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Stanley P

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2009

17 Jan 2020, 11:24

Shocking Service by Telkom Insurance (Finrite)

On 05 January 2020, my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was ****** at Bedford Centre. I contacted Telkom Insurance aka FinRite on 08 Janaury 2020 to log a claim. I was advised by the Call Center Agent that I need to provide a copy of my ID, Proof of Purchase for the device and an Affidavit from the SAPS. I submitted the requested documentation via email on 10 January 2020 and then on the following day, I got a call from one of their agents requesting that I submit a copy of my Telkom invoice for January 2020. I sent the requested document immediately after the call then followed up on 14 January 2020 to ascertain whether the claim had been processed. I was told the claim had been sent for Usage Confirmation and that this takes 48 working hours to process. I was advised to call again on Thursday 16 January 2020. I called on Thursday as advised but was told the Usage system is offline and that I should call the following day. I then called on 17 January 2020 and spoke a rude agent by the name of Kaylin who asked me to confirm the IMEI Number for the device. I found this silly as I had already provided Proof of Purchase for the device which clearly shows the IMEI. Nonetheless, I read out the IMEI Number to her. Thereafter I was asked to confirm the SAPS Case Number. I advised her that I didn't have it as I was not told that I should provide one. Surely when a claim is logged, there is a process to determine that all the required information is provided prior to the claim being sent for processing??? I was then told that the claim will be resent for assessment once the Case Number is provided meaning that I need to wait another week to get an outcome for the claim. This is poor service at its worst. To make matters worse, every time I call them, I have to wait about 15 minutes on average before I am connected to an agent.

Telkom really need to consider a different administrator for their insurance as Finrite are clearly out of their depth.

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Finrite Administrators (no longer in business)
Finrite Administrators (no longer in business)'s reply20 Jan 2020, 09:38
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Dear Customer,
 
Thank you for making us aware of your complaint.  One of our Customer Experience Agents will make contact with you to assist with your query.
 
Regards,
 
Finrite Customer Experience Team