Insurer Adds Undisclosed Driver To Policy And Withholds Refund
A policyholder discovered that an insurance office had added a driver to their policy without consent after only requesting a quote, and separately failed to issue a refund owed after removing a vehicle from the policy. The customer only learned of the unauthorized change while following up on the missing refund, since payments were on autopay.
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