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Insurance cancellation fees charged despite explicit verbal assurances of no penalty

A customer was told by an insurance company representative that cancelling a policy would incur no fees, then charged over $300 after cancelling based on that assurance. When disputed, a different representative denied the company's own prior commitment, leaving the customer with no documented recourse.

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