Bad experience
by Tina hammond on Jul 25, 2015
1 out of 5 stars
Desjardins Insurance is the worst insurance company, They are VERY Rude and they also try to invade your privacy to the address where others have their licences, i was removed from this terrible insurance company because a family member told them to go **** them selves, now they take it out on another member on the same address.... Biggest Scam Insurance Company Around... I Highly do not recommend you choose this company at all, even a 10 year-old is more respectful than these people at the office
I wish i saw the reviews for this company before insuring my car with them. I have only been insured for 3 months and within 3 months they have already screwed up payments and even cancelled my policy for no apparent reason. Ive gotten pulled over too but luckily that officer did not ask for insurance because how much trouble would i have gotten into if i was not covered. Ive brought this to the attention to someone from Dejardins and their excuse was, oh yes, even if it was cancelled you would still be insured.
They charged me fees on 3 occasions that were their fault and they are only willing to "WAIVE" back one fee. How is it considered a waive when you are really just fixing the mistake that YOU made. Waiving would be that theres a fee that was made in MY mistake and you are kind enough to waive it off as a one time thing.
Now my credit score is getting lower and lower because I requested an account change because I provided an empty account and they keep taking money out of this account after STATING THERE IS NO MONEY TO TAKE
I got a quote. The agent insisted on activating the home and auto insurance pending negotiations with my current insurer explaining that I could always call to cancel. I called back to cancel before the start date. The rudeness begins. The lady eventually cancelled the auto but apparently leaves the home insurance active without my permission. A month or more later, I see a pre-authorized debit in my bank account, call Desjardins. I was told it is for home insurance and the rudeness escalates.
I would never return to them even if they have the best rates- which I doubt they will if their agents are this rude.
Desjardins never explained about 1 yr agreement, where as in my previous insurance company I was explained if I were to cancel within 6 months, I will have to pay cancellation fee. Desjardins was comparatively low in Calgary, so I changed to it. I had been with them for almost a yr in Calgary. When I moved to Ontario the policy was changed, of course insurance rate too ( 3.87 times high compared to Calgary(depending upon location))and I was never informed that the new agreement started from the day I changed to Ontario. I realized it only after calling them to cancel my policy as I am unemployed. Yes, very high fee to cancel the policy. To get new customers they are good. To adjust your account BIG NO "they cannot BACK date". Customer service ??? "please remain on line" --- LONG HOLD. at times phone gets disconnect and you have to call back again... that HOLD goes on again...
it is a cheating company , not trustable , desjardins is a company that cheats the customer. if you become their customer with every request they will charge you in a way that your cost goes too much , and then you cannot stop because there is a high cancelation charge. it is a "loss for customer , win for Desjardins" deal.
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I’d give this car insurance NO STARS!! So I cancelled with them on July 19th, 2021 the man I spoke with said I’ll have a payment coming out Aug 28 2021 of 57.02 now all of a sudden I have to pay 350$? They said I have to pay for the days missed which means. I have to pay for the services from July till September. September was the end date of my policy. I asked to see where in the policy it says this. But they said they can only show me the breakdown of the payments. I just don’t understand this, the billing department of this car insurance says there isn’t any cancellation fee at all. They are telling me different things. I feel like this is theft!!!
Don't touch them. 1. They lie. 2. They increase your rate every year. 3. Leaving isn't easy. They'll jack you once before you go. 4. Calling the head office 2 hours+ wait time. 5. These bad companies should go under.
Cancelled motorcycle insurance from about April-September 2019 after selling it, only to be explained that I’m being charged differently than a car (seasonal % premium) because I rode the riding season, even though I’m paying evenly monthly. $650.00 charge and no explanation anywhere on their website, setting up, quote emailed or letter... Managers only defence when I told them to stop the charge due to lack of explanation is “we just can’t... it’s not a fee, it’s part of the (hidden fee) premium and It was mentioned that it’s seasonally rated when you cancelled last year just after a month in October with no charge.” This is a completely hidden fee that they hide by sending you a monthly even quote and a scam to motorcycle riders making them pay the yearly premium. I told them again to stop the charge and clearly, the managers won’t let that happen even though it’s a hidden fee that is not explained unless you ask, ask about details you’ve never heard about that is nowhere on their site or mail. They are lying scammers with a lack of simple empathy because I know the charge could be stopped. I didn’t know that I would have to speak to someone above the managers that are more polite to customers which probably doesn't exist. I don’t understand the reason for this because they could have ripped off more money from me in the future as a customer but they would rather not and have bad representatives. It was already bad with the banning of certain bikes and ridiculously high quotes in Toronto, now this takes it further and I won’t be riding for some time let alone paying for anything related to this terrible company.
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WORST INSURANCE COMPANY. Told me that my insurance will be cancelled on Aug 22. Before cancelling I talk to an agent and clear everything. Amount due, cancellation date so I can buy a new one but again on Sep 9 they deduct 350 dollars. My original insurance was 296.acc to them and they charge $ 56 2 days. Customer service - they don’t know how to talk, behave rudely, and talk non-sense...
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I will never recommend this insurance company to anyone.
Bad customer service and generally very poor services compared the value you're paying !
Also when I wanted to cancel my contract with them,they were very rude and kept transferring my call from one person to the other. Eventually they ripped off an extra 350 dollars in addition to the cancellation fee. Unbelievable!