Horrific Wait Times
by Peter V on Oct 3, 2020
1.5 out of 5 stars
I have been trying to contact a customer service representative since August! I was once on hold for 4 HOURS with no answer on August 23rd. I was calling because they did not send me my renewal papers and my policy expired on August 13th. When I logged in online they only had me listed as having renters insurance, but no active auto policy. I was leaving for a weekend trip with my two small kids and was forced to take out an additional policy with another company because I had no way to verify whether I still had a policy with TD. Since then I have called, I have emailed. I have sent a message from my online profile and nothing! I did see that they took back payments out of the bank account and a week ago I got my renewal papers. I cannot believe this I want to cancel my policy now (which apparently I still, but have no way of doing so because TD will not respond to any of my attempts to contact them. DO NOT take out a policy with them because if you run into any trouble they will leave you high and dry and will not acknowledge you exist.)
I have been trying to contact TD insurance almost for a month, and no response at all. I don't know how many messages I need to left so they can call me back. My insurance policy is due in a few days, and they haven't sent me the details of the new policy, pink card and I have no idea if I am insured or not if they will charge me and how much. Such a bad experience.
I've had my car insured with TD Insurance Meloche Monnex for 3 years and I'm just renewing for the 4th year. My premiums have been increasing by almost 10% per year. After the 2nd year they convinced me to download the TD My Advantage App on my cellphone which tracks my driving qualities and gives a score which can result in a discount of up to 25% on my premium. At the end of the 3rd year I had a score of 92 and a projected discount of 24%. When my policy renewal arrived in the mail, my premium increased by 8%. I called them and argued with the agent as well as his supervisor about where is my 24% discount. They said that the discount was already applied. They're saying that my premium increased by 42% and with the 24% discount I end up with an 8% increase.
This is all baloney. None of these calculations are provided on paper. If they were serious, all this would be shown on the policy renewal. It's a fraud.
After 17 years with the company, and part of a professional group that supposedly had a discount with TD, I was shocked to receive my annual renewal with a 29% increase.
Nothing has changed with me in the past year and so I called to ask why the increase.
I was told that all policies were affected by general conditions in the industry and there was nothing other than that they could identify in my situation.
Enough is enough and I am changing insurers. I have contacted a few and have found more competitive rates at all of them.
One in particular will take me back to the level of premium that I paid last year. That's a 29% reduction from the TD renewal quote.
Goodbye TD.
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I started with Primmum (who was excellent), TD Insurance would not renew and forced us over to TD Insurance - and wouldn't provide a loyalty bonus (claiming we were new to TD Insurance - even though TD owns Primmum). Since being with TD Insurance, pricing has substantially increased and wait times have exploded... blaming many of our wait times on Covid-19 is not legitimate...why can't TD figure this out? Even just offering a call back option when calling in would go a long way. I feel bad for the employees left holding the bag, it must be a terrible place to work if staff are jumping off the ship (as a representative I spoke to blamed the wait on staff shortage... doesn't seem like TD is investing enough to make this a real business. Will try out a local broker when my policies are up for renewal... it is worth paying a little more to have better service and support local instead of TD who obviously doesn't care.