Intact Insurance Home Insurance Reviews

We had a home and cottage insured with Intact. When we started renting the home through AirBnB, they dropped us, offering us an alternative that the agent advised us no to accept, one reason being that the coverage was next to nil. We were able to obtain a regular home owners policy from State Farm, with some conditions on our rental activity.
As for the cottage, we signed with Desjardins, for about a third of the premium that we previously had with Intact.
We have no claims experience to assess Intact or Desjardins. We have some experience with State Farm, and it was superb.
Bottom line: I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND INTACT.

INTACT commercials - your claims process starts when they get your phone call - but that does not mean they will help you or pay people. It just means they type it in the computer. Then you deal with the adjuster which is trying an experience from HELL! I had the absolute worst experience with this company and my neighbour across the street did too! Our basement flooded due to a water main break. We had top of the line coverage. Adjuster got mad at me and smashed my front door! Put a claim in for that and finally got paid one year later. Adjuster told me he did not like me, and promised to give me a hard time. He sent threatening letters that they were considering denying my claim. He offered me 1/7 the actual cost to repair the damage 2 months of the flood. I had already spent double hiring myown contractors to start repairs, not wanting to wait for the insurance company to take action. I had tenants.The fighting over coverage went on for nearly 6 months and finally I got a cheque for double what he first offered. I said this is not enough to cover all the invoices I submitted and complained to Intact Ombudsman. They did nothing. Then I reported unfair insurance practices, bad faith, to FSCO = Financial Services Commission of Ontario. This forced the matter into ARBITRATION! I recommend this to anyone not satisfied with money the insurance company is trying to get you to accept. Take the money they offer but do NOT sign a final release. Tell them you disagree with their calculation of your loss total. At arbitration, I got to present all the invoices for the actual repairs of the damage (not the adjuster's guesstimate) + lost rent. The whole process took about 9 months, but I finally got nearly everthing I asked for. INTACT gave my neighbour across the street a hard time. After his semi detached home was involved in a fire, it took twice as long for Intact to repair his house compared to the equally affected neighbour nest door. Fire was in January and the neighbour with CAA insurance was back in his house by August. The other neighbour with Intact is still waiting for drywall work to be completed. Estimated re-occupation could be 1 1/2 - 2 years because the approval during the claims process goes at a snails pace at Intact. INTACT SUCKS! Maybe their rate could be cheaper, but the attempts to deny coverage and delays in the claims process do not make it worth the savings! Go for a insurance company with a good reputation for claims processing - even if they charge more. I don't know how some insurance adjusters can look themselves in the mirror each morning after doing such horrible things to claimants - I know they get a bonus for paying out less. It's dirty money. I don't want to profit from other people's misery! SHAME on YOU INTACT Insurance Adjuster!

I was insured with INTACT for 12 years in a home in a high end neighbourhood. During this time we did not have a single claim. We recently decided to put the house up for sale and moved into our new home. Because the house was vacant they decided to cancel the insurance. We confirmed them the water was turned off and the house was being checked on on a weekly basis. Didn't matter to them...

Anyhow enough said. Thank you Intact for 12 years of insurance but next time I am going elsewhere. Not used of being treated like that as a good customer.

Do yourself a favor and don't use Intact. They don't care about you indeed.