Q: What can I do about a supplemental insurance company's mistake resulting in my info being sent to a coworker?
Local insurance agent put a coworker's address in my account when we were enrolling (along with at least one other typo; birthday is/was wrong). Been going back and forth with him and the corporate customer support team. I can't get a refund and terminate my account, because I cant verify my identity, because no matter what I tell them, the information won't match because of the agent's mistakes! The agent rarely gets back to me, was supposed to have his supervisor call me and never did, and seems to be avoiding me altogether. When I insisted repeatedly that I wanted a refund and to end my policy, he kept insisting that I let him keep trying to fix the issue because of how "great" my policy is. Did the agent act negligent under law, by submitting my information with blatant errors, which resulted in me being unable to submit at least one claim, and my personal info being sent to a coworker?
A: Was the agent negligent? Sounds like it. But at this point it's not clear what your damages are. If they fix the problem, you won't have any damages. No damages means no claim against the agent.
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