Square One Insurance Home Insurance Reviews

I went through and entered all of my information to acquire a tenant insurance policy. It was only after I entered all of my personal and property information that they disclosed they won't write policies if the owner lives more than 300 kilometers from the property. They even had a question during the quote process asking this. Even though I answered that question, they still proceeded to collect my information.

I was in with my husband last month and we were assisted by Farran A. She was very unprofessional. She kept giggling every time my husband would say something. I thought at any moment she would jump over her desk and sit on his lap. I am very disappointed by the lack of professionalism at Square One Insurance. I do hope in the future they qualify their staff a little better.

I was with Square One for several years. One reason I went with them was their competitive rates. When I signed with them you were able to choose ( within a window) the insured value of your home. They said that was what made them different. Slowly this insured value began to increase until it was 25- 30 more than other Brokers. My renewal last year had an increase of over 100 %. Also, the staff do not have the knowledge to answer simple questions. It is like they are reading from a prgrammed set of answers. For example, I installed a sump pump. I got numerous email questions on what was powering the pump, etc. After they finally made the change to my policy my rate INCREASED! I could not get a reasonable answer as to why so I deleted the pump and my rate when back DOWN. I had too many problems to mention. I just cancelled my policies and went with another Broker.
Stay away from Squqre One!

I purchased house insurance when I started renovating my home. After one year, they decided to cancel my insurance because they said the renovation was taking too long. When I purchased the insurance they never told me or stipulated in the agreement that I could only insure for up to one year while renovating. I explained to them that we were waiting for 6 months just to get the permits and regardless they should have told me before selling me their insurance product. Now they want to dump me with no insurance. Jas S. was rude from the start. As soon as I spoke to her for the first time she was talking to me as though I was dirt under her shoe. To speak to someone in that tone is bad enough, but to speak to a customer like that is beyond unprofessional. I am now getting my lawyers involved and will refuse to sign the consent of cancellation. Avoid this company at all costs, especially Jas S.

I read some reviews, and it would seem that I have had the very same experience with reviews. I originally purchased insurance from Jas S. now a Manager. I was speaking to a gentleman named Igor, and I found out that I no longer have insurance.

I sent all my information only being a customer of 4 years & no claims to find out that after 1 day, I am no longer insured.

There are many insurance companies out there, and Square One Insurance is out for money, however, in return are under no circumstance willing to work with you.

Thank God, I never had a claim, since I cannot imagine what sort of crap would be involved with Square One Insurance.

I would rather spend double and have insurance elsewhere.......

It may be easy to get a policy with Square One, however, do not expect to get good customer service. They only believe in taking your money and not giving you anything in return. God help you if you actually have to make a claim. I know people who had to battle, for excessively long periods of time, with them to get covered what was rightfully outlined in their policy. As fast as they will take your money and give you a policy they will take it away even if it is due to their error. They will argue with you on the phone, talk over you and will not even try to listen to you. This includes managers as well as customer service reps. This was my experience - they cancelled my policy due to their systems inability to process payment from my visa. They cancelled my policy immediately without any grace period. I even offered to provide proof from my bank that it was their error and they would not even listen. When I asked to speak to the manager and the manager kept talking over me, would not even listen and kept blaming me. When I asked how it is my fault if their system couldn't process my payment (one of their own employees admitted that their system has difficulties processing certain credit cards) they said it was my responsibility to ensure payment was made. If I gave the correct payment info and the funds were available, how am I responsible for their systems error??? If I could give them a negative rating I would. Stay away from this company!

I was pleasantly surprised by the online experience when requesting a quote from Square One, the questions were comprehensive and clear. The resulting quote was reasonable, but I was directed to speak with a representative to finalize the purchase. After answering (again) most of the questions I had filled-out online the resulting quote came-in nearly 50% higher than the online quote, what a waste of time.

From that point forward my experience with sales/support team was infuriating. I received nothing but short unhelpful email replies. I honestly felt as if they did not want my business. I certainly went elsewhere, and I'm very very pleased to have saved $600 annually by insuring with someone else.

Thanks for wasting my time Square One.

I had insurance with them for a year with no problem. After the year they sent me a new policy, even though I had not requested it. I called Square One because it seemed strange to send me a complete policy and not just a notice of renewal, they told me to ignore the renewal if I didn't want to continue with the policy.

Of course 2 weeks later Square One illegally withdrew the funds from my bank account without notifying me. I found out when I bounced a cheque. They agreed they made a mistake, but have not issued me a refund. I called my bank and after 30 mins they said I would have to go to the branch to fill out some forms, which are not available online, then it could take weeks to investigate and get a refund.

Square One is using NEGATIVE OPTION BILLING PRACTICES that are illegal in BC. How do they get away with this?!