Manulife Disability Insurance Reviews

My daughter started a new job with a company whose benefit plan is provided by Manulife. During her first 3-month probation period she visited her doctor and received a prescription for anxiety. Six months after she started her job she required hospital care for a mental health disorder. Since she visited her doctor and received a prescription drug during her first 3 months of employment, Manulife denied her long-term disability benefits due to her having a "pre-existing condition". She lost 9 months of disability benefits. Manulife self-promotes itself as supporting mental health initiatives at the same time that they deny benefits to mental health patients. Public, corporate image is more important to Manulife than supporting its clients with the benefits that their clients' premiums are paying for. It would likely follow that if a cancer patient started a new job with a company whose benefit plan was provided by Manulife, they would have to stop their cancer treatments for their first 3 months of employment or they too would be deemed to have a "pre-existing condition" that would negate long-term disability benefits if the cancer required extensive hospital care. Manulife focuses on their profits first and caring about their clients last.

They just don't want to pay STD even though I'm not feeling well and tons of Doctors Notes and specialist... They are the worst.. Manulife sucks!!!

DO NOT CHOOSE MANULIFE INSURANCE FOR ANYTHING!! They are snakes! They don't care if you have doctors notes and proof indicating that you are disabled. THEY WILL DO AND SAY ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T RECEIVE MONEY OWED. I Am in the middle of an appeal for short term disability benefits and have been through hell trying to get my benefits. my doctor has sent them more then 3 notes stating i am unable to work and their case workers (who are apparently doctors too???) keep overruling my doctors decision and are trying to tell med that I am able to work. I Am in a cast and sling and cant even tie my own shoes yet they are saying i am able to operate a crane. worst company ive ever had to deal with.

When my short term disability ran out with another company
My longterm took over and they go by the name Manudeath
In my home!
Paid me 7 days longterm and have submitted countless reports
Doctors, specialists all in my defense
Coming up on 15 months of running thru there torture chamber
And still nothing they are killing me now
Can't afford prescriptions or replacement parts for medical aid machine
This cabal of non human entities need to be deported out of the
Country
Or better yet off planet!
They are aliens afterall

I submitted a claim for short term disability due to excessive stress at work that has been accumulating for over 4 years. I was reluctant to even take some time off because I felt guilty for feeling the way I felt, having anxiety attacks and insomnia. When an agent contacted me to review my file, not only did she make me feel even more guilty, she was condescending repeating that it's also very busy where she worked. I understand that they need to verify every claim but the lack of empathy is outstanding. I've been making progress with my therapist and now, I'm having anxiety attacks again because I'm back to thinking that there is something wrong with me for not being top shape emotionally.

I got hit by a car and fractured 2 vertebrae in my spine. Doctor said it takes 3 months to heal and do not suggesting sitting longer than 30 mins at a time. Manulife forced me to gradually return to work 4 hrs a day or they will stop paying out and deny the rest of the claim? I hired a lawyer to resolve this. Fingers crossed.

If I could give zero stars I would. I have never been treated so disrespectfully in my life. And what I have heard from others, they treat everyone as if they lying, including the medical professionals. In my situation, specialists and my doctor have sent in their diagnosis reports and manulife is still questioning them. Even my license has been suspended for medical reasons with the info provided by the medical professionals. The MTO respects the medical professionals diagnosis as enough evidence to make a decision but Manulife doesn't. Manulife is is apparently above the medical professionals and does not trust them to make a diagnosis. I have feel like are just trying to catch one small thing and delay the process even more and deny it. It's not the roof over their head and they obviously don't care about mine.

A hassle from start to finish. I checked off all the right boxes for my insurance and trusted Manulife. Became disabled and it took 18 months, so much time and effort, three specialists for them to finally approve my claim. Then after paying it for a few years they cut it off because they said they neglected to take out the premiums in the first place. I have aged 20 years in the last 3 years of dealing with the company. They have made a terrible situation so much worse for me, and their reps, Mary L. and Kabir, were not helpful at all and had to be walked through the file on each phone call.

My fiance has a policy through her work. Last year she had hernia surgery because of her job. Her claim took a long time to process Manulife "didn't receive" the forms that were faxed/emailed to them even though there were confirmations of the forms being sent 2 or 3 times. After her surgery and some healing time, she was forced back to work to early. Her surgeon's and general practitioner's reports stated she was not ready to return to work. Manulife's docotor (who only read reports) overrode these reports stating he saw no reason for her to be off work so Manulife cut her benefits. As a result of all this, not even a year later she is once again off work and looking forward to another surgery for a repeated tare and additional tares to the same spot. As mentioned by others on this site, Manulife is not interested in their customers wellbeing. They are only interested in taking your money and paying out as little as possible. Bottom line: If you have a choice, look elsewhere. The only way you'll be happy with this company is if you never have to file a claim.

I have 4 years of negative experience with them! I did not choose this insurance company, my employer did. You have to leave several emails & voice mails before anyone will get back to you. I think their "Medical Consultant" is a Veterinarian , no offense to vets! I have an invisible disability which is certainly invisible to them. My symptoms are chronic and their answer is suck it up & keep going. All they care about is money & not their customers.