Worse Insurance Company Experience Ever
by TL on Jan 19, 2024
1 out of 5 stars
The agents provide excellent service. However the my Drive app is a huge disappointment. My driving is being recorded but I am unable to access the information and there is no timeline for when the issue will be resolved.
This is the worst company I have ever been dealing with. Nobody knows what to do with my claim. For two half months I have been running and collecting all the documents they need. Very much doing adjuster job and pay them for that. I might pay for my Rent-A-Car, too if you thinking about buying this insurance company, don't.
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They will not pay my truck was stolen and almost a year later and not a dollar they are investigating every day a new something they are looking for any reason not to pay then someone tbone me in my other truck they have taken my other truck will not give back to me and they have not payed me a dollar for the second truck
They are scammers they will go to the police and try to have you charged for anything to claim excuse not to pay becarefull this company is very awful this is after being a customer for 22 years.
Currently disputing adjustors assignment of blame, 50/50. I spoke to my assigned adjuster once. Despite asking for an investigation with the evidence available, I asked my broker to contact the adjuster as well, leaving messages for a callback and speaking to other agents at intact regarding my concerns. Zero response from my assigned adjuster. The unprofessional manner in which my assigned adjuster has represented Intact. I cannot believe I'm the only client experiencing this poor quality of customer service. Just unbelievable. Why my broker switched from another company to Intact? is just baffling...
So back in April 2022, we had a massive snow storm and I drove home from work and parked my car in my driveway. The next day I leave to go to work and I hear what sounds like a scrapping noise under my car. My boyfriend looks at me to find that the snow had got all up in the splash guard of my Honda Civic (which is low to the ground) and completely froze and busted out my splash guard.
I called my insurance broker to find out if the damage would be able to be fixed by insurance. He said he would ask intact and they’d get back to me. 2 weeks passed and I get a call from Wanda at Intact. She states how she’s opened a claim about the damage. Since 2 weeks had already passed and I had to use my car I had already fixed the damage. I call her back she doesn’t answer so I leave her a voicemail saying I didn’t want to open a claim I had a question and the damage was fixed I didn’t need their help it was all fixed. Problem solved
A month later I get this email that I haven’t returned their call regarding my at-fault claim. So I call Wanda again leave her multiple messages she never replies and I forgot about it. Figured she’d get the voicemail (guess I should’ve followed up)
In June (after I had left multiple voicemails and even emailed them) I get a letter if I don’t reply in 5 business days they will be processing the claim as an at-fault claim. So I call Wanda again no answer I leave several voicemails and emails. Never get a hold of her. So I call Intact head office to speak with someone about what happened. I’ve told them all the days I’ve called Wanda. All the emails and how I don’t want an at-fault claim it wasn’t supposed to be a claim it was supposed to be a question and I fixed the damage myself.
A few days later I Finally I get a follow-up email saying that it’s been canceled. I’m like perfect moving on. 2 weeks later I get an email from my insurance broker saying I need to submit a bill to show I fixed the damage. I call my insurance broker and said it was the splash shield the local dealership cut it off and racked up the remainder. So again I figured it’s all fixed move on.
3 days ago I get my insurance renewal and I went down like 3 bucks: no claims, no accidents, and no tickets seem strange to me. So I called another insurer to get a quote to compare prices. Come to find out Intact insurance put on my insurance that it was an at-fault claim in April...
Moral of the story... I have canceled insurance with Intact & have gone with another insurance... low rates, and way better customer service. Shame on you Intact and Wanda for all I have had to deal with since April over something that was supposed to be a question.
I’d give them a 1/2 star rating if it would let me...
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We ended up with Intact insurance because they bought out our previous insurers. If you are going to buy a company, you need to continue their service. Intact is the worst company I've ever dealt with. We have a small claim a month ago and still no action. The adjuster we were given must be on vacation because of several emails and 5 phone calls and she still hasn't responded and hadn't submitted the photos we sent. I suspect we won't get a settlement until months from now. We will definitely be looking for another provider as soon as this is settled.
Literally, the worst insurance company I have ever dealt with. Save your time and your sanity and never choose Intact.
(1) Took me a month to just get an ESTIMATE of the total damages to my vehicle after my accident
(2) Now I'm now stuck playing phone tag with people who apparently are never around trying to get an estimated repair date.
(3) It took them 4 days and 3 phone calls to actually start my claim
(4) It took them a week to tow my vehicle from the collision centre location to the city where I live
(5) Another week to tow it to the correct body shop at my dealership because they brought it to the wrong place - their own shop, not the one I noted
(6) Another two weeks to get the estimated repair amount AND BIG surprise, I didn't even get the estimated repair amount from Intact Insurance - I got it from the body shop itself because Intact is too incompetent to reach out in a timely manner.
Can't even call their general phone line because you're on hold for over an hour and then the line gets disconnected... They want to repair a $28,000 vehicle with almost $18,000 in damages. The biggest joke. Would not recommend Intact to my worst enemy.
Negatives though, I call them about 4 times a week professionally. A mix of adjusters extensions and calling the on-hold wait line.
The adjusters have never responded to a single email I've sent. So that is in the dozens to a hundred or so just this month. I've had one adjuster call me back from a VMail I left among dozens or hundreds as well.
Sadly the best option is the adjuster's extension, however, their pick-up rate vs. answering machine is approximately 1/12 or so attempts. Whereas the on-hold line takes up so much time it is prohibitive. I am presently on hold, hold began at 1:35 pm and it is now 3:50 pm while I'm writing this. So the holds are usually around 2 hours, and this is the worst yet at well over 2 hours so far and still waiting. The only reason I'm on hold is that I absolutely need to speak with someone and this is day 8 without getting through to anyone, which is unusual, but also awful.
1 star or less forever. I'd easily be giving this a 3 start without any improvements if they simply added a CALL BACK OPTION as many others have. Then it wouldn't be prohibitive to call the hold line since I could continue with my other business. Being unable to use my phone these past 2.5 hours is costing not only time but money in a very obvious way. I'm missing out on business.
I'll be dealing with Intact less in the future business-wise after writing this and realizing the clear abusive nature of our relationship. So now this is affecting their business and not just mine. I'll be dropping my personal policy with them tomorrow as of this writing.
TLDR: They're too big to care about their terrible customer service as well as being in the past on technology available for over a decade. Avoid them.
Our trusted broker submitted our claim. Nobody called from Intact. We have to call just to the hotline. And wait for more than one hour every time we call several times per week for a month now.
Someone put it wrong in our statement. Over one month we are trying to get the car fully repaired. The adjuster never returned phone calls.
Escalated to the manager via voicemail box.
Insurance broker got in touch and they told me about calling us. Nobody called days later. The car is in service, no explanation why missing parts are not approved and they are not paying for a rental car, which is in the policy.
Calling to English speaking line is getting switched to QC and they have to switch it back to Ontario and it is extra time to wait. One person from Intact did confirm this one and only line to call has been terrible for over three months now.
Their web portal is not allowing to log in to review the estimate. It is not recognizing their own policy number. Reported this bug, but nothing happened.
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Horrible customer service, Horrible claim adjustor, trying to rip you off. Don't want to pay