Absolutely awful
by PublicServiceDrone on Oct 23, 2023
1 out of 5 stars
I have been with Canada Life since July 1, 2023 and it's been a nightmare! Wait time to reach someone by phone is 2 to 3 hours every day and every months since we joined. After waiting 2-3 hours, answers, explanations and solutions are non-existent. Messages go unanswered, claims are denied with no explanation, Co-ordination of benefits just don't work. The on-line chat does not work.
It appears that the only departments that are working well there are their 'DENIAL' and Accounts Receivable depts.
This is really shameful.
We are members of the Federal Retires Association and the government changed our plan from SunLife to Canada Life. It has been terrible ordeal trying to deal with Canada Life. Calling on the phone guarantees you ate
at least a 2 hour wait to be told the can't give you an answer and will get their team to get back to you which never happens. Worst Insurance company I have ever had to deal with. You are better off paying out of pocket. It is cheaper and less frustrating. October 2023
Horrible horrible people to deal with called over 20x finally goе ahold of someone and told they would get back to me in the next two weeks about my claim!!!! It’s already been a month!!! They’re rude and useless! I hate this company!
The wait time sometimes is more than an hour. the process of payments are long and they process the claims in different category and and they don' let you, so on the 2nd claim you have to go to same process of calling them.
They have broken links on the website which they don't even know. Very disappointed with this company
Canada Life has insane wait times on the phone help desk, seemingly to discourage plan participants for making claims. I have been on hold for over 40 minutes. Not acceptable.
i was supposed to have the health insurance since jully 1st. We try to call multiple times and we wait sometimes for an hour and we never reach someone!
I sent an email in june and they respond in september...
Its the worst insurance compagny i have experience in years.
The canadian armed forces made a big mistake by changing Sunlife for Canada Life.
I know all insurance companies are a pain, but this one is in a different league. YOU personally have to follow up with management about your cases multiple times, when they finally contact you, they deny your claim as soon as possible; if you need to claim any medical benefits, or drugs, ect, 90% of the time the website & phones are "down due to technical issues."
Good luck claiming anything or getting any coverage.
Useless company. No way to contact them. They ignore e mails and hang up on calls. ALWAYS have higher than normal call volumes meaning long waits. Phone battery dies before wait time is up. Can not complain about customer service unless you talk to an agent. Cant talk to an agent because they have no customer service agents to talk to. Do not process claims in reasonable timeframe if at all. The most useless company on earth and I am being generous in my description of their service.
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Waited from 8:30am to 1:22pm on the phone to talk to someone just for an automatic message that say they can’t take the call and to try again later. I will need therapy after this lol and cheap as they are they won’t actually cover 80% because their estimate cost for any kind of services is ridiculously low. Canada life is by far the worst company i have ever dealt with.
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This is the worse insurance company I’ve ever dealt with, and I’ve dealt with at least a dozen for various products including policies on various homes and investment properties. I’ve been calling for 2 months and literally cannot get through to a human being; instead, one gets an automated message that all agents are busy and to call back another time and then the system HANGS UP ON YOU. Other issues include benefit statements that don’t specify what medication or service one is being reimbursed for specifically, a portal that is often unavailable/not functioning and reimbursements that are not accurate.