Belairdirect Auto Insurance Reviews

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.

One month ago deer damage the car. Belairedirect Canada takes a week to figure out what they were going to do. Another week to get it to the shop for repairs where it sits for nearly two weeks. Why you ask is it sitting? No parts? Too Busy? Buried in the snow? Nope, none of those. The claims adjuster hasn't contacted them to let them know to fix it! THE BALL DROPPED BIG TIME! I only found out when the repair shop called me to ask why the car was at their shop.
Let the fun continue, I call Belairedirect Canada and sit on the line with their claims department not answering the phone "for EVER"! Give up and call the regular folks and get a very nice lady who understood my frustration (there is a really nice place reserved for her in heaven) and helped me get in touch with the less than effective claims adjuster.
Meanwhile, nearly a month has passed since the deer passed and the vehicle is exactly as it was when that happened. Poor Bambi.
Not sure if I can draw any company-wide conclusions, but I can say I hope your experience is better. Good luck
If it were not for the nice lady in the regular customer service I would rate my experience as negative.

I went to the garage today for changing my windshield and I had a big surprise.
I have the insurance for the replacement but the guy at the customer service told me that I have also restriction no 3, nobody talks to me about this when I took my insurance.

Restriction no 3 is they will pay for my windshield if I received a plane or a part of a plane into it, explosion, thunder, hail, fire, riots, earthquake, wind storm but if I receive a rock in my windshield they don’t pay.

I understand that if a reactor falling from the sky on my car and broke my windshield I go directly to the store buying a loto... if I am still alive.

They should explain this to me when I took the insurance, cheaper but I have to pay 550$, the word for this is fraud.

After phoning and speaking with an agent I received a quote. Needed to speak to the agent so sent her an email, not to a general email at the company, but to her personal email at the company. Never got a response. Went with another company.

My Albertan Car Insurance renewal premium increased by 9% for 2020-2021 - this when I had no claims in 2019 (minor one in 2018), plus I recently retired (so no driving to work), plus my wife (retired nurse) and I are now on a fixed pensionable income), plus I changed from high risk, downtown condo address with monthly break-ins to a garaged, suburban residential address - and all this when Alberta has suffered severe economic downturn due to collapse in oil price, plus COVID/pandemic economic hardship and massive job losses across Canada... So despite this, my car insurance premium INCREASED by 9%. I phoned to query and wasn't given a satisfactory explanation or justification. I will definitely move insurance companies. Price gouging for seniors nor appreciated.

Rates were pretty competitive and customer service was good on the sales side but found very different treatment when I had to make a claim. Zero fault auto claim started with high pressure, low ball offer when they wrote off my truck. When I asked questions about the settlement amount, the adjuster started cancelling my extras, like no extension on my rental car. That was followed by threats of storage fees applied to my wrecked vehicle if I did not settle by a certain date. After being bullied into accepting their offer, they took two weeks to release my claim amount citing COVID delays. I certainly wasn't allowed the same courtesy.

I joined Belair during 2016 when they had their big “Accident Forgiveness” campaign. Now, four years later, after my first collision, I find out that accident forgiveness was not added to my policy and no one at any point told me it needed to be added. Then the person on the phone said I could add it with my next car, forgetting that I JUST HAD A COLLISION and am no longer eligible. She made sure to highlight they’re the only Canadian Company offering accident forgiveness, but that doesn’t matter if it can’t actually get it. Once they pay me out for my car I am likely never dealing with them again.

I've made three claims with this company, once for my home, which was NOT paid, and twice for my vehicle, one of which was an at-fault accident. We paid for accident forgiveness, and then we had an at-fault accident and my insurance spiked by about $450 per year. Why am I paying for something and not receiving it? I am sure if I followed up with them, I would get a bunch of excuses about industry standards, blah, blah... but considering for that first claim, I had to shell out an extra $1200 for OM parts when my vehicle was brand new, that blather isn't going to be well-received. The insurance adjuster for that at-fault claim was an absolute incompetent on a power trip. I would be changing insurance companies if I could. But of course, without already having accident forgiveness with another company, we're pretty much screwed for a couple of years.

My car insurance rates virtually doubled in the two years I have had my current car. No claims, no accidents, no changes to my policy. Phoned to discuss and they admitted that they had gone up a lot but hoped they would level off in the next few years. Unbelievable!!

I had my 2007 Mazdaspeed 6 insured with Belair, I loved that car. A small parking lot fender bender and they decided it wasn't economical to repair. Ok, I can deal with that, I'm a grown man, time for a change! Just had to deal with the claim... Called and started it off fine, arranged to get it towed the next day but no one showed up... After I finally got in contact with the towing company, two weeks later, it came to light that Belair had given them the wrong phone number for me, but also the wrong address by about 500km! The people working the phones in about 6 how call centers were very helpful as they bounced my call to the closest one to me. They got my car towed away the same day. A month and a half after the accident I finally got paid off for the car and could start looking for something new to drive. I never knew that dealing with insurance would be such a stressor and pain. If I ever come back to Belair, it will have been my last choice.