Desjardins Insurance Auto Insurance Reviews

I got hit my car in London, Ontario that was the first time I have had an accident. I didn't have a witness. I called for the claim she was rude and did not call me back as they promised within 3 days. After I called them back and ask for the claim they said you do not have witness so 50/50! What the heck? Now, I got a lesson from this story that you can hit any car make sure there is no witness. By rules, it is his fault! I want to say everyone please buy and uses dashcam in who never knows what will happen in the future in this day won't be a witness for you because they are not willing to waste their time for you.

I had full coverage and I was hurt in a collision, they didn't give me a rental 'cause they said until the investigation is over they can't do anything. It's been 2 months and still no rental and reimbursement for my vehicle. I can't get to work and am gonna lose my house soon. My adjuster keeps making up every excuse in the book. This is what I got for getting full insurance from this company.

Everything was great until I've got in a not-at-fault accident.

They refused to pay my repair ( scratched fender + right headlight + bent hood ) and wrote-off my car.

They offered me 1/2rd of the car value, quoting a similar garbage car found around Edmonton. I'm in Toronto, .

In the previous year I've replaced $2000+ worth of car parts: tires, shock absorbers, alternator, timing belt. When I've emailed the invoiced they increased my car value by $300 or so.

Not sure how other insurance companies behave in an accident, but definitely I don't want to hear of them anymore.

My 2 cents.

When I was doing the claim, the agent told me that my first accident would be forgiven because it is the first one and my record was good before.
I double checked with him and he was certain about it.

I was glad and move money around and plan to get a new car.

After a day, when I mentioned it to the lady who was taking care of the claim. She told me that it would not be forgiven and would increase my insurance. She admitted it was an error on their side.

So I started changing the plan and getting a used one instead , trying to get quote for used car on their website.

A salesperson or representative call me on Sat and wanted to sell me something based on my online quote. After explaining to her, she said she would like to help and transfer me to her colleague

However, her colleague blamed me for not knowing the policies throughly. I told her that I trusted the first agent as a professional who knows about the auto insurance better than I do. And then she started becoming really rude and arrogant, said it was my responsibilities , and not theirs. And when I told her I was prepared not to drive once the insurance matures. She responded by " It is your choice not to drive" , really really rude way/tone.

Truck was stolen, Turned up on the reserve, Totaled. Appraiser came out, a week and a half later, way undervalued my 4x4 truck , he provides only one vehicle as his "market research" and says that's what its worth. I provide vehicle pictures ,service and repair receipts and provide 6 ads of comparable vehicles from kijiji and auto trader. They don't even look at it !!!
They then send me a letter saying essentially "your vehicle is worth this" siting no evidence or research* and also say they are refusing to pay for storage cost and I only had a rental for 2 weeks!! They are rude, short and hard to understand. They yell at me and refuse to look at the information I have provided. Currently It's only been a month since the theft but now the insurance company just sent me a letter with no prior notice that They will not be covering the storage fee. I had my vehicle stolen and they treat me like the criminal even after all the premium I paid. This insurance company should be barred from insuring in Ontario

They are the worst you can possibly go to. I am currently having a terrible experience with Desjardins both car & home insurance.
The rude and racist customer service ruined my week because of a lousy mistake on their end and increased in total $120 for an address update for on both coverage. I really want to escalate this issue and also search for a new auto insurance company. Its been such a horrible experience.
Seems they plan to make mistakes and when you ask for updates, they increase monthly payments. Stay away please.

Please !! Stay away from Desjardins....I was with them for 7 years. In 2013, I had an accident with my BMW. They denied my claim because airbag didnt deploy or my engine was leaking oil or I was turning from the wrong street. It's been a long litigation. I am as the time of this post fighting in Quebec court to make my case heard. Worst Worst Expereince of my life. They take your money so easily and treat you like criminal.

They want to know where I got the money from to buy the car. Who borrowed me money. They ask to see the receipt, every transaction paper trail...my phone bill to see if i arrange the accident with the other driver...OOhhh.

Worst experience ever. Do not go with Desjardins. They will leave you hanging. From my own experience. Claim is still open after 3 months. I so fed up I’m going to care of my vehicle myself and pay expenses myself. This is insurance is junk and scammers. They did not even cover the rental car on full coverage policy. I am going and my 3 friends all cancelling the policy with them!!! Adjusters are very bad to whom I contacted with. Basically, they will not pay a penny!!!! Do not take Desjardins to be your insurance please. Find something else!!!

Our neighbors toddler while having a tantrum threw her bottle of milk over the balcony. The bottle landed on our windshield, smashing it. The neighbor was very apologetic and offered to pay all the expenses, including the deductibles. When I told the insurance agent about this, he said he doesn't care - he did his job of fixing the windshield. In the meantime, we still ended up with 250$ bill. After years of appalling service we tried to cancel the insurance with them and Desjardins is charging us cancellation fees! What a bunch of crooks!

My car was hit while parked by a drunk driver. The police got the drunk driver and submitted all the papers and testimony to our insurance company. Of course, the accident was not our fault. However, Desjardins was insisting that there was no proof that it really was the drunk driver who hit our car - they had to wait until they got the court judgement confirming it really was that driver who hit our car.
Meanwhile, our car was parked at a garage (charging us about 30$ a day), even if it was a complete loss and scrap material - Desjardins insisted we kept it (and not to throw it away for scrap), so there was still proof of the accident. About 2 and a half months later, after many lawsuit threats, screams, and compulsive calling to them, they agreed to compensate us the 'value' of our car, which of course was super underpriced, and most of it went to pay for the parking fees we had accumulated (about 2500$).
total scam, and no one can/is doing anything about it! laws protect insurance crooks