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Alice M

1 reviews | Active since Jul 2020

08 Jul 2020, 12:32

DISCOVERY INSURE VERY POOR SERVICE

Poor customer service from Discovery. Its been a week since I've submitted my claim and was assigned to Catherina Van Der Merwe as my claim specialist I received an email from her on Friday stating that she will contact me on Monday. I waited until Monday afternoon for her call and decided to personally call her and her excuse was that she was in a meeting the whole morning that's why she couldn't contact me. She keeps demanding things one by one, and every time i call her she sends a text that she will get back to me. Clearly she doesn't understand the hassle of being without a phone, yesterday i called her, she didn't answer she sent a text back saying shes been having back to back meetings the whole morning, clearly her job is to attend meetings not help us with claims. She called back yesterday later telling me that she sending an email and she will talk to me today morning. Today in the morning i called her and told her that i haven't received an email she said that probably she didn't capture the email correct to my knowledge you send an email to an incorrect email address it bounces back should have noticed it right away. She says again there's a form that needs to be signed and i'll have to wait at least a month. Wow how can a person stay that long without a phone on the other side the claims specialist doesn't fully focus on the claims shes focusing more on meetings. She says there's policy and procedure yes i understand but does the policy and procedure say she should request documents one by one from clients. Didn't expect this level of service from discovery such disgrace. I need a phone ASAP. I cant stay another week without a phone. To quick to take your money but too slow when they have to render the services they offer.

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Discovery Insure
Discovery Insure's reply08 Jul 2020, 15:52
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Good day Alice 

Thank you for your comment.

Whilst we endeavour to settle all claims as quickly as possible, we note that delays may sometime occur based on the merits of the case.

We have looked at the query and have observed that the validations process is still underway and that the claims team is handling the matter with haste.

We apologise for any inconvenience that may have been caused.

More information will be communicated to you directly in due course.

Regards
Discovery Insure
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Alice M's update08 Jul 2020, 19:24
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Please advise the claim specialist to demand everything at once and validate the claim and stop asking one thing every after two days. I need a phone i hope the claim will be validated before end of this week because i have supp**** the claim specialist with everything she needed. I can't afford to spend another week without a phone.
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Alice M's update10 Jul 2020, 22:47
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I've been trying to get ahold of Catherina Van Der Merwe since 13:00 to follow up on the process of my claim, I send her a text and made phone calls but she didn't even bother to contact me back. The least she could do is provide feedback to how far the claim is. Setting client expectations is the basics of customer service.It is very frustrating to be left hanging as if I am not a paying client. She then send me an email around 18:00 to inform me that she haven't received the documents that she requested from me after I've send the documents more than 24 hours ago. I had to ask her to check her emails properly and I even send her a screenshot to proof that i send the documents the very same day she requested them from me. From day one of working with her she's been delaying everything and I am convinced that this is intentional especially after her email saying that she didn't get my emails. She also informed me that my claim will take up to 30 days for them to get BEACOM billing from Vodacom. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW ESSENTIAL A CELLPHONE IS BUT I AM EXPECTED TO WAIT 30 DAYS BEFORE MY CLAIM CAN BE FINALIZED. HOW AM I EXPECTED TO CARRY ON WITH MY LIFE WITHOUT A PHONE
Discovery Insure
Discovery Insure's reply15 Jul 2020, 11:11
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Good day

Thank you for your patience, the team is still busy with validations on this claim. 

More feedback will be provided directly to you.

Regards
Discovery Insure