Wawanesa Home Insurance Reviews

I had my house damaged by a hit and run driver. I had to deal with my insurance which is wawanesa canada. It is now just over 3 months and my house is still not repaired. They also stated that they won't be able to match the siding as it is outdated. So they said they will repair it with new siding, but it won't match the rest of the house. In cases like this, they should redo the entire house. I have spoken with other home owners who's insurance (not wawanesa) did just that. They made everything match. This is also what i was told by contractors should happen . But wawanesa refuses.

I tried to get insurance on a home that I am the executor of the estate. I was hoping for a quote so I could compare it to other companies.

It took more than two and a half months for them to send a policy. It was not a quote but a policy. The price was twice as much as what I expected. The next day I got another piece of mail stating that they have not received payment. None of the mail was sent to the correct address. It was forwarded by Canada Post. A final note was sent by registered mail to the wrong address. My travel time was more than two hours to find out that they had canceled the policy for non payment.

I have been covered by Wawanesa home and car insurance for 12 years without filing any claims. The only reason I stayed for so long is that I was working two jobs and taking care of sick parents.
Let me start by saying, they have the habit of cheating you on your annual rates by jacking up prices every year if you stay with them for a long time. They play a interesting game of offering an initial low rate then keep increasing the rates without your knowledge or any reason. Their customer service is the poorest, most unprofessional, unskilled, rude, disrespectful, and uneducated group of people that you would ever have to deal with.
I tried to cancel the home policy and I had to waited an hour and 45 minutes just to be yet get transferred again to another extension that rang for another 15 minutes without answer and I finally hung up.
I suggest you go with any other insurance they are plenty of options and stay away from this insurance company.
Regards,

Did not have contractors to do the job in a timely manner, misled us through wrong information. I replaced over 1/2 of my dinning room ceiling and they paid only $240. Not reliable.

My policy almost doubled this year. I was able to get a comparable policy from a competitor for a little over half of what they quoted me. In addition to this it took the broker I was dealing with several weeks to find out why.

So, since I wrote about my claim being denied by Wawanesa regarding the mold in my home, I received a letter in the mail yesterday, May 11, that they were cancelling my house insurance effective 12am May 12 with no reason (mold i am sure). I only received the letter on the 11 but it was dated for April 28? I had no time to find new insurance to cover me till we move to our rental, but now due to the cancellation of my policy I may have a hard time getting tenant insurance even though the cancellation was not my fault at all. This company is a fraud as far as I am concerned and I guess when you have a pillow full of money your conscious doesn't keep you awake at night.

The worst insurance home insurance company with a bunch of lazy adjusters not knowing anything when it comes to find cause of damages, just looking for an exclusion clause in insurance policy not to pay.
Stay away from this company even if you have to pay more for your home insurance.
There is nothing good about this company to rate it even one star, I wish there was negative star rating.

I am an single mom of three working 12 hour shifts to provide for my family. I have a older home with no concrete foundation..Just dirt under floor boards. The house was insured by wawanesa by the previous owners and now by myself and was insured with the house having h dirt foundation. I put 35000 into the house after purchasing. We repaired some floor joices that had sunk. I have never had the need to look under the the home again till a few weeks ago when I found the floor was bowing. I have found yellow mold fungi all over the floor boards and joices under the house. I took a sample with a kit and found it verified as "the house eating mold" There is no crawl space..Only about a foot between dirt and boards...I was told would be very expensive to fix. My 19 month old son has been to the er numerous times for lung infection symptoms or croup since he was born and him and I slept in the room directly above the mold fungi. I contacted McLean insurance who sent my claim to wawanesa after many arguments back and forth. I was told from the start that it likely wouldn't be covered as they don't cover water seepage and since water seepes through dirt that caused moisture hense making the wood damp and causing the mold fungi to grow. The adjuster came and took photos. Then a week went by. He returned with a contractor for his opinion. He stated it would be a lot of money to fix an take up to 6 months to complete. Another week went by and I heard nothing. I contacted he insurance reminding them that I have three small children in this house an we will need to make other living arrangements as I won't keep the kids in this house. Few more days went by then I get a call from the adjuster.... There are not covering my claim as they don't cover water seepage. I can not control how much water seepes through dirt. There has never been a flood up to the house. They insured the dirt the way it was under the floor an had no problem taking my payments for 6 years. Now that the same thing the insured has failed they will not cover it. I can't afford to fix the problem as it is extensive. It is looking as I will have to give our home back to the bank and look to rent...Which from what I have seen so far is around 1200 plus..That's a big difference from my small mortgage payment. I just can't believe there is nothing they are offering to help myself and my children with. I would not recommend his company especially​ if you have an older style home. They can give away free pizza an iPads but won't help there customers.