BelAir Increased premiums
by Carmom on Sep 22, 2017
2 out of 5 stars
Very expensive!! Not at all worth it. Auto merit is a joke. So much for grey power.
Anyone thinking of obtaining their policies from this company should really shop around. I use Clicassure on line. They operate with multiple insurance companies. Once you filled out your online forms, you will receive a minimum of three quotes.
I did this and discovered that for exactly the same coverage for my car and house, I was saving 1 000$ a year. I was with Belair Direct for 25 years. That means that I gave them 25,000$ of my hard earned money.
Plus when I told them that I was cancelling my policies with them, they told me that there was a service charge for doing this.
NEVER AGAIN. I told my wife that there was reason for their constant TV advertising. If a company does good business, their advertising is done by word of mouth.....
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they are cheap insurance and i now see why.
they determined me at fault for a no visibility due to weather accident.
they then said i could appeal up to a year from being found at fault.
then i tried to appeal it they said you can either have insurance or not.
i now(5 months later) get a call notifying me my policy will not be renewed,
thanks ass hats.
you really have insurance until you need it.
careful the second you use it you will pay for it in everyday possible.
you get what you pay for.
highly not recommended.
I had just recently got a criminal record and to my surprise Belair decided they can't insure me because "people with criminal records have a higher risk of making claims". That is the most disgusting superficial thing I've ever heard. My criminal record has NOTHING to do with driving and they still decide not to insure me. Anyways stay away they're to expensive and have pretty dumb policies...it's more of a circus then a business
I was involved in an accident where I was evidently not at fault. Sent them photos to prove it as well. Not only they condemned me to being partially at fault and destroyed my clean driving records, but after 10 years of being their royal costumer, they totally disregarded their "no premium change after first at fault accident" and increased my premium by 2.5 times.
I was involved in an accident where I was evidently not at fault. Sent them photos to prove it as well. Not only they condemned me to being partially at fault and destroyed my clean driving records, but after 10 years of being their royal costumer, they totally disregarded their "no premium change after first at fault accident" and increased my premium by 2.5 times.
Former Grey Power client. I was on a monthly payment plan. When I got my new policy documents from Grey Power I called to say I just wanted lump sum because of the new surcharge for monthly. Then Grey Power rolled over to BelAir. Didn't think it would be a big deal but was in for a surprise this month to find BelAir has charged my visa for a month of both home and auto insurance one month my policy is set to renew. I called to get the charges reversed and was told the charges were for my previous year's policy - after 10 minutes of going through my policy info with the BelAir rep that was finally cleared up. Then he suggested the pre-payment could just be charged to my policy renewal. I told him I had no intention of pre-paying anything and had not decided if I would renew with them. I was promised the charges would be reversed. Just back from a week of holidays and still no reversal. Will see what happens with the next phone call but thus far I am not impressed with the way BelAir is doing business.
We decided to change our insurance to TD because their rates were better by $500 (I am not exaggerating). As I was wrapping up the cancellation with Belair, they all of a sudden tacked on a cancellation fee just shy of $150. I checked online and there is no mention of a cancellation fee anywhere on their website or in their actual policy documents sent to us. I told this to the agent and she told me that it is mentioned once in the 75-page booklet sent to us when we first started our policy. I asked her why this was not online and she said "because nobody would read it". Anyway, I told her that this cancellation fee means that I will never insure with them again. Her response was a verbal shrug. Summary: bad quotes, hidden fees. Watch out. The only good thing about Belair is that many of their agents are courteous.
If you have a good driving record in AB, you should pay around $110/month (women - $105/month and men - $113/month). Do you overpay? Get an Alberta car insurance quote to start saving.
They sale supplementary product with bold face lie and false information, not informing you of your own obligation, had a complaint going with them for over 2 weeks never heard back from them, the person in charge of my file was never available and never returned calls. I went to settle the claim side and warned them if they charged me of the extra bogus protection I would cancel my home insurance with them and go elsewhere, and surprise surprise they did charge me for it so I cancelled my home insurance went with Desjardins better protection at a better price, and a more courteous service.
Speaking of which Belairdirect as ZERO respect for the LGBT community, total disrespect, misgendering and dissmisiveness by their staff, really not impressed, not doing business with them in the future that's for sure.
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Upon renewal my policy went from 69$ to over 90$ /mo.
I have no accident or claims history. Was with CDI since new vehicle was bought. Car was 23k, now less than 5k, why are my premiums higher than when it was brand new, and I was younger, less experienced? I have no demerits.
The agent told me premiums have increased for all drivers becauae of an increase in claims in "my category" last year? What category is that? The one where responsible drivers dont have any claims? Nonsense. I believe this is a result if their acquiring CDI and not having automatic consent to pull my credit bureau upon renewal. My credit history has no bearing on my driving. Ive always paid my insurance.
I requested to have a full accounting of exactly why my insurance increased to $90/mo.
The agent said she would see what she could do about that, no guarantee of return call, email or written explanation.
I will not be renewing with Belair.