Desjardins Insurance Home Insurance Reviews

Had a home fire in April 2018. We are now in Sept 2018. Desjardins asked for 2 quotes, they got them. They asked for the content list, they got that too. They will only allow $55.00 a day for my husband, myself and our pet for an additional living cost. We cannot live in our home. That's a joke by itself. We pay for this coverage, but they sure do take the monthly payment every month. They have been giving us the runaround from day one. They say they are going to pay, but they will only pay what their "preferred contractor" says the job will cost. Their better known preferred contractor are known as FRIENDLY CONTRACTORS, they measure your home room by room, go back to the office and put all measurements in a computer software and voila - there is their lowball quote and remember, not everything is included in the lowball quote. Why? Because they work very closely with Desjardins Insurance and what they don't put on the quote so we can't see is the actual cost of replacement. It's a SCAM to make people hire the preferred contractor, then the contractor adds all the repairs that were not shown on the quote and the Insurance happily pays the FRIENDLY Contractor. Yet they will not pay your preferred contractor who knows everything there is to know about repairing your home, a computer can't repair your home. DO NOT believe a word these people tell you its all a lie. They don't want to pay. Stay clear of Desjardins Insurance, they are your worst nightmare

Thought being a large company, they'd be professional. I'm completely embarassed to have fallen for the salespersons' lies. Desjardins are really REALLY nice to you when you call for quotes. Then they know how to get the pre-authorization signed. Then that's it folks. They don't know how to do anything else. I couldn't even get a policy for a year. They kept saying "well if you want to know something, we can tell you". Refusing to give a policy then when we had an issue to discuss, even got yelled at by John A., who refused to let me speak to anyone.
I even tried writing the customer care section and no response. You pay, they take, and that's it. No other relationship will ever occur with Desjardins.