Fraudulent Charges on card
by syusuke on Feb 12, 2019
1.5 out of 5 stars
I was with RBC insurance home and auto for over 10 years. The Aviva took over at the end of the year of 2018. My policies were coming due and everything went up by $1100. They cancelled loyalty discounts making me prove my car has auto braking systems. Well, guess what, you run the VIN number and everything is at your fingertips. So after I got a new insurance company, they wouldn't accept my new insurance company cancellation form, so they sent me a threatening letter. So two days later I decided to just pay the damn thing to get rid of this nonsense, so when I called back today, they would accept my payment but I HAD TO PROVE THE INSURANCE with the new company. Nothing like making your life difficult. Well, after arguing, I paid the bill and they accepted. They will do everything to make you give up. But always remember, before you call, have your conversation recorded on your end. Save yourself. Anyone looking for insurance: stay away, far away.
Out of the blue RBC decided I would have to pay one lump sump up front rather than the monthly installments I had been paying for many years. I had no claims, a great driving record, nothing to warrant this kind of change in policy. When I called and asked why this happened, the broker just said 'It's a new RBC policy. They don't tell us why they did it.' Shoddy treatment. But this was the same company that was involved in the outsourcing fiasco a few years ago, so it should come as a surprise to no one that they continue to act dishonourably toward both their clients and employees.
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After completing 1 year, they increased my premium by 120$ and I didn't have any claims. When I cancelled, they charged me 420$. It really sucks. Worst company
This company is the most greedy, ridiculous, and disgusting insurance provider ever! I moved out of Canada and needed to cancel my auto policy. They won't refund me the full extra month I already paid, "because I cancel before the expiration date". How can I keep the insurance policy if I moved out of Canada??? Even after I provided my insurance proof in the U.S., they still refuse to refund me the extra month. Shameless greed
Very untrustworthy company. They do not care about you as a customer. ALWAYS PLUS 2 hours wait to get a hold of someone. Tried to suspend my vehicle for 2 months because I was injured, they did not suspend and I was forced to make payments for that time, so it does not get sent to collections. TRUST ME AND DO NOT GET YOURSELF SIGNED UP WITH SUCH A COMPANY.
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Customer service is a joke, had to wait on hold each time between 1 and 2 hours! Once I actually get to speak to someone, they were completely incompetent and unhelpful. Tried to get an RV trailer insured, they claimed that they could not insure it unless I could guarantee that I would park it in a secure location (fenced, alarmed yard did not count as such, apparently). Their suggestion was to rent a garage for our camper! Seriously? After a week and several frustrating conversations, we went to a different broker, got insurance for our trailer in about 15 minutes, no hassle. After this experience, we cancelled our home and auto policies with RBC, as after a bit of research we also found we were overpaying by about $1200/year but were told we were being charged $350 in penalty for early cancellation of policy... Smells like a scam? Yeah, feels like we got scammed, too. Learned our lesson, glad to be rid of them
RBC has changed their payment policy!! So watch out!! The month before your policy expires they are taking a double payment claiming you get that back when you cancel your policy. This is a total rip-off!!!!
Called RBC Insurance for a quote back in April, and was going to call back once we obtained ownership of the vehicle. Long story short, we did not end up taking ownership. The car is still owned and insured by the original owner.
Someone at RBC Insurance went ahead and STARTED our policy, with no authorization or consent. We are now out over $800, and they are threatening a cancellation fee + bad insurance record for a car we do not even own. We have provided them with the VIN history report as well as the current insurance papers for the car - still not able to fix this.
How is this even possible?! How can you insure a car that is already insured?! This is mindboggling
Hello, I am a 19 year old and as of yesterday I was forced to remove my name that was under my premed policy. My parents have been with them for 10 or more years and as far as I could remember I've never heard my parents complaining much about them. Like my first car accident they were helpful and didn't give any problems to me but my second one... Horrible situation and still on going. Since my car was a write-off I had to buy a new car and add it into the policy, called em up had no problem adding it but I thought that the papers were said that my mom is the owner and I was a co signer or whatever, so I told Walter (the rep, he is a very nice person ) that it's under my moms name. I also requested them to send proof of insurance papers to the dealership and it was no problem. The next day I picked up my new car and I was so excited of course. My family and I all went to sign the papers but said that the insurance papers haven't come in so I of course called rbc and told them the situation. But this representative named "Gill" or something similar totally messed everything up. Because the adjuster (Daren or Darrel i forgot the name) was negligent to asking me what actually happened in the accident, he just put me at fault. Like the reasonable adjuster in this case would actually ask for a fully detailed explanation of the accident but since for the time being I received a ticket it's assumed my fault. Keep in mind no one said I was guilty, not even the police officer said I was at fault completely. So what gives you any authority to tell me that I'm fully at fault? Obviously insurance wise it's a yes or no thing but I'm still waiting on my court date in 2-3 months for the not guilty plead and it's a shoe-in for my ticket to be lifted from the situation it's been in. BASICALLY, what Gill did, was he put me as an independent client and made out premium go through the roof! We paid I'd say around 190/per month it's good price. He said because of the accident that I was not at fault at the premium would go to almost 600 dollars a month like hello sir, who is going to pay such an ungodly price for that ???? My family and I do not have high income, we are an average household who will no longer put up with such prices. He said it's either I pay that much or I remove my name completely off the policy. I just decided to take it off completely. So now my beautiful new car is sitting in my driveway, untouched since my dad drove it home. My dad is very mad and upset at this and we are for sure changing companies as soon as possible. Sorry for such a long review I just needed to get that off my check. Thanks
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I called to cancel my home/auto insurance policy with RBC (now it's Aviva Gen Insurance) in Nov. The last payment was made in the previous month. The policy was set to expire in Dec. On Dec, Jan and Feb my card was still getting charged. For some reason, I had to check my card for something else and found out that Aviva was still charging my credit card. I called to ask them about it and was given the answer 'we did the cancellation but for 'some reason' the account is still active and that's why the card is still getting charged'. Don't make me laugh!! That was beyond ridiculous. I do not know if it's the employees who were not doing their job properly and couldn't really complete a Cancellation request or it's the company's greediness that makes them do anything just to make money off of its' clients. I will never go back to Aviva for insurance again. For those of you, please if you ever cancel a policy with them, make sure to check your transactions because what they're doing is fraud. Also, every year my insurance with them went up even though I have no tickets and claims. They want to increase my premium on auto alone by $120 per month, I asked them why since I have no tickets whatsoever, and I was told interest rates went up in my location. I've had enough.