Desjardins Insurance Home Insurance Reviews

The Company is hiring the most incompetent Contractors, I would never bring them into my home if I needed a job done.
They didn’t follow safety codes (or face-covering in my home), damaged more than fixed and lied about everything (even though I have video footage). I hope no one has to go through this!

I don’t post very often, but I’m super pissed! Desjardins recently advised us that they would not be insuring our new house build anymore because IT IS TAKING TOO LONG… It is a larger custom home that has taken 2 years so far, with 5 months more to go… Not unreasonable for the size of this project… This has put me into a real predicament, as insurance companies generally will not insure residential properties mid-construction, only at the beginning… We found one that will, but at a crazy premium of $30,000 per year vs $5,580 that we were paying Desjardin since the beginning… and we have no choice but to do it… At no point did Desjardins ever advise us that there was a time limit to the policy until they sent us a notice of non-renewal… and when we ask them why we were not told this at the beginning of the policy, no one responds… Where is the time limit written in our policy? No one responds… There seems to be no consumer protection against shady insurance companies who pull stunts like this… There have been no problems on the job site, no accidents, no claims, no financial issues, no nothing... We have always paid our bills on time... We have been, for all intensive purposes, the perfect customer... I’m cancelling any remaining policies with them, and I hope others will too. As there is no consumer protection (other than auto), they can cancel your policy just like that too… This is not acceptable!

We had water damage caused by another unit owner's fault. We started to report the claim with our broker and claims advisor was the one who was dealing with our case. She never calls back when you left her message or email, but she always blamed it is your fault and she did. We had asked our insurance broker to send a double email to notify her. She handled our case very slowly and poorly. She only realized there was a big mistake when the cheque was ready to go then she said it needs to redo again and it wasn't her work. Somebody did it for her and the first estimate took almost 25 days to complete. She even said this is the procedure.

Every time I contact the adjuster to find out what updates about my claim. He told me - he will call back me. But this never happens. My claim was $15000.00 and he offered me $5200 for settlement. I refused and request to him for repair, which is still pending more than a month now. The adjuster is like a weak student, who is giving an examination paper.

I had arranged to withdrawal some of my RRSPs & was told it would be deposited in my account in two to three working days. After a week I called to find out where my money was & was told they made an error. A week later I received a call saying my money would be in my account the next day or the day after for sure. Well, that was a week ago & I still do not have MY money. Don't know when or if I will ever see my money. Terrible company to deal with. Stay away from them!

Have been charged twice within 1 month after my 1 year Insurance expired. I moved out of the city, so had no need to renew it. First time got charged 34$, the bank declined for no funds, and of course I got charged overdraft. I called immediately to clarify the issue, and the assistant told me I will be called back during the week from agent office. No one ever called. Then Desjardins charged me again 69$ a week later. I called again to the office asking why am I being charged. The assistant X (she never managed to pronounce her name clearly) on the phone tells me it is the law them to charge after the contract expires. No one ever took care from Desjardins to explain me of such law where they can still charge me even though on the contract is stated that I agreed for 1 year of preauthorized withdrawals. After being told several more times that I'll be called back on the issue, and never have the call returned, I kept calling myself until they presented me with their explanation, and that they will only refund me 26$ and agreed to cancel my contract. Customer Service experience : They keep talking, never give me a chance to speak, and when I speak they interrupt me. I have a very bad after taste. Will never book any insurance with Desjardins again. Strongly recommend everyone to stay away from them and find another company that has better communication with their customers.

Had a home fire in April 2018. We are now in Sept 2018. Desjardins asked for 2 quotes, they got them. They asked for the content list, they got that too. They will only allow $55.00 a day for my husband, myself and our pet for an additional living cost. We cannot live in our home. That's a joke by itself. We pay for this coverage, but they sure do take the monthly payment every month. They have been giving us the runaround from day one. They say they are going to pay, but they will only pay what their "preferred contractor" says the job will cost. Their better known preferred contractor are known as FRIENDLY CONTRACTORS, they measure your home room by room, go back to the office and put all measurements in a computer software and voila - there is their lowball quote and remember, not everything is included in the lowball quote. Why? Because they work very closely with Desjardins Insurance and what they don't put on the quote so we can't see is the actual cost of replacement. It's a SCAM to make people hire the preferred contractor, then the contractor adds all the repairs that were not shown on the quote and the Insurance happily pays the FRIENDLY Contractor. Yet they will not pay your preferred contractor who knows everything there is to know about repairing your home, a computer can't repair your home. DO NOT believe a word these people tell you its all a lie. They don't want to pay. Stay clear of Desjardins Insurance, they are your worst nightmare

I have been satisfied with my auto insurance but recently I had to place home insurance on two homes. I had to cancel my policy after two months of payments. I basically was forced into selling them. The insurance was 2100 for the year, which I was fine with. State Farm/Desjardins is now charging me 900 to get out of the policy after the two payments of 170. This is wrong. I would recommend you go elsewhere to get home insurance.

Desjardins Insurance is the worst I have ever met. They do not have their own adjuster, they use a third party company, which does not care about Desjardins customer... I have a property claim. First, they asked an evaluator to estimate the damage. They told me it took a few days to get a report. I asked about it many times and they always said if they got it, they would email to me. Finally, I complained to Desjardins claim department and got the report. The date on the fax and email was 3 weeks ago. I do not know why they kept lying... That was just the beginning. What happened later is worse... And Desjardins claim department stuff was not better at all... My experience is that I always keep email as a proof... I should use an insurance company that has its own adjuster

We had a house fire in January. It is now June. Desjardins pushed us to get a contractor and permit from our city for the rebuild. Both done. They've had the claim 5 months - and still not assessment value, no payment, no rebuilding happening. Excuses have ranged from system crashes (really?) to vacations, to nothing. You can be sure they would not accept premiums being 5 months late. Caveat emptor. They are worse than horrible.