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Pranathan G

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2018

04 Apr 2025, 13:19

***** commited by Discovery Insure

To Whom it may Concern Policy *** I am writing to raise a serious issue regarding an unauthorized insurance policy that was activated under Mr. Govender’s name with Discovery Insure, despite him explicitly refusing to proceed with the policy. To provide context: • On June 13th, 2024, Mr. Govender received an email from Vishan Sooknandan regarding a Discovery Insure policy intended to take effect on August 1st, 2024. • Mr. Govender responded the same day, stating: "Hi, as discussed please hold on any changes and cancellation." • Vishan Sooknandan acknowledged this email. • Despite this clear instruction from Mr. Govender, the policy was activated without his authorization or signature (digital or physical), and no Debit Check was conducted to verify his consent. Mr. Govender did not agree to the policy, either explicitly or through any form of authorization. Over the course of this year, Mr. Govender noticed that the policy was still active and funds have been taken out of his account without his permission. Upon discovering this, he attempted multiple times to resolve the matter, providing evidence of his prior correspondence, yet was met with insufficient responses. When Mr. Govender reached out to another specialist, Zintle Smith, he was informed that he would not receive any refund due to not following the "correct cancellation process" a process Mr. Govender never agreed to in the first place. Due to the lack of support and poor customer experience and also Mr Govender falling ill due this issue, I then took over as Mr. Govender’s Son and made numerous efforts to resolve this issue, including contacting multiple Discovery numbers, visiting Discovery offices, and escalating the matter with Zintle Smith’s manager, Leslie. Despite presenting clear evidence that Mr. Govender did not agree to this policy, Leslie was unhelpful and refused to provide documentation that could confirm Mr. Govender’s consent. Additionally, I requested recordings, the Record of Advice, Legislative Disclosure Notice, and Acceptance Documents (digital or hard copy), but these were not provided. To date, this matter has not been resolved, and Mr. Govender continues to be charged for a policy he never agreed to. As a result, I am formally requesting that: 1. The *****ulent policy be cancelled immediately. 2. Mr. Govender be refunded in full for all the months he was debited for the policy. 3. Compensation be issued for the significant time and effort spent attempting to resolve this matter, as well as the undue stress caused by this situation. 4. A Formal Complaint against Vishan Sooknandan for activating a policy *****ulently and poor experience given by Both Zintle Smith and her manager Leslie. Furthermore, I have requested to speak to the Operations Director who I was told is, Mr. Trevashin Reddy, to address this serious issue. I would appreciate a prompt response and resolution to this matter. Please treat this case with the urgency it deserves.

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Discovery Insure
Discovery Insure's reply04 Apr 2025, 13:35
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Good day Pranathan, 

That is concerning to hear, and we would like to apologize for the service and experience. 
 
We have made the relevant management team aware of your distress regarding the policy.
  
Regards
Discovery Insure 

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Pranathan G's update04 Apr 2025, 13:43
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Thank you for your response. I have been going around in circles today trying to get some assistance with this case. I feel that your third-Party companies are not doing a great job in upholding what Discovery stands for. They in- fact create more issues because they do not listen to their customers
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Pranathan G's update07 Apr 2025, 08:58
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Good morning, I am yet to receive a call from Discovery in relation to the matter which I have escalated. I must admit that this is the worst customer experience I have had ever. I have asked for the Operations Director to call me, I was promised a call back by Leslie stating that she will get Trevashin Reddy to call me back however to date I am waiting
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Pranathan G's update08 Apr 2025, 09:54
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Goor Morning Discovery Team. Please note that i have not been contacted regarding the matter i had escalated days ago. I am still awaiting a call back from Trevashin Reddy and team to get an answer as to what he is going to do about the ***** policy his staff member activated.

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Pranathan G's update11 Apr 2025, 12:28
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Hi Discovery Insure Team,

Thank you for your response. However, I must express my deep dissatisfaction with how this matter has been handled.

Since logging my initial complaint, not a single person has contacted me. I even visited your call centre in person, where I was not assisted at all and not allowed to speak to anyone. This level of service is unacceptable, especially given the urgency and seriousness of the matter I raised.

I have been more than patient, but the continued lack of communication and accountability is extremely frustrating. I expect immediate and meaningful action — not just reassurances. Please escalate this matter to someone who will take ownership and contact me without further delay.

It has now been +7 Days since we raised this concern with Discovery and to date no one made any attempts to contact me.

I am still waiting for Mr. Trevashin Reddy to contact me and explain why his member of staff did this *****ulent act.

I trust you will treat this with the seriousness it deserves.

Regards,
Pranathan
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Pranathan G's update14 Apr 2025, 15:22
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Just popping a message to state that I have not received a call back to date regarding the ***** activity committed by Discovery. It is really concerning that Discovery take ***** activities so lightly and displays no sense of urgency.
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Pranathan G's update22 Apr 2025, 15:50
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22nd April and Still waiting for Support from Discovery Insure. It shows how they deal with ***** cases