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2 months of lies

by sick of BS on Oct 13, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

I can say choosing this company was an experience I would not wish on anyone when I had to file a claim from this tenth rate company. I had enough of the lies, arrogance and unwillingness to be fair. They seem to THINK they are entitled to rip us off!

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shifty practices

by sick of BS on Oct 13, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

We prepaid our policy, but when we had an accident and after they had our money they tried to cancel and not cover us. they then called back and said their counsel recommended they honor the claim. almost 2 months of lies, delays and stress and nothing. This companies practices on settling claims is a joke. My car was written off for half the value and only when threatened with a lawsuit did they increase the value to a proper range. (almost double the initial amount) I would never recommend this company and can not believe the deceit and garbage they are so quick to employ. that is and was my experience with this tenth rate garbage.

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Worst insurer ever

by tay.b on Sep 28, 2015
1.5 out of 5 stars

My rate went up dramatically because I moved. Now they want a $600 cancellation fee.

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Really went to bat for us

by Raff on Sep 24, 2015
5 out of 5 stars

We insured our Nissan Xterra Off-road with economical after a big blowout with AMA (they cancelled our insurance (& didn't notify us) because they tried to take whole annual premium out at once, instead of monthly payments. Obviously it was NSF.)
About 4-5 months after signing with Economical, my husband had his first accident (ever) when he had black ice, slid off the road and hit a tree.... On December 22 at 10pm. Economical (and everyone else) was closed for the holidays so we filed police report and waited until they reopened to file a claim. They were polite to deal with and were understanding of the situation. They took time to explain the process to us and make sure we were comfortable as we had never had to do an insurance claim before and really had no clue what are were doing. They recommended we deal with one of thier preferred garages (Boyds Autobody) for the repairs so we agreed and the vehicle was picked up by a flatbed in January when the shop opened be the adjustor gave his numbers.
From that point on, we lived a nightmare. Anything that could go wrong, did go wrong. The shop had trouble finding parts, then the new hood they ordered was cracked, they couldn't find the special tools they needed, the paint shop was overbooked, they found extra damage to the vehicle frame....

Eventually it has been over 2 months and we still didn't have our vehicle back. The rental cars through insurance had run out and the repair shop "doesn't do loaner cars anymore" so we're were stuck borrowing a family members car. We were also supposed to be getting weekly updates from the shop, and tha just want happening so we would pop in every once in a while to get an update (for the first 1.5 months, the vehicle didn't move. Husband marked the tire with chalk because he didn't believe their BS).

Finally got our SUV back after 2 months after a pop in visit & they said they "forgot to call to say it was ready". We got the keys, got in, started it & looked up to see them lock the door & turn the lights off. We then spent 2 days using a vehicle with no heat in -30*C weather waiting for the shop to open on Monday. They told us they forgot to reconnect something with the heater so that was fixed but it still was running way to high - 1000rpm at idle....
Apparently that was due to the engine being cold....

We were extremely leery about it so about a week later, husband took the vehicle to our Nissan dealership to have their repair guys give it a boo. Turns out they put a n improperly sized fan belt on....
Husband called me from dealership and said they were refusing to let him drive it off the lot, I called insurance claim person (side note, during this whole thing, were actually got swapped out to 3 different claims people, but everyone left really good notes so it wasn't a problem) and asked what to do, they said call Boyd's and listen to those instruction; Boyd's said dealership were idiots and to drive out over, even agreeing to all liability of anything happened on route.

On route to Boyd's, the belt blew on the highway, causing a loss in all power steering and braking. The belt ripped off the fan, smashed the radiator and generally undid everything they had just fixed. By sheer luck , husband drifted it into a roadside turn out were I had a very loud, vey heated conversation with Boyd's and they sent a flatbed. Next call was to insurance claims person who immediately apologized and said she was escalating it internally.
The next day, I got a call from the Western Canada VP or Economical Insurance who apologized profusely & essentially asked what we're wanted to do. We weren't comfortable with Boyd's touching the vehicle again so he arranged to have it sent to our dealership for the repairs, a complete review of all of Boyd's work and said that they would be pursuing Boyd's for reimbursement of the cost of this, and Boyd's would be providing us with a rental vehicle until the dealership finished the work.
He also asked for my permission to have a rep from Boyd's get in touch to get details directly from me, which I agreed to. The next day, I spent about 2 hours in a conference call with the Western Canada VP of Economical and the VP of Boyd's Autobody's Canadian branch.
When we picked up our vehicle from the dealership, we found out that they don't actually deal with insurance companies, but Economical had explained the situation and had a money write sent over that morning to pay them before we picked it up.
I was later informed that the manager at the repair shop had been fired over the mess and Boyd's was on Economical's s**tlist as a result.

Couldn't believe how hard the insurance company fought for us, especially only after a couple of months on the policy.
Ooh, and did I mention when it came time to renew the policy the next year, out premiums actually went DOWN!

