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Terrible Experience

by SoulMo1976 on Jul 16, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

A truck cut my vehicle off and while doing that he hit my car. Personal Insurance did nothing but making it more painful for me. First, they gave me a 50% at fault as they were too lazy to review the pictures and statements. Then I followed it up and said no way I will accept that. They eventually had me 0% at fault and now that I went to change my insurance to a new company there is a 50% at fault in the experience report which increases the price by 30%! I am fed up with Personal Insurance. The agent taking care of my claim was confrontational, brutal to deal with and just simply incompetent. I am trying Inova now and hope that it will be better.

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The worst company ever

by Nonosh on May 15, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I have a claim, it took me 3 weeks to get in touch with them. They send me to their own auto body shop the write off my car for a small dent and want to replace the bumper that has nothing on it even not a scratch. They will rip you off your money. It was not my fault and I lost my money and my car. In their estimation to fix the car, they gave $200 extra than the car value, so they can write it off?! My car has a dent that can be fixed by suction. The worst company ever...

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UNHAPPY

by sad customer on May 2, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I had the misfortune of dealing with this company with a recent claim. They never call back when they said they would. Its almost impossible to reach them on the phone and I got the feeling they just don't give a dam. I would never use this company for any insurance needs in the future. STAY AWAY.

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Worst ever insurance

by pappu on Apr 25, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

Such a worst insurance company, please don't go for it, they don't care for money, it was my first insurance where I am not much aware of insurance policy to cancel my policy, after one and a half year they charged me $580!

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Claim agent won't return call

by Trouble Claim Response on Apr 2, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I had an accident and totalled my car. Estimate deemed the car is a total loss. An initial agent took down claim information was good and helpful. Once the claim was assigned to the claim agent, this is where the communication breaks down. My coverage includes car rental, so I had it for a week and I did not hear any word from claim agent, so I thought I'll call and check to see when I can expect the result but could not get a hold of agent, so I left her 3 voicemails three days in a row, no callback. Weekend went by, called her back to check again, still could not get a hold of her, asked for help with another agent, which she told me, she will put comments on the claim to have my claim agent call me. A couple of days went by, still no phone call. Really frustrated, it seems they don't really care. It would be nice to call and tell your client what to expect and how much it would take....once the renewal comes, I'm done with this insurance company. Hope this helps those people that want to buy insurance from this company....stay away... unless you have the patience to wait.

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Garbage company

by jagmeet on Apr 1, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

Very unprofessional staff... my car got hit and run by someone in the parking lot. I called the company for a claim... an agent working on my claim is very unprofessional or you can say lacks knowledge or lazy (doesn't want to work). I don't know what's wrong with her .. very rude and ignores my emails like that was my fault. I asked them if I could change the advisor, they said no. I asked if I could talk to the manager, they said no. Like seriously? They're just ignoring me. Even they don't have to pay for anything because I've already provided them with the info about the driver who hit my car in the parking lot and drove away. That's a hit and run case and police already caught that guy... first and worst experience ... total waste of money if you're getting insurance from this company.

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Stay Away

by staceyg on Mar 4, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I would give 0 stars if I could. I have been insured with The Personal for 4 years now and they increased my rate by 27%/$40 per month because of a minor speeding ticket I received 2.5 years ago (first and only conviction). When I called to find out why the increase was so steep, the broker actually told me I should be grateful that the ticket was only discovered now and began listing a number of factors as to why else my premium increased. The most ridiculous one was that because I drive such a common vehicle and there are many of them on the road; there's a higher % chance that the same make & model would be involved in an accident. I shopped for better rates and found 2 companies offering a cheaper rate than I am currently paying (Costco & Sonnet). When I called The Personal to see if they could match my quote they said "No." and offered absolutely nothing to keep me as a customer. Absolutely terrible customer service, especially towards a loyal customer.

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Customer Contact Centre

by Tanuj on Mar 2, 2019
1.5 out of 5 stars

TERRIBLE! Customer Service experience over the phone. The guy I talked to was very rude over the phone and didn’t even make sense of what he was saying. I did a modification on my auto insurance a month ago. I added my Mercedes and removed Nissan Sentra from my auto insurance. I was paying 136/month for Nissan Sentra and a month ago they said if I have both of vehicle on insurance, I would pay 340/month but I just went with only Mercedes for 283/month. A month later now when I called back to add my Sentra onto the insurance, the guy said they would charge me 405/month for both vehicles. He raised the price of my insurance by $65/month just in a month. When I asked him to talk to a manager and the response was “there are no managers working on Saturday and I need to call back on Monday" which is ridiculous. Terrible experience!!!

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Rude and Expensive

by KB on Feb 20, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I have been with The Personal since 2008, (for my 2001 used Cav I was paying $190) I had purchased a new vehicle in 2014 and because I was financing I needed full coverage and replacement coverage. I was paying $200 a month. I thought that was pretty standard, however over this year my insurance went up to $224, which I didn't think anything of because it just came out, but I had to call them in regards to them lowering my insurance. They told me they could go as low as $210 if I got rid of the replacement coverage, so I asked why I got a quote online they were saying much less (I know it is just a quote, however, they were quoting $117 with no discounts). I have never had a claim or accident since I got my licence in 2008, nor have I had any tickets in the last 5 years to warrant my increase in the insurance. The woman on the phone was very rude as I tried to have her explain to me why she can't lower my insurance rate, even with lower coverage. She told me $210 is as low as it'll get for my insurance and good luck finding somewhere else that is lower, and that it wouldn't be smart to cancel. I cancelled my insurance policy with her right then, effective March 1st and she tells me on top of the cancellation charge I will have to pay for March... um, no, I do not. I understand that $210 might be low for some people but I am now with a company who gives me the coverage I need for $90 a month. I would have responded better had the woman on the phone tried to help me and offer me a reason for my payments being so high and why they had increased my payments over the last year for no reason, and if she was willing to work with me for a policy that fit my budget or at least tried to offer me some help. Overall so rude and unhelpful, especially as I have never had to make a claim for anything since I've been with them, you would think having a clean driving record since 2008 when I was 16 my payments could be lowered, and if I was missing something in regards to my driving record, I would have appreciated a reason as to why they couldn't lower it.

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The Personal

by The Personal on Feb 16, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I have been a customer at The Personal insurance company for 4 years. I never had an accident or any kind of tickets and never claimed for anything regarding my vehicle. According to other insurance companies, I am a 6 start driver with 15 years of driving experience. I just noticed that The Personal company decided to increase my monthly payment by 30$ a month for no reason. Signing the renewal is now paperless and I didn't check the email that they sent me last month for renewal or I would never renewed my contact with this company again.

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