Seniors

Everything was done on paper, then they mailed me a quote. I called the auto insurance company I then had coverage with to see if they could match the Hartford quote. When they couldn't I sent back paperwork to Hartford accepting the quote. At some point I sent paperwork to set up auto pay. I'd gone through a series of surgeries and when I was anticipating another surgery I knew that auto pay was the way to go since my husband wasn't holding it together.

What may be happening for you is that now a lot of companies will not provide coverage if your credit isn't good. By getting your financial information they can check that. Invasive as hell, but they take advantage.

As for the junk mail, there used to be a site to go to opt out of mailings. Here is a list of ways to opt out of mail, calls, and email. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0262-stopping-unsolicited-mail-phone-calls-and-email

Of course, scammers will ignore any effort to block them so you can't rid of all of it.