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Dinosaur of a company

by Justin on Feb 2, 2017
1 out of 5 stars

Sun Life needs the customers to submit documents by mail or fax only. They have claimed that their new App can do it, but I have confirmed that their App actually cannot yet as of 2017. When I did send the original documents by mail, they just claimed that they never got it. They are very frustrating to deal with, especially since my previous employer had another large provider that had used a website to submit all claims with any documents. Sun Life on the other hand cannot accept any documents electronically, demands originals be mailed, and simply loses any mailed-in copies, resulting in denied claims by default since I cannot submit original documents.

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You have to run from Sun Life

by kristo1010 on Jan 28, 2017
1 out of 5 stars

Don't choose Sun Life. Very bad company. Sun Life collects money and tries to save on their expenses. I am working in health practitioner association and our association has many complaints from Sun Life members and their customers.

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Terrible website

by Upset on Jan 5, 2017
1 out of 5 stars

I used to be able to submit claims online through their terrible website. Now the website is even worse, as they have taken away that ability. The only option now it to submit a freaking paper claim. What century is this again???

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One of the worst experiences.

by Alex on Dec 30, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

Sun Life is absolutely horrible.
I am submitting claims very fast, with the proof of payment and they intentionally delay the payment.
I have been audited this year on December 29, 2016 for a claim submitted on Dec. 19, 2016. The e-mail sent to me was again, delayed, and sent on Fridaym Dec. 30, 2016 asking for the proof of payment. They claim they did not receive my envelope. How untruthful! I've send tons of envelopes and the only one that did not reach destination was the one sent to Sun Life? In 10 days?!
It is possible to get under control this intentional delay practice?

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80% = 0% Sun Life Coverage

by Lucas on Dec 20, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

My health insurance plan with Sun Life says 80% coverage for Orthodics which I have to wear in all my shoes and have to re-order every year since my condition worsens.
This year I ordered custom made orthodics that cost 500$. After submitting my first health claim of the year Sun Life rejected it with the classic excuse that somewhere in the contract buried with very small characters there is a limit of one orthodics every 24 months.
However, they never considered to post the same information on the website with my health plan.
Fact that I did not have any claims over the year was not an argument. Also, could not use any of the 100$/month I pay into my plan or to use the very advertised 'flex dollars'.
So now, just before Christmas I have to thank them for the 500$ debt in my account.
I feel like I was miserably robbed with no intend for help from anybody in this institution.
Unfortunately I cannot not choose my health insurance at work but I can witness how low this insurance company can go and how quick is to screw their customers.
I wanted to choose 0 stars value for money since this is what I got but unfortunately that doesn't work.

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Website/customer service

by skarban85 on Nov 4, 2016
1 out of 5 stars

TERRIBLE! all together terrible.
Website is very confusing and cannot find anything, half the customer service reps don't have a clue what they are talking about.
Blue Cross is simple, customer service is quick and processes are easy.

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Worst Service

by XYZ on Dec 13, 2015
1 out of 5 stars

Don't take this company its having its worst service. They dont give money of CLAIM and eat them.Since 3 months I didnt got my claim money

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Sun Life is scam

by Johannes on Nov 17, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

I came to Canada as an exchange student having an insurance which includes more services than the very basic services from Sun Life Insurance. Upon the request to be excluded from the University insurance as I do not need a second one which not even gives me additional services, I got an answer without any reasons to not be eglible for the exception. Upon asking what is missing I got no proper answer about what was missing and I was asked to bring proof for very small details of my insurance. I could proof that my insurance fulfilled all those details however I still didn't get a proper answer.
It's really a pity that people in such companies decide whether you are eglible to get the excemption, they of course will decide for their cause. There should be better possiblities to surveil companies like those. I hope some people decide against paying their money to such a company.

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Worst Customer Service Ever!

by cantbelieveit on Feb 2, 2014
1 out of 5 stars

My fiancee was insured with Sun Life through her employer and we had a great package (medic, dental, life). When she lost her job, a Sun Life agent contacted her to offer us to continue with the same package but for a higher price which we found worth it. I gave them my credit cart information to activate the coverage.

When we received all our insurance details by mail almost one month after, we realized that we were not getting the same deal, not AT ALL. There is no way we would ever pay what we were paying for that kind of coverage.

We tried to call Sun Life many times and could only leave a voice message, no agents available. They would not even return our calls! We kept trying week after week after week, on a lucky day we would get to an agent who promised that someone more qualified would call us back. Never happened.

In the meanwhile they kept taking payments on my credit card. We also tried by email and kept receiving automatic responses saying they would get back to us in two days... which of course never happened. The last email we received was saying that our cancellation was under review and that it would be processed within 10 open days. 15 open days later, no answer yet and they took another payment on my card.

This is a real joke, I have never seen such a bad customer service. This is close to robbery. If you can get Sun Life coverage with your employer, fine. But never, NEVER deal with them as a private consumer.

You've been warned.

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Customer service

by TYAT on Nov 8, 2013
1.5 out of 5 stars

Worst customer service ever on the phone, they try to push you off the phone with their rude tone of voice, simply because they cannot help. Different answers from different reps and its all a terrible experience. Additionally the chat live agent takes forever to answer, and does nothing to resolve the issue. TERRIBLE

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