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Not impressed at all

by TheFlestEatingMuffin on Aug 8, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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not paying for anything

by Hydro worker on Jun 24, 2016
2 out of 5 stars

My spouse was a employee for Ontario Hydro. Unfortunately, they chose Sun Life for their health benefits. We sent in documents for receipts for our glasses. They just ignore us. They do not contact us to tell us why they are not paying. When we phone them, the lie and say they didn't receive any receipts. They keep saying this no matter how many receipts you sent in.

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Notice a trend?

by Annoid on Jun 16, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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Horrible company

by Vlad on Jun 7, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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Terrible Company

by SunLifeSucks on May 26, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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Sun Life is pitiful!

by NewEngland73 on May 26, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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!

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Sun Life suck

by Pain on May 21, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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Massage therapy denied for COB

by Vanessa on May 13, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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One star is to high.

by Jamie C on May 4, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

This company are the Kings of no pay. I submitted phsio/massage therapy. There were the secondary provider. I submitted it thru mail!! yes Canada Post. I gave them the Px and the amount paid by Blue Cross on Blue Cross letter head. They denied it because I did not sent the original Px. I got the original from the clinic and sent it to them. Then they denied it because they said they were the seconday provider and they have no proof that the primary provider paid!! I sent them the Blue Cross form which clearly states BLUE CROSS PAYS, and they had the claim filled out online clearly showing the amount Blue Cross paid and they had 20% left to pay. Next they denied it because I reached my max for the year. The max for the year was $500 and I had submitted. It took me 3 months, 6 phone calls, 4 letters/written submissions and they paid me the $28 they owed me. $28!!! And I have since submitted other phsio/massage bills and each time they do the same actions. All the people who work with me get the same run around when they submit expenses. This should be shut down. They like taking my $175 a month in premiums. NO company should have this company as an insurance provider

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Worst insurance company ever

by Shawn on Apr 7, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

I made a claim a month ago and they are requiring unnecessary information even after I gave them the original receipts. Scam company. Please pick some other insurance company.

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