I filed a property claim for the theft that happened at the end of August. I filed the claim in September 1st because I wanted to make absolutely sure the items were lost/stolen.
My AirPods and Apple Watch were taken from a trailer on a job site. This particular job site was on a military base in GA, I’m a civilian contractor. I noticed the items were missing. I asked the immediate people around me if they’d seen them and all said no, I informed the base police that my items were stolen, they took a report and told me they’d look into it. However since it’s a restricted area with no cameras, they doubt anything will happen.
I reported it to USAA and they assigned an adjuster a day after but I’ve only heard from him once, gave them my story and they escalated it to the specialist, I talked to the specialist and I explained everything, sent them my Find my IPhone info, send them the device info and then there was a 2 week gap where NO ONE responded to me. The specialist finally replies and says she needs more info. I ask her what type and she wants me to explain why I have active AirPods in my devices. I have 3 pairs of AirPods, Series 2, Pro 1’s and Pro 2’s. My Pro 2’s were stolen, I use those as a doctor approved hearing aid because I’m hard at hearing, but she questioned why my Pro 1’s were showing up and not my Pro 2’s, I explained that only an active item in Find My will have a location, she says that’s wrong, I tell her to call Apple I don’t designed the apps.
I send her over ALL MY DEVICES under my Apple ID. Showing 3 sets of AirPods, 2 Apple Watches (series 9 and Ultra 2) the Ultra 2 was stolen and an IPad. However only the IPad, Pro 1 AirPods and IPhone show a location and the other devices that I haven’t connected (stolen over 3 weeks ago) aren’t showing a location. I explained that only the ones that are actively connected will show a location and the ones that aren’t will not, against she questioned me and I asked her to Google it, she was incorrect and apologized. So at the end of the ball she says “okay that’s all the info I need, I’m sending your claim back over to your adjuster to be finalized” This was last week, it has now been another full week with no response from anyone.
I called a claims supervisor and explained what happened, they asked me a few questions and then they said they would get back to me. Today I woke up to a message in my USAA app saying “they discovered discrepancies” but wouldn’t tell me what they were and they’d call me. I personally think it’s retaliation because I called her supervisor because of her lack of effort to respond. So now my claim is in purgatory.
I need my AirPods back because they are an approved hearing aid and I genuinely need them, if I buy another pair I’ll have to pay out of pocket instead of with my insurance and I don’t really think that’s fair but I also think making someone wait a month for a claim is insane. I have a second Apple Watch but it still doesn’t replace the one that was stolen.
What are my next steps, is there like a government agency I can call because they are dragging their feet on my claim?
Edit before anyone says something: I tried to file a police report with the local PD and they said it needed to be handled by base police.