RBC Insurance Home Insurance Reviews

We bought a new home in 2013 and insurance did not come to the new house. We were still paying insurance on the property we no longer own. Worse yet, we did not have insurance on our new home! We only happened to realize this in an unrelated call, their response: 1)my fault for not notifying RBC of the property change (with a mortgage at RBC on both properties) 2)not giving you any of your money back on 5 years of charges to insure a house you don't own (zero responsibility of RBC) 3)we cannot insure your new home because you haven't been insured on it in 5 years months of back and forth, hours on hold and when we finally decide to cancel the kicker 4)your car insurance rate will be going up because you are cancelling your home insurance! I guess my only move is to point this out before I move all of my business away from RBC.

I have to call multiple times with each time at least 45 minutes to get hold of a customer service representative. Why multiple times? Because the first time after waiting 45 mins and managed to get a customer service representative, he directed me to another person and the call ended! So I have to call again and waited another 1 hour. My purpose is to cancel the policy and due to joint names, my husband wasn't beside me, and I have to get him to call again! I strongly think that thing can be improved if you have a dedicated email address to handle for cancellation. This can save both of our time.

WORSE OF THE WORSE! They kept charging us even we sold the property a year ago. When I called to cancel the policy on may 07 2019 they put me on hold for more than 3 hours, worse of the worse!

RBC is a joke... I was paying $78 dollars for home insurance and because they say my house went up to $14000 my new monthly payment was going to be $204 I’ve been with them for 10 years and this is how they treat you never again will do business with RBC. Stay away.

You always talk to a robot and they make you wait 45 min. And they can t call to let me know the payment didn't pass because they didn't have the right card number. They hung up the phone and don't call back. So frustrating.

I had a quote for house insurance. I made it clear that there is knob and tube wiring in the house on the initial call ( which I understand was recorded). Had the insurance for a few months. RBC sent a house inspector to look at the house due to its age. Was surprised to receive a call saying that I had lied to RBC and I was committing fraud. I told them to listen to the original recording but was told he did not have access to it. Was then told that I should cancel the insurance myself rather than have it cancelled for me because it would make me look like a liar and I will find it difficult to get insurance in the future. I did this because I didn't really want further trouble. I also made a complaint about the attitude of this worker. The 'complaints department' also said that they 'do not record all calls' and will not be able to verify my statement. I can understand if they admit that they have made a mistake and say that they will no longer provide coverage for the house. What I cannot accept is being called a liar and a fraud for their mistake. I will never have anything to do with RBC again for anything. They have the worst customer service amongst big banks.

We had a couple of large snow storms and then some warm weather. We have a large deck on the second level of our vacation home. The snow melted and leaked in under our door sills and then caused water damage to the drywall in the basement, the carpet and exterior walls. The stone on the front of our house must be removed as there is water structural damage to the house. RBC/Aviva has been giving us the run-around for 6 weeks now. We have been passed from to 3 different people and had 2 adjusters over to meet our contractor. No recent communication with us. Our contractor is telling us we are only getting covered for 18000 and then we have a 2000 deductible. Our total claim is 38000. We can't believe how awful it is to get someone on the phone or communicate with us. We were told the first person went on maternity leave, the second one not sure why he’s gone and now this 3rd person. After this is done, we will be leaving this company.

They will decide to terminate your insurance halfway through the year for a bogus reason the underwriter decides to pick in December. They will give you time until the beginning of January to find new insurance. They do not care that it’s Xmas and New Years, they have deemed they have given you enough time to get new insurance. This company has made a brand new homeowner know what to not look for in a home insurance company! They will not work with you at every chance they get.

RBC AVIVA PARTNERSHIP - BAD MOVE. I have been with RBC for almost 30 years, I have 3 houses & 4 vehicles insured through RBC, so I am speaking from experience. Up until RBC changed from being an insurance company to being an agent & using Aviva Canada, the service provided to me by RBC was second to none. Since Aviva took over I had two no-fault car accidents in quick succession.1. Delay on my car being fixed due to the adjuster going on vacation & 2. giving my chiropractor grief over reports that they had lost & denial of treatment until finding out Aviva was in the wrong. Whenever I spoke with the Aviva adjuster she was very condescending & I made a complaint on this matter but heard no more on the matter. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WAS BAD ENOUGH BUT THE BOMBSHELL!!! In June of 2017, my neighbour had to have their water mains supply line repaired. The local city engineer, who was dealing with the repair, advised me to check to see that I had insurance coverage for this type of repair. I called RBC insurance on this matter. I was told that I did not have coverage & they could not give me coverage. No further advice was given. In April 2018 my insurance was renewed. In October 2018 I received a notice from the city water services that I had 14 days to have my water mains supply line repaired as it was leaking. If I did not complete the repair within the specified 14 days, my water would be turned off. I immediately called RBC insurance to see if I was covered for this repair, giving them in great detail, also explaining the urgency of the repair. I was advised that they would send an adjuster around to deal with the repair. The following day a regular plumber came, who was unable not help me with my repair, in fact, I had to explain the problem to him. He told me his boss would get back to me. To cut a long story short I had no further calls from Aviva about helping me with my repair. I ended up having to arrange for the repair to be done at a cost to me of $10,000. Eventually, I was told by Aviva that my claim was denied even though they had sent around the wrong trades. How is this possible to make a true assessment without knowing exactly what was wrong? I decided to contact RBC insurance to help me with my concerns about not getting support with my repair, even though I had specifically asked about coverage back in June 2017. They told me that yes, I do not have coverage but if I wanted coverage for any further such repair, they could now give me coverage??? I asked them, why did they not give me coverage back in June of 2017 when I specifically asked for coverage or when it came available. I asked for my claim to be appealed based on this fact that they record all phone calls and my call could be verified. After many calls & a lot of time on my behalf, they told me that they could not help me further with this claim. RBC, you are supposed to support & advise the customer on the difficult minefield of insurance, which you do promote in your adverts. Why did you not take responsibility for first denying coverage & then being able to offer coverage to me when it was too late. Throughout my ordeal I was having to repeat myself, spend hours on the phone chasing support that was not forthcoming & was promised to get callbacks from Aviva, nobody taking accountability for empty promises. If this is what you call service, I feel you give me no option to find the service that you used to give me.

RBC charged the wrong credit card, although they had two current ones on file that they recently used. They refused to take payment over the phone as I wanted to make sure I had insurance. Then they cancelled my policy. However, after reading these reviews, I am relieved I am insured elsewhere as it looks like dealing with them on claims is horrible. Do not trust this company.