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Simone G

1 reviews | Active since Oct 2018

24 Oct 2018, 10:45

Unprofessionalism received on a denied claim

I am writing this complaint on behalf of a family member Lucille Maarman. She joined Clientele Life with the belief that when day of death comes her way, she and her family will be covered as you promise in all your adverti*****ts. No where in your adverti*****ts do you promise to state multiple times during calls that the claim will be paid out and a day before the funeral the family has to phone you to enquire on the pay out which has not been received, and then you inform them that no the claim has been denied. No where in all your adverti*****ts full of promises do you stipulate that you are officers of the law who can find someone guilty on an alledged crime that a court of law has not made judgement on. What's more surprising is the fact that no compassion was shown to the bereaved family when everyone was boggeled as to how payment could have been made religiously for 4 years and then the assurance received after filing the claim from your staff, the airtime received, and then to be told on 99 that no, no money to bury your loved one, not a cent..no compassion at all, and Clientele is supposed to be the name people trust! According to your staff the claim was denied because the deceased was part of a crime at the time of death, when in an actual fact, the deceased was shot from the back by a police officer who was shooting on someone else who grabbed a phone. Even if there is a case stating different on the occurrences of events at the time of death, the deceased will never be alive again to defend himself, to plea guilty or not guilty and the court of law will forever be unable to make judgement on the same, so how can Clientele Life be the judge? How can they find him guilty of a crime no can at this point in time? Where do they get these powers? So all the money paid should now just be nothing even without judgement? All your promises on trained staff who were giving misleading answers until the day before the funeral should now just be left at that? As a family, we can't just allow this to just be left at that when Clientele left us in the lurch and in a humiliating position where we had to beg and in the end pay ourselves for our loved one to be buried..your services were unacceptable to say the least!

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Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply24 Oct 2018, 12:50
Official
We confirm receipt of the concerns raised.

Your query has been escalated to the relevant department for investigation and we will be in contact to assist you further with the matter.

Yours sincerely,

Shanitha Hanuman

Service Support Supervisor  
Clientele Life
Clientele Life's reply25 Oct 2018, 11:30
Official
Dear Simone Grootboom

We confirm that your matter was escalated to the Independent Arbitrator for review.   We are therefore not in a position to respond to the concerns raised.

The Arbitration Department is a higher authority that has been commissioned by Clientele Life with the mandate to review any queries referred to it.  Any determination made by the Independent Arbitrator is final and binding on the Company and we will be guided by his response. 

We trust this is all you require in this regard however, should you require further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Yours sincerely,

Shanitha Hanuman
Service Support Supervisor
SG
Simone G's update25 Oct 2018, 21:59
Reviewer Update
Dear Shanitha Thank you for your response...I trust that the arbitrator is indeed an independent entity and that justice will prevail in all fairness. It cannot be fair to pay and depend on delivery from a big company like Clientele who assures peace of mind when it comes to the death of a loved and then to be let down the way we have been..where is the human aspect that should apply in this? Your staff assured us that the claim will be paid on, you can listen to your call recordings, only to be informed a day before the funeral that the claim has been denied, and we had to phone you to get this information, no one on your team even took time to notify us..is that not poor customer care? We are now left with debt after premiums were paid to you religiously specifically for a day of death...Clientele owes us our dignity, coz they took that away from us with a "clause" no one was made aware of until a day before the funeral and that is heartless..I surely hope that there will be some form of consolation after everything you have put us through.
SG
Simone G's update02 Nov 2018, 06:31
Reviewer Update
Dear Shanitha It has been a full week with no correspondence on the current occurences of events while there is a traumatized and distressed mother at your mercy waiting on a glimmer of hope. I hope to hear from you soon.