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Don't install the mobile app

by mungicake on Sep 5, 2024
2 out of 5 stars

The Personal Insurance pushes the mobile app to 'reduce' your monthly rates. They don't tell you that it's punitive. I am over 50, perfect driving record with daily commute of 4 km. I get a notification email that changes were made to my policy. Yep, my insurance went up $56 for no reason. No tickets to justify, I could have been a passenger in another car. I tried to contest it, and they did not want to hear it. I cancelled my 24 yr relationship with this company and at no point did they try to keep my business.

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Won't insure my vehicle

by Ryan Lu on Jul 31, 2024
2.5 out of 5 stars

When I first got my Jeep, it was a used lifted Jeep, so I went to get a quote for this Jeep because they do things for service members but was denied. However, when I went to the parent company, they said that they would insure.

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An Increase of 50% of total insurance cost for no reason.

by A_veteran on Mar 16, 2024
2 out of 5 stars

I was paying $160 a month including the car and residential insurance, I've had no accidents, a single speeding ticket that was 2 years ago, and they increased my premium to $234. Never going to come back!

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Incompetent Customer service

by MJGK on Mar 6, 2024
2.5 out of 5 stars

They have been double dipping my payments for over a year from two different institutions. I switched banking and they kept withdrawing from old account. I am trying to send them the documentation and have requested an email address so they can see what I am talking about. Been going in circles now for 30 minutes. Oh, did I mention that I can not sign onto my online customer portal?

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Very Disappointing.

by Old Red on Sep 20, 2023
2 out of 5 stars

I made a small claim on my house insurance after the recent ice storm (spring 2023) for damage to the shed. Processing was fast and on-line. Just recently got the renewal policy for the house insurance and the premium has gone up $550 plus taxes. They will not entertain any changes to the premiums unless I increase the deductible to $1,000 (for everything) which reduces the annual premium by $88. BTW: I have two cars; trailer and two houses with The Personal. That will change. I am onto comparison shopping. Have been with The Personal for over thirty years. So much for that.

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Unreasonable quote to Canadian Armed Force

by HK on Apr 29, 2022
2.5 out of 5 stars

Got a letter from them on April 8, 2022, stating that special discount for the armed forces. So today I obtained the quote for my own insurance and got a ridiculous quote of $164 per month for a 2012 Acura TL used for pleasure only i.e. not for work. I called to get a quote for the additional 3 drivers in the family, I was quoted $ 243. My current insurance is $143. I am mesmerized by how can they use Armed forces time like this. I request Paul Douglas, VP of The Personal to look into and stop sending such letters to the Canadian Armed Forces as it is the worse teamwork and potential customer experience.

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Poor claim experience

by Guy on Jun 12, 2019
2 out of 5 stars

I have been a customer of the Personal Insurance company for almost a decade now. I am a member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), and this insurance company advertises itself to the CAF community that it takes extra care of the CAF members. I put in a claim for a car accident and after a week it was still radio silence from the claim adjuster. Every time I called the claim adjuster I got a voicemail that she would call back and she never does.

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premium always up

by Don on Dec 11, 2018
2.5 out of 5 stars

The premium is always up for no reason even if you don't have any claim. If you have a claim, then it's even worse.

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Premium jump for no reason

by Schmoze on Sep 6, 2018
2 out of 5 stars

I've had my cars (truck and wife's car), a motorcycle, and my home with them for the past 6 years. Every year you kind of expect a small increase, and they were never more than 1%. However, this year on the renewal, it jumped 11%. No claims and no change to driving records. I ditched for Johnson's insurance. Auto was the same but house ins. was $400 cheaper with better flood coverage even.

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Disappointed customer

by DeniseK on Aug 2, 2018
2 out of 5 stars

Concerned with a significant increase to our premiums, we decided to shop around, and also gave the Personal a chance to tender more competitive pricing. Their answer: they had no further discounts to apply to our policy. Our answer: say goodbye to customers who have been with you for close to 30 years; customers who will enjoy saving close to $1,000 with their new provider!

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