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Awful communication

by mr on Jun 14, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

Email or by phone they really don't help. On the phone, they're in a rush to get rid of you and email they don't respond to any of the questions you ask. Ended up having to ultimately take my own time off, I hope I never have to deal with them again.

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Medical insurance

by cloudbase on Feb 27, 2019
1 out of 5 stars

The company I was working for closed the business and all employees made redundant. This was in August 2018. Despite the claim being made in July 2018, the first contact to advise that no payment would be made was the end of February 2019! Denial of claim, then numerous calls and it took three calls to the call centre (offshore of course), and 10 days to get a call to advise no payment. Awful service! I was advised that as of mid-July 2018, due to administrative issues, all claims had been suspended. Why so long and so many calls/faxes/online claims to get the answer? 7 months is astoundingly poor service!

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Poor Customer Service

by Je on Jan 21, 2019
1.5 out of 5 stars

This last call I made to Sun Life just had me fuming with the way I was being spoken to after being polite and asking for information. The person on the other line did not listen to what I was saying, which was a very simple question about my coverage. When she finally answered my simple question, I was obviously disappointed with the way she handled my call and said thank you only to be hung up on. Very discouraging to call in for information.

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So frustrating over 8 years...

by tersed on Dec 19, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

Sun Life has unfortunately been the benefits and insurance provider for both my current and past employer. I have not had worse consistent customer service from any organization in my life, than Sun Life. Congrats - this is quite an honour. In summary... - Their website was designed in 1995 with hidden areas, cross-links, broken links. - Their phone system was developed shortly thereafter...disconnects, connects to the wrong dept., need to enter in your login and password multiple times, only to have to provide it to an agent, when they eventually answer - Escalating calls to a "manager" is a painful experience...don't expect someone to hear you or listen - Their benefits and financial services depts. don't talk to each other, can't help each other, which is a problem given they have a one-window access into both. - Sending a message on their system is like sending snail mail to Santa - expect no response, and if one comes, it's by next holiday season. - Benefits routinely incorrectly assessed. At least once per year for the last several years, I need to bring a manager in to fix the problem. I'm assuming that they are the lowest cost provider, which is why employers select them, however, the dismal experiences over so many years should scream to employers who care about their employers and their associated benefits to look somewhere else. Sun Life feels like a dinosaur who will eventually, at some point, go extinct.

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They try and make it hard...

by drralbert on Nov 19, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

They make things up to try and get you drop your claims and customer service people are rude from the first call...

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Sun Life bad customer service

by Michele on Oct 17, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

This is not the first time I am calling Sun Life customer service and each time the representative isn’t helpful at all, they are short, almost rude and not willing to explain anything. My claim got denied and I called to find out why. I was told my claim online was missing information. When I asked if I missed any fields, I was told that I should mail out the claim instead!!! The rep didn’t want to tell me if I had missed any fields. Then I had to wait a few minutes to get a mailing address and the rep then went quiet!!! The worst experience ever!

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The Worst insurance company

by overit on May 24, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

I am only with Sun Life as it is my husband who has their benefits through work. But I would never choose them if I had a choice. I had a claim I submitted with them, checked that it was indeed something covered by our benefits before going to the service. I submit the claim with my backup and get told it was denied - so I call in and first I get this extremely rude employee screaming at me on the phone and telling me over and over that it was denied because they are my husdand's insurance and not mine to use (though I am on the policy and know that I am under him on the insurance), he wouldn’t even listen to me, so I hung up and called back - spoke to another lady who put me through to her manager, who told me she couldn’t see why my claim was denied but that I needed to get the person who completed my service to call in with their information (though they had their registration number and all nesscary information.) I did so and had the person call in - waited forever to hear anything back about this and in an email, they say that they will reimburse me for this claim - great! But of course not, the reimbursement still hasn’t come yet and that was over a month ago, I called in to see what was going on and was told they won’t speak to me about anything. My husband needs to call and though my service came to $245 (and we were covered up until $300 per service), they are only reimbursing $100. So I’m just fed up at this point and say save your money. If you don’t have to go with Sun Life, don’t.

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Dental reinburse-

by Cami Guardado on Feb 24, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

The staff is the worst. I do not even know how they are working there. When I called them, they only said, wait.. They let you waiting on the phone for long, then they are back and I was told I will pass to the case manager. I have been waiting for a dental disbursement for more than 3 months and so far nothing. I got a call from the "supervisor" - such poor communication. It was hard to understand what he was saying. I called one of the customer service and play the message for him..the customer service just jump to ask..what can I do for you...Don't give the money to this company...for me because I have no choice my workplace is the one paying for the benefit...Don't give money to these people who doesn't care.

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Delay Delay

by ASEur on Jan 3, 2018
1 out of 5 stars

They lie regularly and wait until the last minute. You call back and you're told something different each time. It doesn't matter if it's a rep supervisor or manager. Their goal is to wear you down. They claim they make calls for records but don't leave a message or claim line is busy. They give teenager level excuses

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Ridiculous!

by lisabee on Sep 25, 2017
1 out of 5 stars

Money is erroneously being taken from my chequing account by Sun Life so I called them to fix the problem. I got passed from person to person, department to department. They are sure that a mistake is occurring, but can't figure out how to stop stealing my money. I've spoken to at least 15 different, useless people and have to explain my story every. single. time. "Write us a letter and we'll get back to you." No, they didn't get back to me. "Send a fax to Attention Ryan and I'll look into it". He hasn't gotten back to me and the next person I spoke to had the nerve to laugh and point out that they have dozens of Ryans. "I'll get back to you tomorrow afternoon or the day after." Nope, Beverley never, ever calls. Just stop stealing my money!!! Seriously, losers, how hard can it be. I finally went to the bank today and put a stop payment on it. This has been happening since March 2011. Yep. They owe me $6000 and I'm seeing a lawyer tomorrow. I'm tired of being polite. I guess 78 months is my limit, LOL. They never, ever, ever call back and rarely answer the phone.

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