Insurer blames customer for its own system error during a claim
A driver whose policy was activated incorrectly due to the insurer's own system crash was later told, when filing an accident claim, that the report was untimely because of that same error, leaving them driving a wrecked car while the insurer weighed denying the claim. The pattern reflects a broader issue of insurers using their own processing errors as grounds to delay or dispute customer claims.
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