<prompt> Human: So Im military. About 2 years ago, I left the state I was in to transfer overseas. I sold my car before leaving, and forgot to cancel my insurance on it out of inconvenience and mostly laziness on my part shitty of me, I know. Recently I emailed my insurance in regards to this. I hadnt known I was able to email instead of calling, which was inconvenient because of time zones. I informed them of what had happened, and they were willing to help me cancel. The support person informed me they were going to backdate my policy about a year. Im not quite sure what this means, and if it could be explained in laymans terms, it would be much appreciated. As for my insurance, it went from being about 300 to 800. So in essence, what is Backdating, why did they choose to do that, what does this mean for me? Thanks in advance for answers!  <response>: Sounds like they are going to retroactively cancel your policy back to 1 year ago. You should get a refund for this. 