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Veronica L

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2022

26 Jul 2022, 20:53

Discussed by Auto & General's customer service

On Tuesday 31 May 2022 I was in a vehicle accident. I lodge a claim with Auto & General and received a sms that they will contact me on 3 June 2022,I waited for the phone call on 3 June 2022 that I never received. The first call I received was much later than the given date by Auto & General. When I eventually received a phone call from Auto & General I was informed that my vehicle was written of just shortly after the phone call I received I then received a sms informing me that a Pannelbeater is repairing my vehicle and they will keep me updated. On the same date I received another sms that said that "They hope that I'm satisfied with the finalization of my claim". In the meantime I received an sms from the Pannelbeaters informing me that they had ordered a windscreen and it was approved by Auto & General and at that time my vehicle was still standing at the towing company(how did the Pannelbeaters give a quotation if they never when to the towing company for inspection and the accessor is from Port Elizabeth and I live in Potchefstroom).Since then we went back and forth, Auto & General then said 2 weeks after the accident that they made a mistake and my vehicle is written of again(after they itinually informed me that the vehicle is going to be repaired, my vehicle was only moved from the towing company to the Pannelbeaters one and a half weeks after the accident).The information that was given to me that through further inspection my vehicle had more damage than they initially through and they have informed me again that my vehicle is written of. They then requested a settlement letter from the bank and they informed me that Auto & General have received the settlement letter and they will pay out the claim within 3 working days. The payment never happened when I phoned Auto & General the lady that answered informed me that on her side on the system the payment already went through, the same day the lady that works on this claim informed me that NO Auto & General will only pay out once the vehicle has been moved by the auctioneers(I don't know what this has got to do with me and payment).I emailed Auto & General 48 hours ago to try and get information on what is the hold up without any success. If I request a call back Auto & General ignore the request as well. In the meantime I'm still without a vehicle due to Auto & General not finalizing the claim and paying out the remaining money after the vehicle settlement with the bank has been done. I would not recommend Auto & General, they could care less for their clients.

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Auto & General
Auto & General's reply26 Jul 2022, 21:05
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Hi Veronica,

We are disappointed to hear about your service experience.

We will look into your matter and contact you during office hours with feedback.

Kind Regards,
The Auto & General Team
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Veronica L's update27 Jul 2022, 19:55
Reviewer Update
After receiving a call from Auto & General today, once again it was excuses the one after another. The first excuse was that Auto & General is waiting for the settlement letter from the bank which is a blatant lie as I have phone my bank and ask them on Friday 22 July 2022 if they have send the settlement letter through to my insurance and they informed me that Auto & General have received the settlement letter a week ago from 22 July 2022.According to Auto & General customer care they are waiting for the claim to be signed of, which again is a blatant lie as I have received and email 2 weeks ago that stated that the claim has been approved and signed of by management. And the person who phoned me today did not have any idea on what is going on as he couldn't give me any answer or solution to the problem, he was reading my complaint back to me what I posted on Hello Peter(how unprofessional to you actually get). Auto & General has canceled my insurance policy before the claim was finalized and even emailed me the cancellation letter??????According to Auto & General the settlement with my bank was already done last week, so I asked again where is the rest of the money why hasn't it been deposited into my bank account so that I can start looking for another vehicle.
I told Auto & General if the claim hasn't been completely settled by Friday 29 July 2022 I will again write a review on Hello Peter and I was told to go ahead they don't care if I do it again. It's like the people from customer care from Auto & General is doing you a favor, what happened to service or doesn't it exist from Auto & General????
I have send countless emails to the motor claims consultant Nosibabalwe Sodo assigned to my claim to get feedback on my claim without any reply and if I call she is always busy on another call and will call me back which she never does.
If this matter isn't settled by the end of the month I will go ahead and to proceed with legal steps.
This is the worst service I have received in my life from an insurance company.
Auto & General
Auto & General's reply27 Jul 2022, 20:01
Official
Hi Veronica,

We are extremely disappointed to hear about your service experience.

We will look into your matter and contact you during office hours with feedback.

Kind Regards,
The Auto & General Team
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Veronica L's update28 Jul 2022, 18:45
Reviewer Update
Auto & General need more people like Dillon Govender. What a gentleman. He went with me through the history of the claim with so much calmness. Because of you I forgive Auto & General and I will even think about using Auto & General again after talking to Mr. Govender. I will definitely take out insurance and ONLY work through you.
Thank you for your heart felt apology, even when you were not to blame. You don't need your company, your company needs you !
Thank you for your time and you even know Afrikaans, I was impressed, hats of to you ! You deserve a bonus and I will wholeheartedly support you and recommend you Mr. Govendor.
Auto & General
Auto & General's reply29 Jul 2022, 09:45
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Hi Veronica,

Thank you, we'll share your feedback with Dillon and his management team, we are sure they will appreciate it.

Enjoy your day!

Kind Regards,
The Auto & General Team.