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Registered Letter in Dec?

by StayAwayFromAviva on Dec 18, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

As others have stated, I also got a registered letter in the mail explaining I had to fill out a 5-page document in order to renew my insurance. It also states my premium must be paid in full once approved and I am no longer able to do monthly instalments. What!? I have never been in an accident or made any type of claim; I have a clean driving record for 10+ years. Horrible. Been trying to reach them all day but have been put on hold for literally hours at a time. The WORST.

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Worst insurers ever

by Ali on May 24, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

Worst company to get insurance with. I updated my credit card for both property and auto monthly deduction, they updated it for property but never updated for auto and kept charging the previous card and then cancelled my policy on payment after hours-long multiple calls, transfer from department to another and waiting on hold for hours. They asked me to pay the backlog once, which I did. Still, they never reinstated my policy and offered me a new one with double rate ..and still, my history is scarred by CANCELLATION DUE TO NON-PAYMENT which was actually CANCELLATION DUE TO NON-CHARGING but they don’t hold any responsibility for their lack of update on my provided account. Very improper and unprofessional .. I guess they don’t care about customers at all, all they think about is money-making ...worst experience

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Wait times CRAZY

by Kenna S on Aug 30, 2017
2 out of 5 stars

No matter when I call wait time 45 min to 60 min Plus INSANE
I called to add a second car on my insurance policy wait 60 min
Calling BACK as I still have not received email copy of insurance and on hold 25 min so far. This is not acceptable. I have called first thing, middle of the day and later in day same thing. No way its that busy. Need more staff to answer the phone !!!!!!!!

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Absolutely Terrible!

by Brian Phillips on Apr 19, 2017
1 out of 5 stars

My wife had a very traumatic car accident in which another driver ran a red light. Our 5 day old vehicle was subsequently written off. The adjuster assigned to the claim was horrible and outright lied to us throughout the process. After harassing Aviva to move the claim along, we were offered $7,000 less than we paid for the vehicle - standard insurance 101 practice. As a result, I wrote a lengthy email and cc'd everyone I could at Aviva. Not surprisingly, I immediately received a call advising the first offer was the result of a 'mathematical error' (aka fishing expedition). Long story short, we finally received the full value of our 5 day old car, for a zero fault accident, after Aviva lied to us, stalled the claim and low balled the offer. I now truly understand why no one likes insurance companies.

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absolute criminals

by down with aviva on Jan 31, 2017
1 out of 5 stars

If it was possible to give them 0 or negative stars i would. Had my vehicle involved in an accident, towed to the salvage yard for holding, been in a fight over the pay out for weeks now. Went today to get personal belongings our of my truck...turns out it has been sold 2 weeks ago. Odd being I have the ownership papers in my possession and have not signed it over to Aviva yet. THEIVES they literally stole and sold my vehicle. Worst people ever to deal with worst company ever. If you plan on being insured with Aviva your better off having NO insurance. They are licensed criminals and will screw you over any and all ways possible. Still have not heard back from the claim adjuster about who authorized the sale of my vehicle without my consent. Will be filing a police report for my stolen vehicle if I do not hear back within the hour. Please do yourself a favor and go with any other insurance company. Aviva will make you consider ending you life in an already stressful time. They offer no help, no guidance and no support. They want to shove their first "reasonable" offer down your throat and b done with you. When you dispute them and send in comparables they will find anything and I mean anything to discredit your comparables, even when the vehicles they compared yours too to come up with the lowest price they can offer are less revelant to your vehicle then the ones you send them. And if you think th first person you talk to is incompetent just ask for a supervisor and see what type of "customer service" you will get. Do yourself a favor: sell your car and walk if you have no other choice then Aviva, you will be much happier, healthier and much better off in life. These people are seriously the bottom of society and hopefully Karma comes back and gets them. It's terrible what you will go through with Aviva

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Terrible

by gilehmerd on Nov 29, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

I am reading all these, and I am pulling my hair. why didn't I read these before, all TRUE, or seems TRUE, or going to be TRUE.

I am in Canada, and just learned that RBC sold its insurance business to Aviva.

I feel sorry for you, and for myself, that no doubt, I am going to have the same nightmare. My first conversation with adjuster today, verbally offered me 24k for my super mint MDX ELITE 2011 with low mileage, that you hardly find at 28k. And when i said wow, that is too low, she threatened me that she will pull out rental as of today. BECAUSE SHE MADE AN OFFER. this is just 7 days past accident!!!

So, that is nice business, offer a low value, and pull the rental if customer doesn't accept. Put pressure on a family who got in accident and lost their primary car. I didn't know this is how insurance suppose to work!!!

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never isured with AVIVA

by Ana on Nov 25, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

Customer Services Staff makes fun of clients and they expectations.
Undervalue your car price and they are not organized. Every time you call them you need to start your story again and again because they don't give to you one person to deal. They don't care about they customers at all.
Get stressed talking with them, and as soon this case is closed, changing insurance.

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Customer service sucks

by State on Sep 2, 2015
1.5 out of 5 stars

I had a question about my bill since it was my first payment to the company and the customer service rep in the billing department was extremely unhelpful. He kept referring me to my broker and wouldn't explain the bill to me. I pray to God I don't have to call these people again!

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Liars and thieves

by madashell22 on Jul 20, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

Had a NOT AT FAULT collision in February when an idiot woman turned her SUV perpendicular to my lane with nowhere and no time for me to go anywhere else. I spoke with a guy who could barely speak ENGLISH at "Claims Pro" who eventually told me I was found not to be at fault and therefore my premium would not be affected. Got my renewal notice and payment schedule for the upcoming year and, surprise, surprise, an increase of MORE that 100%!! I am contacting my insurance broker tomorrow (which I believe is another middleman racket) to see if he can do anything other than make excuses. Bottom line: AVIVA SUCKS! I have also had my home and cottage coverage with them and that stinks too. They can say good-bye to my money!

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Very displeased with aviva

by Not Happy on Jun 18, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

I have recently stopped using Aviva due to the horrible customer service I have experienced using them; I had been with Aviva for about 5 years since I started driving. I didn't know until recently but they had been charging me Almost $100.00 more each month than any other insurance company I got a quote from.

In the last 2 years they have made numerous errors with my auto policy that resulted in me over paying on multiple occasions.

When I joined my home policy with my auto I was supposed to get a discount and received verbal and written confirmation that it was set up, only to find out that they didn't do it months later.

Although they eventually paid back the difference it took months to wait for them to give it back and I had to call them and leave numerous messages with no answer or reply.

It would appear that none of their brokers are competent in being able to manage their clients information and communicate with their coworkers about updates to their policies. I have had different brokers contact me stating that my information is out of date or incorrect when I had provided it correctly and have records of the conversations via email. This has happened many times. Their organization and care in dealing with clients is a joke from what I have experienced.

When preparing to leave Aviva my broker began to bad talk other insurance providers and warned that they will just rip me off and that their services suck. she essentially was trying to scare me into staying.

Based on my experience with this insurance provider and their team of brokers I highly recommend to NEVER insure anything with AVIVA. It is not worth the frustration, you will overpay for bad service and you will NOT be taken care of by careful and competent professionals.

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