active duty members to the highest standard, yet I was dropped for having one unfortunate year after 10 years of problem free driving.

    I find this deplorable act to be incredible frustrating and dishonorable. I personally believe insurance to be a complete scam against the public the fact that one company will drop a loyal customer because said customer no longer is profitable is very disheartening. I have no intention of seeking a resolution with USAA and advise others to be careful driving because even the most careful of drivers cant plan for the unexpected, especially once you start needing insurance to help you out, because lord knows they wont.

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    Claims Handling

    Reviewed July 23, 2014

    After filing a claim for vandalism to my house about 4 months ago, USAA is still dragging their feet and refuse to honor the policy they sold me. In the meantime I'm held captive and can't fire them because I have a "claim under investigation".

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    Customer ServiceClaims HandlingCoverageStaff

    Reviewed July 15, 2014

    I had a cracked windshield. All of my previous insurance companies had a $50 deductible for windshield only claims. I called the USAA line which connects you to Safelite. They quoted me $494 and informed me that USAA covers windshields under the comprehensive, so I would be responsible for $250 (my deductible) of the bill. I have never had a windshield deductible over $50, so I was really taken aback. At any rate, I have had multiple windshields replaced in the past and thought almost $500 sounded a bit high. So I went to the Safelite website directly and put in the information without USAA. They quoted me $314.95. That's a $159 discount to NOT use insurance. Plus, then I don't have the claim.

    But, wait! There's more!!! I went to the USAA site to double check my coverage and found that they never took off the car that I had a total loss on 2.5 months ago, So, I have been paying insurance on it this whole time. The representative I just spoke to took it off and backdated it, but.... It gets better. After she correctly removed the totaled car, I noticed that the old work truck I had listed as "in storage" was still on the policy. That was my fault, I forgot to call when I sold it. However, I had her remove the truck also and my policy then WENT UP by $60. I asked why that was, and she said it was because by taking off the car and truck I lost my multi-car discount.

    Keep in mind that I still have TWO cars insured by USAA. The problem (she says) is that one is registered in TN and one in MA, so USAA puts them on TWO DIFFERENT POLICIES. I reminded her that USAA serves military personnel who often have cars registered in multiple states, but she said there was nothing she could do about it. She offered to let me speak to a manager. I waited on hold a while and she came back to tell me they would have to call me back tomorrow.

    It isn't tomorrow yet, so I am waiting for the call. However, since it is company policy, I doubt there is anything they can do about it. I am going to be looking for a new insurance provider - but not before I tell my many, many fellow military friends and family that USAA is now just one of the many companies that targets, rather than helps, military families.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 12, 2014

    Debris from a construction vehicle struck the windshield and bumper of my car on Interstate 95. The car was purchased less than 24 hours previous. I obtained all info from the construction truck and driver (they pulled over). Information was provided to USAA, they advised me to go safe lite auto glass, which as it turns out is partially or completely owned by USAA. I inquired about the quality and origin of the glass that was being used to replace the broken windshield. I was advised that it was after market glass obtained from a salvage yard. I did not have it replaced at Safelite.

    I contacted USAA. They were rude, less than helpful. They made no attempt to contact the other insurance company. I had to make the contact. They even commented that they will be reevaluating my premiums when it is time to renew. They attempted to classify it a collision instead of comprehensive stating that I collided with the debris that came off the other vehicle. I have a $250 deductible for collision and $100 for comprehensive. Have been a member for 27 years. After one of the calls, they said "Thank you for your service". I found this quite offensive after they tried to screw me on car repairs. I will be paying for the repairs myself and attempting to get reimbursement from the other insurance company.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2014

    I've worked at USAA. Here it is: They don't care about the military. They only care about profit. Their real profits come from investments that your insurance premiums, etc pay for. And THAT's why their bonuses are high during tough times.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 10, 2014

    We've been members for over 10 years. I became sick and lost my job. We were unable to keep up with credit card payments. We set up an arrangement with USAA to pay the balance in 36 months. Because we didn't pay the balance in full, we can't access the website. That means: No deposits, no transfers, no bill pay, no printing of insurance cards... nothing!!! We have to do it remotely, or call and wait to talk with someone. This is very inconvenient. We are switching auto, home, checking and savings immediately. I use to talk highly of USAA to everyone, not anymore. Very Disappointed in their policy and how they turn their noses up to people who have a life-threatening disease.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 9, 2014

    I called two different times and two different quotes. Do not give them any money until you have something in writing. Big liars. I don't just give my hard-earned money away. Liars, liars, liars. Their commercial is bs!

