Manulife:WORST Co. EVER! Avoid
by Canadian Chap on Jun 9, 2016
1 out of 5 stars
They have multiple layers of forms to fill out before they will process a claim.And if you miss any detail it is denied and sent back.
Enough to frustrate the most patient and organized accountants in the world....
I have coverage through my employer and every time I see an ad for them I hope people read these reviews as I would never deal with them if I had the option.
The only reason I continue to go through their processes is that I won't let them win.
I have co-workers who just don't bother anymore.
Put in a claim for the first time. Despite the 80% co-insurance, I was only given 50% of what was paid due to a "reasonable and customary charge" caveat that was not disclosed in the manual or online. I was basically told that it was my fault for not knowing. When the manual you've been given and the information on their website co-incides, how is one to know that there are other limitations that we should be aware of??? First few times I called, i kept on being connected to some call centre in the Philippines whereby it sounds like they read off some script. They don't listen to you, they just talk like robots. Finally was transferred to a supervisor in Ontario and same thing. They don't care about their customers whatsoever. Hate dealing with this company!!!!!
I am under my husband's benefit plan and we have had non stop issues dealing with them. Every time I call them to ask them questions or try to get answers they have said your husband needs to call and we will discuss with him the plan. Even to change a password they said that I need my husband to call.
Also, they originally said that our plan started on the 10th so I went in to get my eyes checked. When I went to pay it was denied from Manulife. My husband called and they said the plan didn't start till the 20th!! What??? We were told that it started the 10th. All the guy said on the other line was "I apologize." He didn't do anything about it!!
My employer uses them for group benefits.. Everytime a claim is put in I have to jump through hoops to get coverage. One time no problem next time the same claim is an issue. They are the WORST company I have ever dealt with.
They have given us back $435 out of almost $3000. They owe us they have avoided us but sure keep taking money off my husbands paychecks knowing they are denying us any claims we put in. We have tried to arrange a meetings and have waited for calls twice. These calls never come. It took me 4 years to figure out my husband did not have direct deposit and he was not getting any money back from my claims.. Not once did the company contact us to question why we're putting in claims and we never got anything via email or mail to let us know there was a problem. We have paid almost 10,000. For coverage we were never covered for.. No apologies no explaination. I'm so discussed with how we're are being treated they got our money they don't care about us...Poor customer service .
I asked how far back they could go they said 2 years gave us 6 months. The employee said as long as I'd submitted they had to pay... even after I run around getting duplicate receipts and they refused everything anyway....Not understanding or professional at all so if you want to give your money away I'm out 10,000. Go to Great West they were amazing before Husbands company wanted to save money by dropping dental and went to manulife for more money less coverage then they did not cover us anyway.... what a waste.... half a years wages gone...Sorry I'm very dissapointed and want others to not have to be treated like we have.
I've been covered under different insurance plans such as Great West Life and Equitable in the past, and I have never in my life been given as much hassle as I have with Manulife. They won't allow me to submit claims online - I have to physically mail in my receipts - only to have them rejected for arbitrary reasons a few weeks later. The company I was with previously reimbursed me for the exact same service within a day or two of online submission.
I can't even log in to their site. After days of trying to just register and calling them multiple times being told to try different browsers. I'm on day 3 of just trying to submit my physio claim. Asked if I could do it over the phone. They gave me the wrong email address after she confirmed each letter I read back to her. The second guy told me a letter was wrong and then I got disconnected. The second email was also wrong. A third party told me the first email was right but I didn't put the needed code which was not given to me by the first 2 people. And the Web site still is not working. I'm wondering how these con artists are not in jail and I'm stuck paying 400 bucks a month for physio and I have no way of submitting my claim. Having to suffer with my illness is hard enough, now I need to worry about how I can pay for my mortgage this month. They should be ashamed of themselves.
My online account is often inaccessible.
Not all claims are accepted online and don't expect to see an error or alert message on the screen. Just a regular text saying that your claim was no submitted which is wery easy to skip and if you don't pay attention you may wait few weeks until you realize that something is wrong.
If client service call you back to follow up on your issues then you are a very lucky person.
They will play dumb: won't see some details in invoices and will ask you to call them back when you have additional: diagnosis/procedures names or codes/doctor graduation etc. You call and they will say that the information they requested cannot be accepted by phone and will ask you to send it by... Fax! (fax in 2017 ?!?!) After they make you a favor and agree to accept scanned documents by e-mail you better make sure the attached files are in pdf. Even the way you attach the files is important. Drag and drop in gmail didn't work for me, they couldn't see the attachment - use "Attach files" button. And don't be surprised if at the end they will tell you the service is not covered.
This is all they do! PLAY GAMES!!!! They waste my time on the phone putting me on hold for an hour, they change their story every time I call and making me jump through hoops just to transfer my retirement fund to my own bank. I hate this company with every ounce of my soul and hope and wish they are found out by all who pay these crooks and get shut down!
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I've recently dealt with manulife for a claim, and they found a really insignificant, immaterial, technicality to deny me my claims. I couldn't believe it. When I first got rejected, I had called their agents, and they said they would take care of it because they thought Manulife was being unresonable too, otherwise they would have just said no right away, but was rejected 2 weeks later. This same thing happened with 4 other agents for the next 3 months, until I expressed my dissatisfaction on social media. They told me to contact client relations, and after 2 weeks, they told me I'm denied again. What was the point of that?! They will screw you over, then drag it out for months until you finally give up in frustration. They are the worst, and I will never buy any policy from them again, and I warn anyone who is considering Manulife to stay the hell away unless you want to be wrongfully denied reimbursement and lose sleep over it.