- Report: #1425901
Complaint Review: JM & A Group - Deerfield Beach Florida
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Sandi -
PORT SAINT LUCIE, Florida, United States
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JM & A Group
500 Jim Moran Blvd- PO Box 8566 Deerfield Beach, 33443 Florida, United States
Phone:
8007224603
Web:
http://jmagroup.com/
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JM & A Group Jim Moran & Associates, Inc. Refused to pay for the protection that I already paid for Deerfield Beach Florida
I paid, UP FRONT, for this "Gap protection" when I purchased my car 3 years ago.
My car was just totaled a month ago because someone tee-boned me and my car was unrepairable. My insurance company paid towards my loan what they valued the car at. This company, who's sole purpose is to cover the difference between a person's loan and what the insurance company pays when someone's car gets totaled (no fault of my own) is refusing to do their job.
They are stating that the difference between what my insurance is valuing my car and what they are valuing my car is too great and since I haven't paid off most of my car they will not pay it. Why did I pay for your insurance again? UP FRONT might I add!!! I was not making payments on their contract.
They take peoples' money and then pocket it for themselves! Even the lady on the phone, Mac, couldn't really explain the purpose of getting their insurance as she knows it is a scam!
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Skells1148
Apollo Beach,Florida,
United States
Explaination
#2General Comment
Thu, June 21, 2018
With JM&A as with other GAP policies, they have a percentage rule. (In this case 90%) In short, it's saying that if the insurance company gives you less than 90% of the value of the car for the total loss, they end their coverage. Example: If You owe $11,000 on the vehicle and it's valued at $10,000. The insurance company totals the vehicle and values it at $9,000. They would pay in full. However, if the insurance company valued the vehicleat $8,000, then JM&A would pay $2,000 which covers down to 90% of the value, and you'd be responsible for the remaining $1,000.
Here's why gap companies do this: There have been instances of insurance companies taking advantage of gap policies. If a car is worth $10,000, one can't possibly expect the Gap company to allow an insurance company to give $2,000 for the car just because they know gap will cover the difference. The gap company would have to pay $8,000 that would be the insurance company's responsibility. Additionally, they can't arbitrarilly decide, on a case by case, basis how much to pay on each car. The line has to be drawn. In this case, they're saying they'll allow the insurance company to value the car at 10% less than the NADA value, but then they draw the line.
I have no doubt that you were ripped off here, but I believe the question should be "Why is my insurance company giving me less than the NADA value of my car?"
Side note: I am not a representative of this company. I own an auto buying service and have several years experience in the Finance Office at various dealerships. This is simply knowlege I've obtained from thoroughly reading the front and back of contracts through the years. I hope it helps you understand what hapenned.