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 1, 2014

    Involved in accident. USAA client said he was 100% at fault. Police report concurs. I had nothing to do with the cause of accident. Adjuster K ** is only going to settle for 30%. My family served since Rev. War to present. No money to fix.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceStaff

    Reviewed July 1, 2014

    Two years ago, my Veteran Marine, husband of WW2 passed away. We had a credit card with USAA for years. Paid it off monthly. Well, after his death, I attempted to get house/car insurance from them and they refused to give me a quote. In their advertising, they say their insurance is for the WHOLE FAMILY GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. Even their representatives don't realize this is a company policy. I told several of them to check it out and they were stunned. I was the wife of a man with a 100% disability from the service. He would be devastated if he knew the policy of this company and so would the veterans that are signing up with them. IT IS FALSE ADVERTISING.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed June 30, 2014

    In 2006 I was in the air reserves, won't say which part but the part that didn't pay on time. I had never in 7 years missed a payment on my credit card nor my insurances with USAA, when the reserves did not pay me for three months!! I was in a horrible situation. I informed them I was overseas and had not been paid. They neither cared or helped me work out a cheaper payment plan. I was left with one 30 day late payment on my credit report and another for 60 days and in fact had only been 30 days the second time, but USAA didn't care and added a 60 day late charge anyway.

    Also must have googled my name in white pages and harassed family members of mine with the same last name and hanging up on them. This is and was in 15 years the only time I was late, due to the military's incompetence. I was forced to beg, borrow, everyday to even eat. It's been almost seven years, and I have not been late on either my credit card or car insurance but USAA would not let me renew my USAA policy on my car because of late payments in '06. They also raised my interest rate almost 5% above what I had and won't lower it. They will not take the late payments off my credit even after 6 years and ignore my request when asked. These are worthless human beings running and managing this company. Do not UAE this company, their commercials are lies and totally false.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 27, 2014

    I have been with USAA since 1994. I just moved from Maryland after 25 years to Houston, Texas. They refused to give me renters and auto insurance without a reason. I asked them to please tell me why. All they do is transfer me to the next customer service person.

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    Sales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed June 26, 2014

    Saw all the commercials with this company wrapping itself in the flag and how you could get this great insurance if you, or a family member honorably served their country in the military. Yeah Right! My father was an army staff sergeant in WWII and my mom was an Army nurse at Walter Reed Hospital during WWII. I guess their service to the country and military wasn't good enough, because not only did your family member have to serve their country, they also had to serve this USAA company by being a paid member, or you just don't count. They checked their paid member files and neither of my parents was listed, so tough, get your insurance elsewhere. VERY MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS! Disgusting.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 25, 2014

    USAA canceled my auto insurance policy two months ago because they told me the wrong amount for my automatic payment and as a result, I ended up with a suspended license and no coverage. I discovered this by accident Thursday, 19 Jun 2014, evening from a police officer friend of mine. I called USAA livid and they apologized and backdated my policy and gave me a letter explaining the mess up. I spent almost 2 hours at DMV 3 days after getting out hospital to resolve my driver's licenses issue.

    No, there was no penalty or reinstatement fees because I was not at fault, but I quickly canceled my policy with USAA after 17yrs of having them, once I found a policy 2 days later. Additionally, in April 2014, I discovered that my daughter's car that I purchased and called USAA in Jan 2014 to add to my policy was not added because they failed to do the final processing. I had enough. For crying out loud, I could have been arrested if I had been stopped. I was amazed to discover today that USAA sent a bill for the two months they didn't provide me coverage? The explanation is, they would have covered any accidents had it occurred so they are owed that amount. Am I crazy for thinking no way I am paying? I think this is robbery especially since I had to go through all the stress and aggravation right after major surgery and now have a record of license suspension for not having insurance on my driving record.

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    Reviewed June 13, 2014

    I was hit a year ago by a USAA member, their fault. It's been over a year and USAA is fighting to pay for my surgery and medical bills. Had to get an attorney (I swore I would never do that) but leave it to USAA to change this Vets mind to try and protect myself. They use vets in ads saying how they work with us. That's a laugh. It's all about them saving $44,000 for my surgery.

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