We have since added a second vehicle to the policy and have our house insurance with them as well.

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No End In Sight

by Norman Lamb on Jul 25, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

Try suing one of Economical Mutuals clients. 4 years and counting with no end in sight. Liability has been established by Worksafe & ICBC. But Economical Mutual wants to go the distance. Unable to find suitable words.

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a nightmare

by sonnyyy on Jul 25, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

This experience has left me asking myself if i should continue driving. If you are insured with company hope you never have to file a claim.

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What a nightmare

by sonnyyy on Jul 24, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

I had an accident where the other driver was at fault and charged. My 90 year old mother was the passenger, she suffered both physical and emotional pain. The car that was cared for many years by my dad was given to me after he retied from driving was written off. Here is both myself and my mother in shock and the car (a 97 olds cutlas that i could have driven for a few more years with because of its care and mint condition low KM was written off and i was offered what they call cash value of $1500. As someone else posted here i could get another appraiser have it go to what they call and umpire ,i declined and they say they closed the file so i have nothing but i now have to come up with funds from my pocket to buy a vehicle and pay for it with what i receive from my pension.

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NOT at a economical company!

by roccojo22 on Jul 17, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

Economical Insurance is a company that should not exist. Over a year ago I was in a car accident and I am still dealing the aftermath with my Insurance. I have made only one claim with them because of my accident. Just recently they send me a letter in the mail stating that I have exceeded the "allowable risk factors" and I can no longer be insured with them. Note that I only ever made one claim. Customer service is dreadful as they do not explain their policy's right and the only way to find clear answers is to speak with management.

Ever since I have been insured with this company I always felt like I was being robbed. Before the accident I was paying around $250 a month to insure my vehicle which was a 1999 Chevy. After the accident I had to purchase another vehicle. It took a lot of hassle just to get the company to give me money for my old car which was a total loss. After my new car was purchased ( a 2013 Chrysler) my insurance went through the roof. My premium changed drastically. They adjusted it to be almost $700 a month!!!! What was really bizarre is this was adjusted because of the change of vehicle. The accident wasn't even accounted for yet until the next renewal period. I called to complain about this, and it was actually their fault because of false information in their file.

Any adjustment were sent to me in a very untimely manner. I would receive adjustments to my policy in the mail toward the end of the month when my monthly payment was due. It was ridiculous.

Overall the experience I had with Economical's auto insurance is so below standards that I wish it didn't exist. I actually had more stress dealing with these people than dealing with my well-being after my accident. It was a nightmare. I suggest anyone to stay away from this un-economical and unsatisfying auto insurance company!

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Economical stole our car!

by dkg on Feb 27, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

Do not insure your car with this evil company!

Yesterday, my fiance was in a collision, thankfully he was not hurt but the car was wrecked. he was not at fault, and it says so in the police report. Since we put in a claim however Economical has given us 24 hours of hell, and I expect many more days of hell to come.

First, they refused to loan us a vehicle until they can get the police report, so they can prove he was not at fault. We gave them the incident number and the contact information of the police officer who responded to the scene. The incident number says my fiance is not at fault, they refuse to believe that, and they refuse to speak with the officer who responded to the crash. The lady who is in charge of the claim spent more time on the phone lecturing my fiance about how he doesn't have their most expensive insurance plan to compensate for this crash than actually helping. She also insisted we contact the police and get the report from them in order to speed up the claim process. Needless to say the insurance is responsible to collect the police report, so the police would not give it to us and were even horrified that the insurance asked us to collect it.

Next they asked my fiance to go to the impound by Friday (the collision happened on Wednesday) to fill out the proper release paperwork that would allow the insurance company to take the car from the impound lot. We get a call from the impound lot an hour later stating that the Economical has informed them that they would be picking up the car the next morning. They impound lot called us because they thought it was strange, because no paperwork had been signed yet to release the car, which had just came into the lot that day. My fiance said he would be there in the morning to sign said paperwork, remove the licence plates, and collect our belongings.

This morning he goes to the impound lot only to find out Economical had sent a tow to collect the car in the morning before he had gotten there. Somehow they had taken the car without the paperwork filled out and took our licence plates and belongs with them! They essentially have stolen the car because we did not have the paperwork filled out that gave them permission to take the vehicle. Now we are fighting them to get our belongs and licence plates back! The people we have spoken to on the phone have been nothing but rude and awful to us, essentially saying it's our fault they took the car without our consent.

On top of that the lady in charge of the claim won't answer our phone calls. I am outraged! Do not get insurance with this company and save yourself the stress and horror we are going through now.

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Not happy

by mholek2000@hotmail.com on Nov 4, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

Well we purchased a car August 25th my daughter was in an accident October 7 we paid 12500 for the car economical offered 8911 minus the deductible. I have gone online found cars more than the ones they used for comparison and all I get is well you need to hire an adjuster yourself. They look out for the company and not there customers. When this policy is up I am done with economical insurance. I would not recommend thi company to anyone.

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