Canada Life Life Insurance Reviews

Had a claim from my dentist. It took 4 months just to answer. My dentist had sent 5 different letters as per request for Canada Life to get more information. Until I had reached out to a Canada Life manager nothing was done
After 3 days the manager calls back. Told me that there is a clause in the policy that prior dentist work with another company does not qualify to use there's. My work company had changed insurance companies.
So really all this is out of my control. And when you call you need to set aside 40 to 1 hour for waiting on hold. Then make sure you ask for a manager. The call center is 3rd party so you're talking to India. Have fun!

Everything I have endured with this company has been horrible. I'm a customer with a group benefits plan with my employer, and I would never select this company or recommend them.

They only take phone calls, and no emails, their claims system is old and glitchy. Once you finally speak to someone after waiting up to 1+ hours, they are poorly trained. Processing time takes weeks, they lose your information. Find somewhere else!

The website defaults to paper claim and setting up for online claim is very counterintuitive to the point that I needed help from someone who has done it before. The online portal showed the claim has been processed and paid but it takes a minimum of a week, sometimes two weeks to a month to get your money back. I understand why my company chooses Canada Life because it is cheap and they can say that they have benefits provided but the coverage is terrible and the service is atrocious.

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.

This company is set up to intentionally be hostile, but companies sign on to them because the costs seem lower. Wait times are long or hostile on purpose this is done to reject claims or push the pay dates and save money. Unfortunately, companies get suckered into going with them due to lower costs, but then employees who deal with them are abused.

Hi,
I submitted a claim on 11th Feb 2022. Sent 4 reminder emails till today, finally they responded as declined, no reason and bizarre communication why it is declined not mentioned in the email, if we call after 30 minutes of waiting in the line they do not care and transfers from one person to another.
Please improve the response time via phone.
Please improve the web interface, it's hard to find why it is declined.
I strongly recommend not to buy this insurance. Waste of time, there is no importance to customer's time.

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!!!!!!!

Got denied right away because of my mental health history. Pretty sick in my opinion that they will discriminate against disabilities. Extremely disappointing and frustrating and not impressed at all!!!!

I was just on the phone with a representative from Canada Life. I have an account through work and was looking at my dashboard while chatting with her. She couldn't pull up my account. She asked to put me on hold. I was on hold for over 30 minutes before she hung up on me. I don't know what kind of customer service this is. It shouldn't be that hard to find my account.