Canada Life Life Insurance Reviews

Never before have I dealt with such a horrible insurance company.
Claims always take 7+ weeks to process. Often denied until challenged then approved.
Copious hours spent on hold.
Useless and would never use if the employer didn't contract them.

I've never had such a bad experience with an insurance company before. The reason I'm with Canada Life is because of my company. Each claim has taken up to a month to process, with no exaggeration. I've submitted six claims total and every single one has taken one whole month to see my money get back into my account. Phone wait times are 30-40 minutes minimum. I've also had an experience with a customer service representative who yelled at me and gave me an attitude.

Good luck talking to a representative of Canada Life, called about 5 different days at various times and after 1-2+ hours I had to hang up, my cell phone battery would need recharging. I tried calling the federal ombudsman, but even they weren’t answering. Does anyone remember the days when a body either answered after a few rings or you got a busy signal? NOT ANYMORE!!!!!!!

I had Canada Life through work. They made it damn near impossible to contact anyone by phone or email. They literally ignored me for 4-5 months then called my doctor with lies saying I was ignoring them except I have proof it was a lie. This caused a breakdown of trust with me and my doctor leaving me completely medically alone and unable to fill out any medical forms. Due to this situation, I lost my doctor my employment and all coverage, I have been alone with no help since. Please if you have choices go elsewhere.

I have sent a paper claim for health group insurance. I send paper claims regularly, the paper form is short, I've done it successfully many times. This claim was returned with the "Please, confirm provider's full name address and telephone number" reason code. I don't know what else can provide as the form is short and easy, I've filled it out as usual. I tried calling them to get some clarity on the return. I have been waiting for 50 minutes on the phone and still have not been connected to an agent. Ridiculously long waiting time.

3 hours waiting on the phone! How are they in business? Waste of time to call this company. Still no answer...

My employer's group plan changed to Canada Life this year. It has been a total mess, driven entirely by Canada Life's deliberate creation of barriers to slow down claim entry and processing - it is paper-based, lacks clear instructions and the forms are a maze. When you finally run the gauntlet and get a claim in, it sits there for weeks necessitating multiple calls to the joke of a contact centre (45+ minute waits) and unhelpful, obtuse representatives. Avoid.

I can’t express how frustrating it is to try to get information from this company! I can’t even get representatives to give me valid names or employee numbers so conversations can not be referenced and I’m always left trying to answer “who told you that “. Right now I’ve been in a queue on the phone for over 2 hours because my sign-in information mysteriously doesn’t work. I think a large part of their business model relies on frustrating the clients so much that they give up...