Auto Insurance renewal
by Agnes, Wasaga Beach on Mar 31, 2021
1 out of 5 stars
Shocked by the cost of our renewal in 2020. Shopped around and paying 100 less per month with another insurer even with monthly program cost.
Happy to leave TD. Tried to get a hold of them by phone earlier last year and on hold for over 4 hours and no one answered. Covid is not an excuse (as the recording kept saying) when every other company can answer in a timely way.
Was calling to switch my current auto to a new vehicle and could NOT get through. Currently on hold while trying for the 5th time, 4th day in a row. If service is this terrible when I want to GIVE them business I can’t imagine IF I needed them!
I made a claim 2 months ago and it is still not finalized.
I have been charged premiums for 2 additional months so far and the insurance adjuster does not respond to any of my messages as to why I am still being charged.
They lost my business on the new car I just purchased.
After my one and only minor claimable collision, which cost the insurance company about $3,500, they jacked my premiums by more than 30% every year following the claim. During the claims process, the phone wait times were in excess of 1 hour to speak to a claims adjuster. In addition, the claims adjuster gave the wrong information to the collision centre that was fixing my vehicle.
I paid more in insurance in the years following than the cost of the collision.
I finally got fed up when they jacked my premiums again in 2021, and phoned to cancel the renewal. I phoned 37 days in advance of the renewal, at which point the agent told me that they would not debit my bank account for the renewed policy. 6 days later, they debited my account for the new policy.
I phoned again, and was told that they would refund the money in 30 days. Yes, folks, that's "30" days that they will be holding my insurance premium.
How's that for service? Stay away from this company.
They will only fix parts of your vehicle they want to and not all the issues that were affected by the accident. Then tell you that area was not caused by the accident and won't fix it. I messaged them about it over a year ago they kept saying they will get back to me then they just say no were not fixing it because it is rusted so it wasn't caused by the accident. It is rusted because it's been a year I'm waiting!
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Someone had a side collision with my 2013 Acura MDX, admitted to being at fault. TD promised to fix the car because I am on a comprehensive insurance package. Took the SUV to the auto-shop, and they started demanding I must pay $5000 for the damage unrelated to the accident. All pieces of evidence show that the "altered quarter panel" is a result of the current impact of the collision.
Looking for an auto insurance company? Kindly remove TD insurance from your list.
Checked my bank account to find out TD has taken more than double my premium from my account without any type of warning causing my mortgage to bounce and I incurred 2 NSF charges! When I finally got through to a real person to point out their mistake, I was told that this is what TD does to insure a policy renewal, and they will gladly give me my NSF charges back when I prove to them it was actually taken from my accounts. They are modern-day pirates out for only one thing... Profits! They couldn't care less about their clients. RUN as fast as you can from these people. I will be informing all my friends, relatives and colleagues of the way TD treat their clients!
And I thought my TD Assurance story was over. In November I had given TD Assurance explicit written directions that they were not to renew my policy automatically and that I wanted a quote at the termination of the current policy so I could make a decision.
Last Wednesday although my policy was completely paid for TD attempted to put another payment through my bank account. Fortunately, there wasn't enough money in that particular account and the payment bounced. The bank (not TD) did charge me an NSF fee which they subsequently gave me back once I explained to them what had happened. Then on Friday, I got a notice from TD Assurance that they had auto-renewed my policy at a rate that was double what I had negotiated with the new company for exactly the same terms as my original policy.
WARNING - DO NOT GIVE TD ASSURANCE YOUR BANKING INFORMATION. SHOP AROUND FOR INSURANCE RATES. TD Assurance rates are usury.
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Make sure that you say "I AM CANCELLING MY INSURANCE. I AM NOT RENEWING. I DO NOT WANT TO BE INSURED BY YOUR COMPANY ANYMORE." Otherwise, they send you a $200 penalty invoice 2 months later for a service that you stopped paying for and did not use since the end of the term. Competitive rates, yes. Word traps and gouging after the fact, absolutely. Steer clear of them.
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I was shocked by the $400+ increase in the renewal. The effective date was mid March, but TD programmed my PAP to start in Feb. I called to stop the PAP to start in Feb because I want to consider cancelling the auto insurance with TD. I was told that if I cancel it before effective date in mid March, a full refund will be made. I did cancel the renewal and I received a notice saying that it will take them 30 business days from the Notice date to do the refund. In addition to the call experience, I called so many times and follow-up so many times and each time you wait on someone to answer you call.