Pembridge Insurance Home Insurance Reviews

Recently, I made a claim and although only 3 weeks into it, I am totally insulted with how my claim is being dealt with. We had a house fire and day 1 the adjuster all but said they were going to have this dealt with as cheap as possible. He encouraged us (two teens, two adults, two dogs and a cat) to stay in our camping trailer instead of a hotel. Because we had a lot of knick-knacks he first off told us it was a good time to purge (i.e. throw stuff out we didn't use often without claiming it.) He then told us it would be more cost effective if we cleaned our smaller items as it would cost more than what the items were worth to pay the cleanup crew to do it. After two weeks, he finally called to check in and got short with me saying I should have called him for approval first when I told him we had to go buy new shoes and jackets. Ours were taken by the dry cleaners to wash the smoke damage on Friday and my children and husband needed these items for work/school Monday. We didn't know the items were being taken because we were at the neighbours having showers. All we had on were crocks at the time. The additional expenses related to living in the camper; disposable dishes, propane for heat ( it was -5C in the day and -12C at night on average) and ready-made food items because we had no stove, we were told would have been things we would have bought anyway if we were camping and so could not claim...they would not even pay for a storage bin or dumpster. The cleanup crew had to pack their truck full every night when they left and throw it away themselves. My premiums had gone up significantly this year because there were a lot of flooding claims in our area. It was also increased because they marked it as a claim when I called them directly vs my broker to ask what my deductible was due to an incident that occurred (in the conversation I even specifically said it was just an inquiry). My broker is investigating that. I had made a claim with another smaller company a few years back and at that time I was told not to worry, they would deal with everything. It was a simple, stress-free incident to my relief...total opposite of this experience. Changing over because of a better rate was a huge mistake that is going to cost me a lot of money out of pocket in the end.