Meloche Monnex (TD Insurance) Auto Insurance Reviews

We have had our auto and home insurance with this company for 25 years. I just called to add our teenage son (new driver) to our plan. I was expecting our premium to go up but was surprised to learn that they will not insure new drivers under any circumstances. I will be cancelling our policies immediately, due to this elitist and discriminatory policy.

Been a customer for years but have given up. Waited 1/2 and hour one day and one hour today and no one answering the customer service line to make a policy change.

Used to be a good company with fair rates, been with them for over a decade but the last two years have been horrid and service levels have literally dropped off a cliff. No, I have not had any claims, tickets or any billing issues EXCEPT it is damn near impossible to reach a representative. Minimum wait times are in hours, not minutes. I have been on hold on and off the last two days for almost two hours. They claim to be open 8 am to 8 pm, and I have been on hold from 6:30 pm to 8 pm (note that they will let you stay on hold indefinitely after they close up shop with no notification) and now from 8 am to 8:40 am and still going. (This isn't the first time this has happened and is much more pervasive than you might think. I was lead to believe by a rep after about 90 minutes on hold that it was an isolated incident last year as well) No discount is worth this, imagine if you had a legitimately urgent issue and you get stuck like this? Myself? I'm just calling to try to add a car onto the policy and pay them MORE money and can't, but seems soon they won't be getting my business for much longer. It's not "higher than expected call volume" if that is always the case, and no longer a valid excuse. Don't waste your time or money on this sham, you deserve better.

In the past they have had very good service, never had to wait long to get a rep on the phone. Now it is next to impossible to anyone, been holding for over an hour and still going. The message continues to recommend setting up an online account to access quotes etc, but they can not do the service I require without speaking to a representative. Have recommended them to the friends in the past, NEVER again!

I called Meloche Monex (TD Insurance). The wait time was 2 hours and 8 minutes, yes its true. Though the insurance premium is lowest in the market but looks like services are also worst. I suggest that the federal government should stop such insurance companies from doing business / issuing new insurance policies as they do not have sufficient infrastructure in place.

When I first called them to get my insurance we barely waited anytime. I recently had a license change and want to update my insurance plan, I have called them three times in the last four days and the hold time in the total of those three calls has been 2 hours and 15 minutes, and I am currently still on hold. They must be experiencing crazy call volumes because I was on hold for an hour the other night with no answer... Ridiculous How much time should it really take for someone to update their insurance...?

TD Insurance is saving me approximately $40 a month from my previous insurance company. I said yes to using the TD driving app on my phone although I really don't want it. I read that it uses a lot of battery and is almost impossible to get a good driving record using the app. You have to call TD to register for this app and get the code. I almost never have a lot of time during the day to sit for over 30-40 min on hold. As of right now I have called 4 times this week and am over 3 hours on hold and counting. My current call is 42:04 on hold and still no answer. This is really frustrating because it is to get a code for an app that does not function properly but want the possibility of lower insurance.

I’ve been with TD Meloche Monnex for almost twenty years and I’ve never made a claim or had a claim against me. Recently, my parked car was hit by a drunken driver; thankfully, two local people dragged him out of the truck and held him until the police arrived. I had a letter from TD saying that I had zero deductible and so they’d be happy to pay for the repairs. They were super friendly in the beginning but then I was told my 1998 car wasn’t worth fixing and they’d give me $1000. I reminded them of the letter and I was told “that was then, this is now” and that it was a matter of wording. I’m still in the process of talking to other people but I’m told they will say the same thing - even before I’ve had a chance to talk to them. Earlier, I left for the winter and on my return, I replaced my insurance. “Do you want the windshield coverage to continue?” I’ve never had this coverage. I was told the agent must have hit the wrong key; there was no mention of a refund. Like others, I’ve also been told I can get much cheaper coverage elsewhere, even though I’m supposed to have a cheaper rate because of being in a group. My advice is to go elsewhere.

If you have hours to spend on hold, give these guys a call. This used to be a great company but the last couple of years, not so much. Actively looking elsewhere.

I've had my house and auto insurance with them for 25 years maybe more. In all that time I've had one auto claim some 11 years ago and no home claims. I was not at fault but my car was totalled. The claim was settled satisfactorily with speed and politeness. Nor did my rates go up beyond the usual creepage. A recent matter, not even involving a claim, has made me decide to leave this company. I had to purchase a car out of the province of my residence when my old one was beyond reasonable repair costs. First, they told me the maritime branch could still insure me but with a 60 % premium. I was willing to pay because it would only be for a few months. Then they came back and said they could not insure me and that I would have to be insured by their Ontario branch. That auto insurance was 85% more than I had been paying. Because they do not consider the Ontario and Maritme branches the same company and my home was insured with the Maritime branch my house insurance also went up 18%. I was not pleased but again considered it a temporary matter until I had my plates changed back in several months. I decided I would change insurance companies if they did not return me to close to the previous status quo to both house and auto. I asked them to send the policies to a temporary mailing address for me to review. But they got the address wrong. So I had to phone them to correct that and make sure future mailings went to my home address. Tried a couple of times but I could not wait more than 15 minutes to get a person. Then one day I got to a person within minutes... By not listening, just like the individual who did not get the address right, she turned what should have been a simple matter into something very complicated. She kept cutting me off and would not let me speak my mind. She had the gall to threaten to hang up if I did not calm down when she was the one escalating matters. I should have said, "You know what? It doesn't matter. I'll be changing insurance companies in the next few months," and then hung up. They'll be losing a good client. Never any problems with payment and only one claim in 25 years. She was the straw in a series of events. I do not want to be insured by a company that employs someone like her. She's a bully with psychological issues; the need to be right and a lack of genuine empathy. (I have a Ph.D. in psychology and worked in a psychiatric facility). They also lost my father a few years back. He never made any claims. But they were making mistakes with billing and he got tired of calling them up after they kept making the same mistakes over and over again.