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crooks DO NOT GO WITH THEM!

by catab on Nov 2, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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!

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worst company

by from ontario on Jun 6, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

I had an accident early this month not my fault. This company is by far the worst one. I hated them so much I am now currently shopping around for a different auto insurance company . I do not recommend this company to anyone!!

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by Still angry on Feb 2, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

It is so sad that Statefarm Canada was purchased by these robbers! I was a 30year client with Statefarm and have nothing but praise for the honor and integrity of that company. Fair, honest and easy to deal with. When I got notice of Des Jardin's buyout effective December 2015 I was aprehensive but but left my coverage with them for the past year. It has been a year of frustration and immense dissatisfaction. It ends today!
You see I had a minor accident last year. I backed into a car and the square part of my trailer hitch left a mark on the other guys bumper. Like a good dooby I called the claims number (no point in trying to deal with the local office cuz they don't do that anymore!) I told them what had happened BUT said that I doubted it would be much more than the deductible of $500.00. What? Guess that was the wrong move*# I'm honest and up front. Not so with these guys. The damage was just over $500... So NO CLAIM. That's what I thought, and what was confirmed by them when I called them back to say there was really no point in putting in a claim.
Today I was told that my phone call meant I had an "at fault accident". And my insurance was going up on this vehicle by $500.00! WTF!!! They paid out NOTHING! And I spent more time on hold than than they spent speaking with me! And we have three other vehicles insured with them so add it up folks and they would all have an increase. I feel insulted and very angry. But that's the way they do business. Complaints mean nothing to them. Even my local guy agreed that they were bad to deal with when there is a claim... A real claim that is.
I feel sorry for all the Statefarm guys that are now working for this unethical, rude and disrespectful company. After 30 years I'm gone. Of course I'll wait til March to pull two of the vehicles because the penalty is ridiculous if I cancell now. God forbid I have to deal with them in the meantime.
I can't say enough about how rotten they are. I will tell any one who will listen to run as fast and far as they can from them! (Wonder what it would be like if you had life insurance with them and you died? )
Wish I could send all these posts out to tell the world how dishonest and arragant this company is! Maybe I'll just send the like to everyone I know and all "their" email addresses I can find.

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Canceled insurance

by Donna on May 18, 2022
1 out of 5 stars

Wow!!! So being with this company for over 11 years, I miss 3 payments, that I paid right away...
Only because I was off work and sick.
This happened for the first time in 11 years!
But they just canceled my insurance.
I could see if I had to be chased down for the money.
Thus wasn't the case at all...
So disappointed

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Cancelled it, still charged me

by RH on Jul 25, 2020
1 out of 5 stars

I had my policy on an annual payment plan and had sent my cancellation 4 weeks before the end of my policy. They automatically attempted to renew it still and are attempting to charge me despite me already cancelling my policy and they are not sending me any notice of renewal to top it all off.

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It was hard to dump

by BMW guy on May 6, 2020
1 out of 5 stars

Just managed to unload Dejardins which is a great relief. Arrogant, ignorant and conceited people to deal with. If you are not French, you don't count on them. Do not waste your time with them! Go elsewhere to avoid the stress of dealing with them.

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Rip off

by Steve Carlson on Nov 29, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

I canceled my policy 3 months ago to a professional provider Just this pas Monday they decided to take 3 months premium out of my account with zero notice I might add. I’ve been bounced around to 4 different people who have been useless to address this. Just short of being called a liar I’ve given up. They can keep the money it’s worth not having to being treated like a second class citizen. Purely pathetic and unprofessional from the very beginning.

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Ruining a Credit

by Ktkd95 on Jan 31, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

My credit is ruined! I was with this company for 5 years and last year I had 2 no fault accidents in the entire 5 years of being with them. It took 2 months to get my vehicle fixed, which was very inconvenient living out of the city. At the end of the year, I was told they are cancelling my insurance because of too many claims. Firstly, I was not at fault and secondly, now this is on my record making me look like a bad customer which has now ruined my credit line with other insurances being charged ridiculous prices!!!

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Worst Insurance Company ever!

by 12345 on Dec 25, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

It's been 8 years that I was using this insurance company. Never in 8 years I got into an accident or any claim. In October 2018 I got into an accident at no fault. It was a very minor accident. It took 1 and a half month to fix my car. Finally got my car fixed. After a month I was travelling out of the country and wanted to put my car on storage. And I came to know that this company is about to cancel my policy because they wanted some documents signed from me. And I never received any documents due to Canada post strike. And I called them, I told them I never got any document from you yet, so finally they were like okay, you can download that document online. I was like ok, no problem, I will fill this and send over to you guys. After another week I got a letter saying that they cannot renew my policy because they never got the document. So I was speaking to an agent, I explained her I am going out of the country within 4 days. There is a Canada post strike going, you should be getting that soon. So that agent replied me saying, I am sorry "we are not Canada post, Canada post strike is not our problem". So I said ok, so am I responsible for Canada post strike? This company sucks, the agents have no respect towards a customer. They hang up on you when you demand to speak with a manager. This company is a useless piece of crap. Agents are extremely rude, no respect, no sense of responsibility towards the customers. I would suggest everybody never ever go with this company.

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Info Changed Without Consent

by unhappywithservice on Oct 8, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

I got a letter stating that my insurance would be canceled , when I called them they said they tried to contact me and the numbers don't work, when I ask them what information they have on file me ,my email was incorrect,my numbers was changed and they cant seem to tell how yet they canceled my insurance on the bases that they tried to reach me at information which I didn't change.

I asked them what does the record show, and how come no one asked me my security question which was on file...I spoke to two agents and none of them could tell my why they didn't ask me my password they were like "oh Im sorry" may I have it now.

So now if it out of their control like they said on my record I will have a cancelling due to non-payment of bill but they messed up my file ( MY CARD WAS EXPIRED AND I WAS WAITING ON A NEW CARD IN THE MAIL) and I called them before it all yet my information seem to miraculously changed and had an accident while insured in September and now IS October and all of a sudden my info change,, and they were contacting me on the same information to handle my claim.

I will never recommend this company to anyone even if its ontario or another province.

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