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Nompendulo Z

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2012

30 Sept 2020, 09:09

Incoherent, contradictory and inefficient ! Ghra

I called Liberty Life on 16 September 2020 to advise of the death of my mother, a policyholder and confirm the process i needed to follow in order to submit a claim in respect of funeral cover as well as the beneficiary of the policy. I was advised that I cannot be informed of who the beneficiary is, instead I must to fill out a claim form, return it to Liberty Life but that only on submission of the forms would i be advised on whether the correct person had claimed. I queried that but the lady insisted so I did as advised. I followed up a few days later only to be advised that i was not the beneficiary, i queried when this would've been communicated to me had i not followed up. I then resubmitted the docs on behalf of my father on 22/9 and received an automated email that i'd be contacted "shortly".

Followed up with Liberty AGAIN on 29/9 only to be advised that my claim would be escalated to the assessor. Followed up again this morning only to be told to wait for the assessor. When i lamented the process, the guy i spoke to this morning said that the beneficiary is only disclosed when a death certificate is submitted to Liberty, a compete contradiction to what was said to me on 16/9.

I am thoroughly dissatisfied with Liberty Life's incoherent, roundabout and inefficient processes and ZERO communication / professionalism.

What i have seen with Liberty in a time of grief has convinced me that i will NEVER have a product with them.

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Liberty Group South Africa
Liberty Group South Africa's reply30 Sept 2020, 10:07
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Dear Nompendulo 

I apologise for the frustration that you have experienced and I have forwarded your complaint to the relevant a manager for urgent investigation and response.

We will respond to you shortly with feedback.

Please contact me in the interim should the need arise.

Regards
Naome Ncube 
Liberty Group Customer Relations
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Nompendulo Z's update02 Oct 2020, 11:58
Reviewer Update
Despite Naome's assurance that someone would contact me "shortly". 2 days have passed, nobody has bothered to contact me, guess saving face on public platforms takes priority over actually servicing clients.

Update: 2 claims were submitted on 22/9 yet only 1 paid out this morning (2/10). I sent an email to Naome advising that no one had contacted me and could she get somebody to contact me, she has not even acknowledged my mail.

Since Liberty only responds publicly, could you please update the gender for Badumaze (it's incorrectly recorded as female - he is a male.). Additionally, could policy documents as well as the policy stance regarding continuation. Also advise when you plan on paying the policy for WS Mkhize whose documents were also submitted to you on 22/9
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Nompendulo Z's update05 Oct 2020, 10:57
Reviewer Update
The incompetence does not seem to end: i submitted 2 separate claims i.e. for the death of 2 different people, as separate emails with separate documentation and Liberty combined the 2 claims into 1 and only paid out for the death of 1 person. Assupol and Absa Life handled the claims so efficiently, i'm very glad that because of their efficiency, i did not have to deal with the joke that is Liberty