Cooperators Home Insurance Reviews

8 Jun asked local office in Strathroy why premium for home insurance had increased by 22 %, they would look into and contact head office. 21 Jun, they had not contacted anybody and gave lame excuses citing cut in "discount" for new policy of 5% plus increase in premiums, however when asked for figures did not know. Then promised they would contact "underwriter" and call me. Received call now ts a 30 dollar discount loss and increase in premium and I can actually talk to an agent on 24 Jun! My original premium for dwelling was 357 now increased to 411 dollars or 54 dollar increase. All I want to know is why and why does it take so long to get an answer? When I asked for tel no of district office I was refused and told company policy I must speak to agent first, pathetic service avoid Co-operators if you can, they seem to think your at their beck and call instead of remembering about customer service!

I have 6 home policies, 2 automotive an 2 life insurance pilicies and have been deali g with Co operators for over 15 years
My house burnt down over a month ago and still no decision made on my claim, my calls of inquiry to the adjuster go directly to an answering machine and my calls are never returned. Co operators St Johns Newfoundland.
Great at taking your money but Poor at settling your claim

I was away for four months and I had the impression that my home insurance was to be renewed in February, but I was wrong. I got this renewal letter that threatens to contact my bank (where I had my mortgage)!!! WTF????

Anyhow, I went to the Cooperators' new office at Station Square (Burnaby) and this Asian guy couldn't speak English. I was supposed to guess what he was saying! I am Chinese, but I expect the insurance person to be proficient in English, somewhat.

Then the guy said in broken English, asking for my banking info. I refused to give it, as I would use my credit card to pay for the insurance charge. He said he couldn't proceed with the application - I WALKED AWAY.

Well, after I did my errands, I got home and looked around for another insurance company. Square One has a good reputation - in comparison to reviews for RBC, Canadian Direct AND Cooperators.

And the online home insurance application was so much easier!!! It asks for relevant insurance questions and provides me with the various option - for all relevant coverages.

Also, for what I had covered with Cooperators, Square One charges me at least $100 cheaper!

Perhaps I should thank the annoying, rude, slow speaking Asian guy at Cooperators - so I could get on with Square One.

Agent from Co operators came to pre inspect my newly purchased house in Trenton, it had been renovated top to bottom, he was amazed at the fact that everything was new and immediately they asked for more
money to up the value, I was from another province and alone, sent the
extra money in and moved in, 2 weeks later had a giant flood, it seems a large hole was patched in the floor when a beam was removed from the renovation and covered with carpet, agent never came until 5 days later and severe damage was done, I was on my own and had to throw 1250 square feet of new carpet out, lost fireplace, shower and all rooms were with water damage, after I nearly had a stroke cleaning up the agent came and said its not covered and left. No warm and fuzzy feelings there! I had to call and have basement redone and then have a new renovation done, am now $40,000 in the hole, do not ever use Co operators in Trenton, Ontario. I was told just after purchase I had flood insurance by them.!

I would never recommend Travel insurance or any other insurance with TIC/ Co-operators because they rip off people
My mom came to Canada and we applied for supervisa for her and i talked to the agent from PUNJAB INSURANCE, he said if the visa gets refused they will refund us the premium so i purchased the insurance But my mom didnt get the visa and she had to return after 4 months and when i called TIC/Co-operators for refund, they refused to return almost $ 1,000 because we claimed for two doctor's visit while my mom was staying for four months.
TIC/CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE RIP YOU OFF.
Never go with them.

Very bad experience. Been a loyal customer for more than 10 years. Without getting correct information they just increase the rates on assumptions about additional drivers. It always depends whom you reach over the phone, some brokers are extremely good and some nasty and very rude. I cancelled my policy with them and went with a one with better service and understanding. They don't have a system to make complaints.

We had ZERO claims in over 15 years on our home but they kept phoning saying that they were providing a new service of coming in and inspecting our home to see if we were getting the best coverage. We were harassed repeatedly through phone calls and letters in the mail about setting up this new mandatory inspection to the point that we just cancelled our policy. It was just a cash grab to increase our policy. So now rather than squeezing more money out of us, they get none! Now we're with TD insurance and couldn't be happier!

Tried getting a quote and was told we can only do so over the phone--no emails whatsoever (I work nights, and this is pretty much impossible to do during regular business hours). After 3 weeks of going back and forth with information, I was told that the "insurance records" showed that my husband and I did not have any current insurance on our apartment or car, and that I had apparently only been insured under my vehicle from 2006-2008....I told him that is impossible as we have been paying insurance on both vehicle/apartment for 3 years, and that I have been insured and paying car insurance every month for over 14 years. After speaking with our current insurance company, we were told we are intact insured, and have been in the past.

A representative insisted it was not a problem on his end, and that the records don't lie. Kind of odd since i have banking statements for years showing Insurance payments coming out of our bank accounts.

This company tries to rip you off for sure!

We had been with them for years eventually with two houses and two cars. Insurance kept going up by 500 each house each year. Yearly renewals stopped being sent by mail, instead, you had to create an account sign up which didn't seem to work. We also got a quote on a second home we bought with 2 weeks left in our yearly term and then two weeks later it was suddenly $450 more than they quoted us two weeks before. Once we realized this was going on, we called to cancel and now have to pay $550 to cancel our insurance and when I asked about why it wasn't more clear that the policies had increased by 25% the lady said it would be bad business to let people know that the policies were going up! So she admitted that they tried to do it without people noticing! We are now paying $3000 less with another company.