Insurance Agent Error Doubles Premiums and Triggers Fraudulent Delinquency Report
Progressive doubled a customer's premiums without notice due to an agent's failure to file a required form, then reported the account as delinquent when the customer cancelled in response. Internal processing errors that create downstream credit damage represent a serious and hard-to-dispute harm.
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