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company is a joke

by robert steele on Dec 3, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

it been 18 months and we are still waiting for anything to be done, have had 3 adjusters , they keep quitting…

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Awful Company!

by DisastifiedCustomer11 on Oct 7, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

My husband and I thought they were great insurance company for first time house owners, we were wrong! First off, we had a big storm back in 2011. It destroyed our shed and when the power was off, most of our food from our freezer rotted. We were told we would only get 400, yesterday I went to a new insurance company and found out our claim was 2,400! They lied to us about how much our claim would be! Who does that?! Secondly, they jacked up our house insurance WITHOUT sending any renewal form! I was told 3 lies, it was 'apparently' sent june and then aug.. and then sept. I didn't receive anything! They took money out of my account that was not agreed upon, they did it without me receiving any renewal form! They are awful! They don't even have any email! Please do not go with them; the woman that I talked to talked to me as if I was 2 years old. Just horrible!

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Horrible experience

by Tammi on Sep 8, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

We had been with them for over 9 years, no claims. They treated us horribly when our basement flooded due to failed sump pumps. They had made previous errors before with our car policies, but thankfully no accidents had occurred. We were literately in the process of searching for a new insurance company when our basement was flooded. They are rude, uncaring and will do as little as possible when it comes to your claim.

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Terrible customer service

by Triciahayes on Jun 17, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

Extremely unhelpful, rude and appalling at returning calls. Spent 2 ,months trying to get coverage. Poor value for money also

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WORST insurance company EVER

by DO_NOT_USE_the_Personal_insurance on May 23, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

I bought 2 houses. Then the agents start being panic. Then they start calling me asking "Which house would be your principal residential"...

As owner of two houses( of course with mortgages ), I don't know exactly whether to sell my old house or rent it..... So each time I answered the agents with words comes to my mind...

Then the funny thing starts, they treated me like I'm lying and making a fraud or something... The agents event ridiculously talking to me in a judge's tone.

Then funny enough they finally charged increased my first house insurance from $8xx to $13xx..... and categorize the first house as "Seasonal dwelling"

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Horrible company - stay away

by adamood@gmail.com on May 21, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

I was a customer of both home owner and automobile insurance for almost 8 years with this company. They cancelled my home owner's policy one summer while I was on vacation for an extended period of time because the credit card they had on file for automatic renewal had expired without my knowledge. When I contacted them months later, they refused to reinstate my policy and then refused to create a new policy for me because I told them I would be moving (and their underwriter said it would be greater risk). They could care less than I had been a long standing customer with no claims for my homeowners insurance. For my auto, they hiked up my rate by almost $30 a month for a claim that was not my fault. Good riddance Personal, you are anything but!

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Horrible company

by mmishra on Oct 2, 2013
1 out of 5 stars

The Personal Insurance Company (Desjardins Group) – I have auto insurance with this company for last 12 years and house insurance for last 10 years. Never made any claim.

First time I made claim against my property theft last month. I provided all the information required but they informed that I can claim max $1000 against all loses. When I asked them that I never knew my coverage is only $1000. They informed me that it’s standard unless you specify. I said you never asked me or disclosed me about this coverage. They said they sent me detailed policy in 2003, where it was mentioned. They don’t send any detail policy on annual renewal. When I enquired in detail, I realized that they deliberately minimized the coverage everywhere to lower my monthly premium unless I ask them. That’s why you will see most of us like their lower premium. I found other insurance providers, who disclose everything and confirm with you when you sign the policy but The Personal plays the trick to get new customers. BEWARE of this DIRTY TRICK.

Once you are trapped, they never listen to you. They also don’t provide any proof that you agreed with that. Simply they will say: “Our record shows this is your coverage”.
I have recommended everyone in my contact not to go with the Personal Insurance (Desjardins Group), one of the worst insurance company in north America. I heard earlier about them but now I realized it.

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by Anonymous on Apr 11, 2012
5 out of 5 stars

they responded very quickly to a flood situation a few years ago

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by Anonymous on Apr 11, 2012
4 out of 5 stars

Since signing up, have not had to call re home insurance. Prices are reasonable for the product. Company inflates coverage appropriately.

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by Anonymous on Apr 11, 2012
3.5 out of 5 stars

The Personal does not call to recheck the values of your insurance very often, and perhaps should. However when we had claims, they were effecient and prompt in assessing and paying the claim.

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