Belairdirect Auto Insurance Reviews

I have been with Canadian Direct/ Belair Direct for at least 10 yrs. Recently I added my husband to my policy with a vehicle. The cost of that was insane given the circumstances he has only been licensed for 2 yrs. I went insurance shopping and found a place that charged me half for the same coverage (Millennium insurance). Belair offered no rewards or discounts, but they had applied all discounts. Found a cheaper place and then proceeded to take my husband off my policy along with the second vehicle; after doing that my following payment went up over 120dollars. They said that what I am being charged for is having my husband on my policy for less than 30 days. Are you kidding me? Do Not Go Here.

Belairdirect lied to me about what is going on with my claim so the team member didn't have to deal with their customer. Belair made me feel suicidal due to their treatment of me. Made me wait to release the funds to fix my car while my adjuster had a nice vacation. The rental car didn't have snow tires like my car has. So I was trapped in my house for almost 4 months while they mishandled my claim. During my 2 years with them, they made me prove my address twice or they would cancel my policy. Then they claim they never received my info even when I paid to fax the documents. If you get Mike, Kajal or Marilyn, ask for someone else to handle your case. Calling the manager is a waste of time because they and the adjusters don't return phone calls. Also, managers switched halfway through my case because it dragged on so long. Try emailing!!!!

Please, be advised that the first accident-at-fault forgiveness is a lie. It has a condition but when u get a quote or insurance, they won't tell u these conditions but when u need them, they take them out of their pockets and through at u all these nonsensical conditions. In order to get qualified for that, u need to have seven years of clean driving record which they should and they have to tell u when you're signing up with these guys.

Bel air increased my insurance $360 a year because of the location I live in, I have a perfect driving record no accidents, no claims and no tickets shouldn't my insurance go down not up. I've lived in the same place for 3 years why would my insurance go up now. It's the scam insurance companies have on the go

They don’t have any customer service at all. The worst ever you can get insurance from

They advertise first at-fault forgiveness; however, when I had my first at-fault, which was minor, they are getting rid of me claiming my address is not correct. Despite 6 different proofs of address, including CRA documents. Please don't waste your time with this joke for a company.

I bought travel insurance which include facility to get replacement transportation for damaged car. That was as told to me is valid for any car. I did not buy insurance from my rental car assuming I am protected. When my car was robbed in San Jose and window was broken they simply refused to provide any service to me and I also have home isurance that protects me from damage to property they didn’t advice me to claim for my stolen items. Their agents are trained to avoid any liability for companies even if customer deserves it and paid for it. They are threatening me to report to credit bureau since I stoped their payment upon dissatisfactiry customer service no one called or followed up except for payments. Please avoid this company.

They tell you they can save you money. Well, that is a joke after the first year they never asked if I wanted to renew just sent me my insurance slips. Phone them and to my surprise, they increased my premium a year by 500.00 dollars more a year. No accidents no claims am over 50. This company is a complete joke and I never would tell anyone to get insurance with them.

Good prices but hopefully you never have a claim. Never seen a company treat people so bad after being with them for 16 years without a claim.

I have been with Canadian Direct Insurance for 15 years (Alberta) without any issues until it was changed to BelairDirect. Since then the premium had gone up a bit in the last couple years (that's acceptable as an inflation adjustment). I used to have 3 vehicles for 2 drivers with full coverage for the last 15 years (of course over the years older cars were replaced by newer cars but the premium had been consistent with moderate adjustment year over year). As of Aug, the total premium was around $2500/year. In Sept, I added my daughter as the principal driver to one of the vehicles with the same coverage. As expected premium went up to $4300/year but no problem since an inexperienced driver was added to the policy so I must pay more (1800/year more). My daughter is now (Oct) studying in Vancouver so I bought her another car in Vancouver with a separate policy purchased under her name (total 3700/year). Then I called BeairDirect to remove my daughter from the Alberta policy. The total premium was only reduced to 3890 from 4300. What? the premium for the same 3 vehicles with the same coverage for the same 2 drivers now was increased from 2500/year to 3890/year? The operator on the line was not helpful at all but just kept telling me the adjusted monthly payment I have to make. I told her I would call another auto insurance to get a quote and would switch. She promised a supervisor would call me back but never happened. After a 15-minute talk with another auto insurance, I got a quote of 3106/year for the same coverage, plus a home insurance premium reduction of $200 on my existing home insurance as a discount of having both auto and home insurance with them.