Intact Insurance Auto Insurance Reviews

Intact is the worst insurance company in Canada. Their customer service is atrocious. Make sure you read the fine print. Because there seem to be different clauses that only work out in their favour. I had a vehicle written off. They compare 10 vehicles chosen by them. Nothing near anything acceptable. All high mileage and some were damaged vehicles. When I looked at the current price for replacements, they were ALL 4K above their price. Beware. Insurance companies are there to take, not give. Intact says theirs better than all the rest. NOPE. 13 years with them. One claim. Screwed over equals buh-bye Intact. A big 0 stars.

DO NOT GO WITH INTACT. I wish I had read the reviews before signing up. A week of "My Driving Discount" and I was out. The app is ridiculously stupid and clearly set up to take your money regardless of the quality of your driving. I tried to cancel my Intact policy over a month ago, and they have had me jumping through hoops to get my refund ever since. The latest update? I was sent a letter saying "your refund will be processed upon clearance of your last payment". What does that even mean? I paid Debit in full over a month ago. This entire experience has been an absolute NIGHTMARE. To summarize: DO NOT GO WITH INTACT.

I have been with Intact aka Belair aka Canadian insurance for almost 6 years. Never missed or was late in any payments to them. I received a letter in the mail about how I have to pay my insurance in full from now on and can't have the monthly plan anymore. I questioned the Customer Service about it and all they would give me is that because they are now Intact they have new rules and their underwriter said I did not qualify. I asked to talk to the underwriter and was told they don't talk to the customers about their decisions. I asked to talk to a supervisor and was told he went home. I know of 3 other people that have received this letter and they got the same runaround. NEVER EVER DEAL WITH THIS COMPANY. They have no respect for their customers AT ALL!!

They approved my windshield claim four months ago and all of a sudden called me up and left a message saying they decided they won't be paying for it. It turns out that the adjuster that approved the claim made a mistake and it shouldn't have been approved in the first place. That's not my problem, Intact. It's yours. Meanwhile, the company that completed the APPROVED claim has been out the almost $500 for four months. And now, conveniently, the request I made to speak to a supervisor never got passed on. So I call back 48-hours later and now they are all "in a meeting". Not enjoying getting the run-around. I want this resolved.

I just wanted to write a review about the very poor customer service I've revived from Intact insurance. I was insured for a year and during my renewal policy they told me I'd be paying $120 extra a month, I expressed I didn't want to renew with them, however, they went into my account and took the increased amount regardless. After I called them to cancel and they told me I need to FAX them a written letter to cancel, to which I asked if I could email a picture, they said no. So it was Sept 13 and my policy renewed on Nov 8th, so I thought, okay, I paid them, I'm gonna be insured 'till Dec 8th now, it is what it is. Well, then they went into my account again and took another increased payment, I ended up paying them $1000 in a month to renew my policy I already had with them... So now I'm pissed. I call them and can't get ahold of any supervisors or retention and I'm cancelling on the phone and he brings up the written letter. However, now he says I can send it through email after the fact. On top of that, now that I've cancelled with them, they're charging me $250 to cancel with them. Do not go with this insurance company, they are not helpful, extremely rude and only after your money.

