Extreme Price Increases on TD Home Insurance
by Neil Harbaruk on Mar 16, 2024
2 out of 5 stars
It was $1400 less for the year with another Insurance for my home insurance, so I switched. When talking to TD about it, they said they are regulated by Ontario and could not do anything about the price or explain why they are so much more expensive.
I've been using TD home insurance for 5 years. I mistakenly paid 37 dollars, too little, I pay once a year. Instead of contacting me, they blocked my account. I didn't mind paying a higher price because they were easy. I will not be renewing!!!
I called many times for the same issue and the representatives from customer service and WIS Team cut the call when they do not know the solution for an issue or they transfer to the central number without resolving the issue. They did not say goodbye, just cut the conversation. VERY RUDE It looks like it is the culture there because 4 agents did the same because they were not able to fix the issue on the website. They had to be honest and escalate the issue to an instance that could be capable to solve it.
Every time at renewal time, the rates increase so I have to phone in to ask for an explanation. The guy said there is something wrong with the system and will call me back, 3 days now and he hasn't called me back. 2 years in a row now that they did that and nobody calls you back. I have to call in again and the wait time is stupidly long.
FYI, Ask the questions and they will help you reduce the rates back.
I had a very unpleasant time with Laurie who answered my call on November 20, 2020. She was very rude and asked me unnecessary and personal question regarding my lawyer and their schedule which is something that almost made me turn away from TD Insurance. I hope that the manager or supervisor can talk to her to fix her attitude. I had a very unpleasant time with her.
September 8, 2020 - currently on hold for 2h 45m and STILL waiting! No callback option? Unable to sign in to an online account. Horrible!
As many comments are already here. I am a LONG time customer of TD Meloche Monnex. Have 2 auto and 4 home policies with them. Good grief is it nearly impossible to connect with anyone live! Tried the phone. Nothing. Try the online chat... nothing. As far as I can tell the rates are competitive, however, If you can't invest in resources to serve your customers, there are others who will...
Getting ahold of customer service representatives is nearly impossible. Emails go unanswered and the hold times on the phone and online chat are HOURS. Once I actually get ahold of someone they are always very friendly and helpful but it's insane how long the wait times are.
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I was with TD Insurance for 2 years before moving to a new home. When updating my insurance information, I provided the correct home address except for the postal code. TD sent new information to the wrong address and continued to do so for some time. Now I have an outstanding payment and zero coverage. During this time I received zero phone calls from TD in regards to my policy and the outstanding payment. I also received zero emails. I would never find out about the letters as they were all being sent to the incorrect address. After contacting TD about this, they were very rude and defensive, blaming us entirely refusing to take on any responsibility for their archaic communication methods. Save your time and money, go to a different company for your home insurance.
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Same as others in this forum, we are long-time TD customers and every year there are price increases, however, this year it is more than substantial at 34%. The sole excuse from TD is that replacement costs are up, so they just chose to increase the coverage on our policy. We are totally over-ensured at this amount and certainly do not require or want the additional amount. I also called and spoke with an actual person who again said the same thing. Forcing customers to over-insure is price gouging, plain and simple! This must be some form of loophole they are using to justify huge premium increases.