Aviva Auto Insurance Reviews

I have recently filed a claim with Aviva and I have spent the last 3 months trying to get my claim finalized. With the later 2 months of those 3 months going back and forth with Aviva, claim rep advised verbally and through numerous emails that she would cover my claim in full, reimburse me for any invoice I submitted and when it comes down to the crunch she lies, renege's on her previous emails, gives threatening innuendo's and when I question it with a supervisor, I am told that they have over indemnified me in regards to my claim and that I am not entitled to what I was advised to by said Claims Department. I have many products with Aviva and needless to say they will be losing me as a customer as soon as I am able to find an alternate insurance provider.
To say the least, AVIVA, is not a reputable Company and I would NEVER RECOMMEND their services for anything.

They called me at work today to tell me that damage to my car was wear and tear! The nerve. After being an RBC customer for more then 15 years, paying them without issue over the years, never had an issue with RBC insurance until Aviva took over the car insurance, this is the fist claim filed with Aviva. The rep told me flat out that the estimator report said it was wear and tear. You have to a complete idiot to believe that! It is very obvious it is not wear and tear! So I was pretty upset with Aviva, so she then said she will call the estimator and speak with him. So I called the estimator myself, and he said he put on the report this is a legitimate claim, never mentioned anything about any wear and tear. And he was not contacted by Aviva, he said he would contact them to try and straighten it out. I am going to cancel all my insurance with them. They are going to lose on this one not me!

Moved to the states couple of weeks ago and informed them about the move. And I told them that I would get insurance from the states and will cancel their insurance as it was time for renewal of the contract and I didn't see a reason to renew it. Yet, they renewed it automatically with a rate hike without getting my approval and got the money from my bank account with the new rate that I didn't approve just before the renewal date. The date I was planning to cancel while checking my bank account, I was shocked when I realized that they renewed it and got first month taken from my bank account without approval.

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I will try to keep this brief. No adjuster contacted me for three working days after I phoned immediately (during working hours) from the accident. The body shop and towing compound sought out me over the next several days because they were not getting information to proceed from AVIVA. The body shop contacted me for approval of repairs while AVIVA failed to inform me of any progress (they had been debating write off versus repair). I contacted AVIVA for information. The adjuster eventually (several days later) told me that although extensive damage that the car was repairable because the damage was less than 70% of the value of the car. I pointed out that, with simple math and the value and damage figures they provided to me, the damage exceeded 75% of the value, without regard to the 20% contingency that the repairs might grow by because the extent of repairs was hidden. The response was to up the valuation of my car by $6000 to make the math work. I requested a supervisor because nothing made sense and because the adjuster was bulling me into accepting their terms and if I didn't agree immediately to their terms I must assume immediate possession of vehicle including charges to remove from body shop and expenses to date and accept a cheque that would not cover repairs. The supervisor the adjuster handed me over to (by my request) turned out to be just another adjuster but fooled me until after I was beaten and agreed to AVIVAs terms. All of this happened when the other parties insurance accepted full blame and costs from the start. You never know how good your insurance is until you submit a claim!

How do these guys calculate their cancellation fees? Apparently it is going to cost me $900 to cancel my policy with them. I have the right to cancel my policy at any given time and these extremely unreasonable fees were not stated in the paperwork given to me at the time of renewal. I have been a loyal customer since I was 18 and this is how I am being treated? I also have never had an accident or placed any claims. How about instead of the $900 I pay them $100 and we can both go our separate ways? This feels like a bad break up.

The worst insurance company ever. Very rude adjusters, keep denying my benefits while I have proves from many doctors, the only thing the care for is taking your money. But when it goes the other way around, they don't want to spend a penny. I believe the insurance system is there because when you get in a disability, there's somebody is going to take care of you. Not to make your condition worse. An honest advice, stay away from these robbers, and find a company that cares.

My spouse was hit by a person coming out of a parking lot onto a street.
Officer deemed it non-reportable ($2000 damage on our vehicle alone), no ticket issued and no police report. Aviva started to pay lost wages to my spouse but then stopped 2 days after she saw their doctor.
She did have a pre-existing neck injury that she had been seeing a pain specialist for and was making good progress with it until the accident. She hasn't been able to work since and her pain specialist continues to recommends that she not return to work. How can a doctor that spends 30 minutes with a person be more qualified that a doctor that has spent almost 2 yrs. treating that person determine what they are capable of doing day to day.
I would stay away from this company. Can't wait for this claim to close so I can change companies.

This company treats you like you are nothing just so they dont have to pay you. They cancelled my friends policy claiming how there was insufficient evidence guven but that it on their own judgement. The way they treated my friend is disgusting and questions their ability to examine human emotion. They need to stop ruining lifes everywhere and man up.

I was seriously injured in 2009 by a driver who t-boned me at a red light, Aviva insurance has been terrible from day 1 failing to provide help or support that was not forced at the hands of a lawyer.
Aviva is a disgrace to the insurance industry and confirms Canada as a 3rd world country of misfits.

I cancelled my auto insurance with them. The representative at the broker's office told me that I'll get some refund. When I called them, they told me they have penalized me to cancel the insurance. Instead of refund, I owe them some money. If there was a penalty to cancel the insurance, why the representative did not educate me on that. The customer service was the worst. They don't listen to their clients at all.