CA couple loses home insurance after draining pool to save water

A few years ago I got a notice of cancellation due to a single damaged shingle. I called out a roofing company to repair. They found hail damage, and replaced the roof before the policy end date. My old insurance had to pay $14k and lost my business. It was a win-win.

That guy with the roof issue is 85? Wow, he looks in his 60's

My homeowners insurance tried to drop me because i had the hurricane shutter closed on my bedroom window. I have it closed because it blocks out the sun and i have to sleep during the day since i work nights. They tried to say i had it closed because i was trying to hide a broken window. I was literally forced to take it down and send them a picture of my bedroom window to prove to them it wasn't broken so they wouldn't just drop me. Id also love to know how they got access to my backyard to even see my window since it faces the rear of the house. How are these companies allowed to just invade your privacy and trespass on your land without even giving any notice? And then just threatening you with cancelation without any hard proof of anything. It's insane.

The message is clear. AAA is a horrible company. Avoid.

Apparently the risk of someone falling into an empty pool and suffering injury is higher than the risk of someone falling into a pool full of water and drowning.

This is going to get worse. As long as your insurance company is allowed to bribe your congressman who is responsible for what the law does and does not allow your insurance company to get away with.

Seriously, Congress needs to do an oversight investigation on these insurance companies all over the country, not just CA. They are the biggest corporate crooks out there.

My homeowners insurance told me I needed a new roof or I would be terminated. I had 30 days. I found a roofer, it took almost all my savings, but got it done. They canceled me anyway. The roofer later asked me why I wanted a new roof as there was nothing wrong with the old shingles!

Someone should send drones to the owners of AAA

I can see why elderly people wouldn’t put water in a pool but these insurance companies are getting ridiculous

Remember, drained pools are a massive liability. Home owners insurance often also covers accidents on your property. If someone falls into the deep end of your drained pool and breaks their neck, that’s covered by your homeowners policy. I think it’s unreasonable to go straight to cancellation, but I would expect my insurance to go up if I drained my pool.

Not that I’m ok with what ls going on but an empty pool can pop up out of the ground. An insurance company isn’t gonna want to pay for a new pool because you’re not keeping water in it.

It’s time we start a movement to cancel these insurance companies - not the other way around

AAA is absolutely the worst. I'd been with them for 25+ years as a auto club member, I never used them until just a few years ago. I had to have a car towed 3 years ago, the driver who showed up was so high I wouldn't let him tow my car. I've had 3 incidents in the last year with road hazards giving me flat tires on 3 different vehicles. In every case my jack wouldn't life the car, the lug wrench wouldn't loosen the nuts, in one case the jack retainer was installed so tightly from the factory I couldn't get the jack out. In each case I called AAA, and in every case I waited hours and nobody ever showed up. I had to call a local wrecker to bring a jack, impact wrench, etc just to help me change the tire. I called AAA to cancel, it was totally painless like they were either having a lot of cancellations or they wanted to get rid of me because I was actually trying to use what I was paying $100 a year for. Like I'd ever trust them for insurance.

One relason for empty pools is it that an heavy rain can pop the pool out of the ground. I observed this in Broward Co. Back in late 70s. They were just built and not yet finished when we got a very heavy rain storm, the rising water table poped the pools out of the ground.

How all these insurance companies get away with all this without lawsuits for "Invasion of privacy" is beyond me.

We need new legislation to protect home owners from insurance companies using drones to look at their properties.

The government gives too much power to insurance companies. We need more strict legislation to keep these insurance companies in check and to protect their customers.

Hoarder Homeowners can go find new insurance. Insurance companies decide what risks are acceptable.

We're dealing with the same thing in Vegas!!! We've gone through 3-4 HO insurances!!