Allstate Auto Insurance Reviews

I would never recommend Allstate insurance to anyone. My experience with them has been nothing short of frustrating and dishonest. Here’s why:

Unwarranted Charges: They charged me an additional 20% fee on my automobile insurance for a speeding ticket that had no demerit points attached to it. This was an unfair charge, and they should not have billed me for it.
Towing Refusal: When my car broke down, they refused to tow it, even though towing was supposed to be included in my policy. They suddenly claimed it only covered towing within 50 kilometers, but the rules kept changing based on their convenience. There was no consistency or transparency.
Terrible Customer Service: I tried reaching out to them for assistance, but each time I was passed around between departments. Each time I spent over 30 minutes on hold only to be told I was connected to the wrong department. Eventually, I was transferred to Allstate USA, where they told me they couldn’t find my policy number in their system, despite being told it should be accessible across all North America, including Canada. This suggests they may have taken my money without properly registering my policy. It feels like outright theft.
This treatment is disrespectful, and it’s clear to me that Allstate is not a trustworthy company. I strongly advise anyone to avoid them.

I had a very bad experience with my recent auto insurance claim. It took almost a month to get it closed and in the end, it was not covered. It is just so disappointing...I don't want to be with them anymore...avoid at all costs

I was in a car accident resulting in the other person at fault. The insurance they had was Allstate. What we thought to be an easy-going situation resulted in a terrible experience. The adjuster we were given was horrible. She had no clue what was going on, she never contacted us for days at a time, she was rude when we made conversation, and she told us personally that we were complaining. What kind of adjuster says this to a client? Aren't you supposed to be helping your client rather than hurting them? As a result of this, I have been left without a vehicle and was forced to be stuck with the damaged car for days after the incident. I hope everyone takes this as a wake up call. Allstate is not the insurance you'd want to back you up. You are not in good hands.

My car went through a puddle and my engine got hydro locked, passenger side inner fender got damaged, 2 lights got damaged and stopped working completely, horn got waterlogged and now tone is really low and both fog light lenses got water in them. They sent the appraiser in and he basically said they'd only cover the engine and nothing else all because my trunk had primer on it (as I had literally just fixed a dent in trunk) and my front bumper wasn't painted (old one had a really bad crack in it so I replaced it with a new unpainted one so my car could pass mvi). They basically said in so many words that my car was a piece of junk so I was lucky to get that out of them. Wouldn't recommend Allstate to anyone as they were very unprofessional about the whole thing.

I am writing to express my unfair treatment from your All State regarding an accident.
I was bought my car 4 months ago, i was involve in an accident which i was not at fault, my car ride off also i paid the insurance to cover the car and passengers and the concept of insurance is to cover the loss , I was expected to compensated by them ,but this treatment absolutely doesn't make sense for someone who is not at fault and paid the insurance without interruption. they screw me $4000.
Imagine without any fault you lost your car and needs to cover the gap from your own pocket

STAY AWAY!!!!
Forget this insurance even if they give you the best lowest quote because they wont serve you at the time you need them. I was with them a year and it was horrible. My agent was "Shideh" at Markham branch and whatever I consulted with her, she wrote down in my file and sent me an official notice letter few days after. This happened twice and I got shocked and furious. I found that they're not trying to advice you and they're not your agent but a spy to receive more information from you and use it against you. Remember!

Wow! now that I had a motor vehicle accident claim with Allstate I can understand why the review scale is so utterly low!
I have never in my life received such horrible customer service as I have from my insurance agency. My claims adjuster didn't follow up with the collision centre, I had to do it. On top of everything, I left many voice messages, sent e-mail for FOUR WEEKS asking if I can go ahead with getting my car fixed and I didn't get any reply's!!!! Not only is that unprofessional but right out rude!
I asked to speak to a different adjuster since I could not ever reach my adjuster when I would call, I requested to speak to the claims department manager. The adjuster told me that the manager is not in the office and that she would e-mail him to ask him to call me, took my phone number and everything. Two days went by, no call from Manager, I called him and he told me that he was never sent that message. The whole claims department is completely dysfunctional. I have never had such a horrible experience and to be treated so terribly. I plan to file a formal complaint due to the extent of which this situation became completely absurd. If you are looking around for insurance don't choose Allstate, I will walk away from them. The WORST!

I have only been an Allstate customer for one year. Unfortuntely the car I had insured died on me 1 month after my renewal. I had informed Allstate that I was no longer driving that car and I was purchasing a new car and was given a new quote. Unfortunately that new quote was far too expensive for me to handle and they really had no explanation as to why it would be so much more money so I switched to a different company which saved me $120 per month. I spoke to a customer service rep who explained how to terminate a policy, she emailed me detailed instructions and I followed them. I also sent in written confirmation that no more monthly payments are to be withdrawn from my account. 10 days after that email was sent, a monthly payment (for a car that is six feet under!) was withdrawn from my account. I immediately called Allstate again, spoke to a different rep and he saw the mistake and told me a payment would be sent to me within 10 business days. 3 weeks later, still no payment I called back and spoke to the same agent, who then said it would 3 more weeks. His explanation was they do not yet know if the funds have cleared my account which I find to be the most ridiculous thing to ever hear. If I had not terminated my policy with them I highly doubt they need to wait 15 days after each withdrawl to see if funds are sufficient or not. I think it is very unfair that when they are given access to your account they can just withdraw whatever they want when they want. Even after having it all in writing!!!! The agents take their time in replying to your calls or concerns. I would stay as far away from this company as you can, there are much better companies to deal with than this. It really isn't even 1 star its more like -10.

I was at an auto show and answered a questionnaire on an iPad about my then current insurance company. An agent contacted me shortly after and quoted me a rate that was much lower, so I switched over. I was also offered first accident forgiveness, among other things and was told that I had a traffic ticket that could be waived to get this stellar package. Low and behold, I had an accident 4 days later that was a total loss. Magically, I was not entitled to the accident forgiveness due to a traffic ticket that was on my record (yes, the one that was waived). I then realized that I was the victim of the old bate-and-switch sales tactic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch). I was appalled. For the next two and a half months, I went through pure hell trying to get my claim paid out. I brought this to the attention of the "manager" and was only made to feel like an a-hole in the end. She was quite a good debater and it was then that I realized there was nothing I could do and would never win this argument. Come my one year renewal, I was terminated from the policy with a balance owing that I was never even made aware of! Not once did they even make the slightest attempt to call my phone number that was in their system. This prompted them to send letters to my old address (I strictly remember updating them with my new one) and finally sending me to a collection agency. Dealing with Allstate was the absolute WORST experience I have ever had with ANY company in my 38 years of existing on this planet. Do yourself a favour and stay away from these shysters.

I have had nothing but problems with these guys. It's always one thing after another. They terminated my home insurance and removed collision on my car without any warning. You are just a number to these guys. Everything must be approved by a "manager" and that takes forever. Have heard way to many horror stories involving allstate