INTACT is a terrible insurance company and is causing me grief as I write this. They are not quick to act on correcting their mistakes. I happened to log in online after they announced they were going paperless and I noted that there was a place you check claims. Under claims I noticed one from 2016 that is FALSE and I NEVER made. I have been at least two weeks with this between the broker and INTACT trying to get them to fix it. What happened was I called in with a hypothetical question and NOT - I REPEAT - NOT a claim. The person who entered the claim no longer works for INTACT and no money was paid out, obviously, but I am shown at 100% liability. To me, this is fraud and should have been corrected IMMEDIATELY. Instead, the claims manager stated she would investigate and made no promises. The best she could do was to change the 100% at fault over to 0%. This is ludicrous. While my driving record is a 9 (highest rated) if I was to join a different insurer, this claim would then count against me. Not only that but INTACT could not even tell me if this claim HAS affected my policy or not and this is something they need to consult underwriting for. Furthermore, I was bounced back and forth between the broker and INTACT, each one telling me to contact the other. I also had a windshield replaced years ago and apparently, this shows up as a claim. Unfortunately, I trust Carnaghan Taylor Insurance when they told me it was NOT a claim and that it would have ZERO impact on my insurance while this is not true at all. To add even more frustration, INTACT decided to offer this telematics program, where you receive some plug-in device for your vehicle, which monitors some of your driving habits, and as a result, you receive a discount. Well, back in August (we are now at the end of October) I renewed my policy and was adamant with the broker I absolutely did NOT want to be enrolled. I have zero interest in an insurance company monitoring what time of day I drive etc. This is truly Orwellian and I want none of it. So I was surprised to see an added charge of $177 to my policy in October this year. It took a week to find out from the broker that this was added back into my policy since I never enrolled into the tracking program. The problem is...I never enrolled. I spoke to the broker again the following week and they advised I asked to be signed up (enrolled) which is 100% FALSE. I relayed this information back to INTACT and they advised there may be nothing that can be done. I will take this matter to court if need be. The broker first stated that I requested to be signed up then later in the same conversation stated that INTACT automatically enrolls their clients and then when the client doesn't enroll after so many weeks, they automatically lose the discount. I never received the device, I never signed or authorized any enrollment, and I agreed to a binding policy agreement and nowhere in that do I see any mention of this program being applied. I am furious that I could have easily missed this information and furious that either the broker or the insurance company didn't immediately make things right with me. Well, if they want to make me wait on their clock, then I am going to make sure I expose this and do an investigation of my own!

Their call centre employees are rude. They aren't able to provide you with a simple answer. The company continues to withdraw money from your account even after you haven't renewed your policy with them. And to top it all, my broker is a lazy liar who seeks to fill his pockets.

I was with Intact for a few years, and in March of 2018 I was in a rear-end collision, where I was unfortunately at fault, but the other driver's car was barely damaged, mine was totalled. Anyways, I decided to park the car and stop driving it, but I was still paying my monthly premium, but I was going through a rough time and I missed a payment, and they sent me a letter but instead of sending it to my mailbox at my house, they sent it to the post office knowing I had no idea it was sent there. Then all of the sudden I got a letter saying my policy was cancelled for non-payment and now I’m considered high risk, in which I’m currently paying $575 a month because of it. I called my broker and she said: “I can’t control when you pick up your mail”, which I thought was really rude. Now I’m on the list for 3 years all because of a mistake they made, I know I’m partly to blame but they could have told me if I pay what I owed, then they’d take me off the list but nope. I will never ever recommend Intact insurance EVER. Plus, I once had a not-at-fault accident where it took Intact two months to determine whether or not my car was totalled or not, which it was pretty obviously not going to be fixed.

Do not bother with this company for insurance. I was in an accident months ago from a yield sign being moved behind a tree by drunks. A massive truck and trailer were also parked in front of the sign as well, making it impossible to see. I had a witness at the scene that saw these individuals move the sign, I took pictures, I called the city and I wrote down the licence plates of the vehicles parked illegally. Apparently, it wasn’t enough and was found 100% accountable for the accident. Fast forward to a few months later and because I needed to pay for bodywork in order for a new light to be put into place, Intact stopped covering me. I recently got this light fixed and was going to change my insurance plan. However, when I looked at my bank account today there was $320 withdrawn from my account for no coverage. I do not fully blame insurance because there were other factors involved, but I do know I was royally screwed. So, thank you Intact for bending me over when I needed a reliable and professional company to help prove that I wasn’t at least fully at fault for my accident and providing nothing but unnecessary debt. Peace.

I've been with Intact for a couple years now and since then they’ve given me horrible rates and the customer service just blatantly isn't there. I've had times where I need to switch my insurance from one vehicle to the next and the next thing I know I'm paying $450 two months in a row and when I call them to give my hard-earned money back, they say they can't do it and to get on with my day. So whatever, I get mad and they fix it to its usual $175 for my 1997 Nissan. Until a couple months ago, everything was gravy until I had to switch it again onto another vehicle of mine and the next thing I know I'm paying $350 for 2 cars. One of the cars I sold months back and even told them I only need one on my policy and ask for a refund and they say no, of course, so that's when I end my policy from these money hungry corporates. And then to make sure they can't take out any more money (because I just have a feeling they might try), I put a block against their withdrawal payments but I check the 15th the usual day they take out their unholy sum of cash from my wallet and there it is again, not their money in any way, $150 gone from my bank. By this point, I just had to share my experience with Intact insurance just to let them know that they are the worst insurance company and I do not recommend anyone to ever go near Intact or their Surrex brokers over in Magrath.