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Aletcia S

1 reviews | Active since Feb 2023

05 Aug 2025, 10:37

Disappointed - I will never take a funeral policy with Clientele

My 89 year old grandmother recently passed away, she had her funeral policy with Clientele for over 23 years and, to my knowledge, has never defaulted on her premium payments. The funeral cover was for R10 000.00, in the current economy we can agree a funeral costs well over this amount, but I guess Clientele didn't bother trying to contact my gran to increase this - I could be wrong. My complaint is for the duration we had to wait for the claim, definitely not 24-48hrs, it was more like 4 business days (I had to call daily for an update), and the biggest complaint is the fact that from this claim amount Clientele still deducted R150.00 admin fee. Please help me understand how it is possible that after my granny paying premiums for almost 4 times more than the claim amount, Clientele would still deduct an admin fee. Please understand that this complaint is more about the principal - my gran was one of the oldest clients and still they charged an admin fee. This is extremely disappointing that a huge company like Clientele would do this to the families of their clients. We were fortunate enough to have another policy for my gran (less than 6 years) that took care of everything for my grans funeral, and please note the premiums we paid to the other company was almost the same amount as the premiums paid to Clientele monthly. I hope that Clientele representatives would take this complaint into consideration for all their clients. I also asked the claim consultant on a recorded line to inform the company "heads" of my disappointment. DO BETTER CLIENTELE!!!!!!!!!!!

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Replies (4)
Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply05 Aug 2025, 11:02
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Dear Aletcia S,

We confirm receipt of the concerns raised and apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Your query has been escalated to the relevant department for investigation, and we will be in contact to assist. 

Yours sincerely,

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Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply07 Aug 2025, 15:26
Official
Dear Aletcia S, 
 
Thank you for raising your concerns and bringing this matter to our attention. At the outset we would like to apologise for any delays you might have experienced in the assessment of your claim. This is not the level of service we aim to provide our clients and we assure you of our best intentions.
 
 We confirm that our Life Claims Assessor (Thembinkosi Mahlangu) was in contact with you regarding this claim.  The claim was settled in accordance to the policy terms and conditions.
 Should you require any further assistance in this regard please feel free to contact us again.

Your sincerely
Clientele Life
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Aletcia S's update07 Aug 2025, 19:09
Reviewer Update
Good day,

Thank you for your responce.
Yes I was eventually assisted, however my complaint is more about this "admin fee" that I think is ridiculous. All I hope for is that in future this is relooked at for your existing clients, especially the older clients.
Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply08 Aug 2025, 06:47
Official
Dear Aletcia S,

We value our client's input with regard to the quality of our service and appreciate the time taken to share your experience with us. 

We are glad that we could be of assistance. We take pride in rendering Superior Service to our clients.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any further queries. 

Yours sincerely,
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