Allianz Global Assistance Travel Insurance Reviews

WestJet Airlines has hit a new low in service with having Allianz Global as their travel insurance provider. Not only would Allianz not pay out on purchased insurance for a cancelled (actually a re-booked return) flight, their explanation note made absolutely no sense. "No benefit is payable for used expenses"? Speaking with an 'agent' to follow up on the explanation resulted in only more aggravation, having to resubmit all the information again through a ridiculously cumbersome online claim process, and getting absolutely nowhere - including no reimbursement of the claim for a big difference in flight cost.

We required Trip Cancellation & Interruption insurance for $10,000.00 for 18 days. Checked with 3 providers. Received two quotes from one, direct from them $1,430.00 & thru travel agent $1,330.00. Another company $1,240.00 with a $10.00 membership purchase. Both companies provided their quote on the first call. Now Allianz! On the first call, was told someone would call back within 24 hours. Called again next day as no return call & was told the same thing. Had the situation escalated. Call back within 45 minutes and agent very difficult to understand. Was quoted $1,900.00 for exactly the same coverage. Based on my experience and exorbitant price, I will never call them again and most definitely do not recommend.

If I could put 0 stars I would. These people have given us the run around since day one. The are stalling, we are now being threatened by the hospital to be sued for non-payment. Allianz data team "made an error" and payments in their system have been entered to my father, who passed away.
I have been calling them constantly, always get the run around, no one really cares about all the stress we have gone through.

I sent a claim for an emergency situation in our last vacation and I am waiting for about a month. The claim has not been touched so far waiting review!
Unbelievable, I will not buy insurance with Allianz ever again or recommend to anybody.
Just lost a consumer for terrible service.

My documents have been lost by Allianz agents, my address was incorrect in their correspondence to me, I wrote, emailed and called 4 times to correct the address and the service reps all said they could not change the address. Yet today, the service rep said she could. I have been dealing with Allianz for 1.5 years. It would have been less if the address was correct. Still dealing with a December 22 YVR flight cancellation. I never flew anyway and the note on my file stated my flight was not delayed by 6 or more hours, so the claim is ineligible. I actually stopped using my RBC Visa card because when I travel I need insurance coverage. My correspondence has been awful, even though I have been using the "submit" email I was told to use. Frustrating, and do not recommend.

Doesn't deserve 1 star! What a horrible company! Please stay from away from them. They don't like to pay out, and give you every excuse for not honoring your claim. I purchased two tickets for an event, I was so looking forward to attending, and spent close to $400.00 for two tickets. Unfortunately, I had surgery and could not attend, so I put in a claim since I THOUGHT, I was protected, but they found every reason to postpone, and delay payment which I never received from them. THE AUDACITY! Then, to add insult to injury, maybe one person spoke proper English. WTH???? How do they hire people to deal with customers that you have to struggle to understand? I am not exaggerating. I could not understand a word they were saying, which only added more wood to the fire. Also, their customer service representatives become very nasty when you tell them, you do not understand them. Allianz should be ashamed of themselves, because they do not like to pay your claims.

We purchased cancelation insurance through West Jet for the specific reason my father has lung issues and he may not be able to fly. Of course after the purchase they send you the policy information that preexisting is not covered HAHA well a little late now don't you think so? So of course when we had to cancel because my father was put on oxygen to make matters worse we were denied this claim after paying the doctors for medical notes and waiting on hold for hours with these guys (I must add before purchasing the doctors notes I made Allianz aware that the claim was for my father who had a preexisting condition) for them to drag it out for 3 months. We will never ever use Allianz ever again and I will be spreading the word also communicating with West Jet that the company they partner with is a bunch of absolute crooks. I hope they sleep well considering the crap they put people through. Absolute joke.

Waiting 22 months and counting for a claim to be processed. No contact from the business for over a year. Three customer complaints raised, only one acknowledged. Claims department emailed me addressing correspondence to a different party, asking me for documents that did not exist. Slow to respond to ombudsman recommendation that they pay compensation, which eventually came. When email finally came 22 months later in March 2024 stating claim would be paid within 5-10 working days, they used incorrect bank sort code, thus not honouring the claim. Jury still out on whether they are grossly incompetent or fraudulent, but no other explanation is possible. The experience leads one to conclude that travel insurance is a waste of money. Avoid at all costs.