Sun Life Health Insurance Reviews

I worked & paid in to their contracted plan for 21 yrs, using it for dental, prescriptions & glasses without any problems. A life changing disease made the Canadian Gov't deem me to be "totally & permanently disabled" & the Canadian gov't granted me CPP Dissability till age 65. Sun Life however refused to pay me LTD after only 2 yrs. Their contract said I was to be paid until age 65....but that is just a scam. I am very grateful to our gov't who approved my CPP Dissability claim. The gov't makes their medical evaluation & makes their decision & pays you a dependable amount each month until age 65. Sun Life is just one giant fraud. Sun Life really should be forced to close down since they never honour their contracts. Sun Life is an unreliable scam. Sun Life is a failure, who will never pay out. They harrass you constantly & close your file throughout your 2 yrs of LTD (causing emotional disstress). The gov't is way better than Sun Life.

I had extended healthcare coverage through my professional association which I paid thousands of dollars for over the years. Having had skin cancer 3 times, I decided to have a skin treatment advised by my skin specialist. The treatment was approved by Sun Life ahead of time but my claim was denied when submitted. They requested bogus information and talking with their customer rep didn't help. Having been ripped off by Sun Life I have cancelled my health plan. I would advise not doing business with this company as their conduct is dishonest.

Oh very nice at first till its time to help you when you need help the most they will find every loop hole to deny your claim they will do there best to avoid paying you and wait for the sorries it's a hollow effort trust me there's no remorse or caring in there voice it's like a machine they do not care about you or your problems please chose the right insurance company if there is one out there do your research just look at the over comments here and there low rating speaks for itself .its a terrible feeling when your life is falling apart and this company you paid into kicks your family and life onto the scrap heap oh yer that sorry makes it all better I guess.

I am on my father's Sun Life insurance. I am a student under the age of 25, therefore, as of the insurance policy, I am supposed to be insured. Every six months or so ever since I turned 18 I get refused. And my dad has to argue with them every single time, and then he confirms that I am supposed to insured for say another two years, and then a few months later (or a few weeks later on this case) I get refused. Again. It is frustrating when you are a student on a tight budget, thinking your medication will cost 2$ and then it costs over 20$, having to put it on your credit card and then waiting for up to six weeks to get your money back. Not impressed at all.

Good reviews for setting up of policy and price comparisons. The bad reviews are those that refer to claims. They don't pay out. I've been arguing for about a year now and I am arguing for my elderly father. It is is strong form of elder abuse. If my father didn't have me there would not be an arguing of the claim. I wonder how many elderly people are not getting what they paid a lifetime for.

What happens if they don't have a daughter or other person who cares? I have over 30 phone calls and countless documents in the mix and have been fighting for a year. I have satisfied every tenet required. I have letters from governmental agencies and doctors that support the claim. They don't phone supporting professionals and it's gotten to the point that if I can't prove what things are, I prove what things are not. It is the secondary insurer and the first insurer, Blue Cross, recognizes the claims.

They do not accept anything online and constantly say they haven't received letters. It goes to a post office box so getting a signature, forget it. They would have to pick it up from the post office. I started sending three copies of every letter sent. That is how bad it is. When I begged someone in the post office to go get a signature, she helped me out. I knew they had the package and when I phoned they said they didn't. I told them what I had done and magically, the package was there.

At the very least they should go online, at least there is a record of what is sent. Antiquated and the policy hadn't been updated in ten years. Don't go there. If you are thinking of getting an insurer....look at the ratings for the claims.

They asked me to submit additional documents, then again for the same case more additional documents. Then just answered that provider delisted and will not be paid anymore. What about claims submitted before the provider was delisted? They answered: now it your problem, we do not care and will never pay. They have stolen several hundreds dollars by delaying before they delisted the provider. I am sure they knew they were going to delist the provider, that is why they delayed asking crazy additional documents.

I have never dealt with a company so incompetent and so unwilling to help its customers. I was told that my claim would be paid in 48 hours. After three days, I called to see what the problem was. They said that in fact it would take 5 business days, not 2. When I asked why they sent me an email saying 48 hours, the person on the phone didn't have an answer.

After 6 business days and no deposit into my account, I called again. I verified my banking information, which was correct. They said the best they could do was requisition a direct deposit trace that would take 1-7 days. (One week for a direct deposit trace? That can be done with one phone call to the receiving bank.) After a week and no word from them, I called back. The person on the phone this time told me that a DD trace takes 2-4 weeks. (2-4 WEEKS??? ARE YOU JOKING???) I asked to speak to a manager. The 'manager' didn't have any additional information and wasn't able to help me in the least. I asked if there were any way they could stop payment and issue me a cheque, or if they could please contact their accounting department and have someone call the bank about the DD. No, she said, they can't do any of that...

But you know what the 'manager' WAS able to do? She was able to tell me that in fact a DD trace takes 4-6 weeks. In the same phone call, my wait time went up 2 more weeks. I asked her why the other employees each told me different things (3 people, 3 different stories), and she didn't have an answer.

I still haven't been paid, and still haven't gotten an apology. If you have the luxury of waiting for 6 weeks to get paid, or you're rich and don't care, then by all means you should go with Sun Life. However, if you need medical coverage but you do care about being paid in a timely manner and being treated with courtesy and respect, then Sun Life is definitely not the company for you.

My family , unfortunately has Sun Life for our secondary Dental insurance. Even though we pay for this insurance through my husband's employer they do not pay on claims . This has caused me to go into collections with a dentist office. Their customer service department is lousy. I have emailed them numerous occasions and they have only responded twice stating that they are not able to find the claim I'm questioning ,yet I received the EOB from them. HORRIBLE! If I could rate this company with zeros stars, I would. The company is no longer using them as of July 1st! Thank goodness!

I have been rejected twice years ago for massage treatments because they were preformed by NHPC. Before that they had never stated out the rule.
Dental coverage was never covered more than 50% as they claimed 80%. Some dental works were totally not covered, because Sun Life said teeth were not decayed to a point that need immediated treatment. Decisions were taken by dentist--NOT ME.
Sun Life is a KING of NO PAY.

I had my therapy recently and submitted the claim to my two coverages, one under my employer and the other one under my Husband, both Sun Life. I got reimbursed for a portion only from my plan and denied the balance under my spouse plan. The reason? Because they only paid according to their price limit! Coordination of benefit was never applied on this case plus this is my first claim for two years! There is no consideration. I got pregnant and taking care of my baby, and trust me. I feel all the pain in my back. But when I decided to have a massage from a decent spa, I never thought that I wouldn't be able to use my benefits.