1 reviews | Active since Feb 2010
We were mislead - and receive now limited support, bad communication
<p>I'm writing with my wife's consent, regarding her life insurance policy. We (because I'm paying the monthly premium) were lured into this policy. We were made to believe when we signed up in 2002 that this is/was a Life insurance and annuity policy.</p> <p>She is turning 65 in September this year and when she enquired about what the return (anuiety) amount will be, she was informed by the customer centre that this policy is only a life insurance policy. This was a major shock for us because of the huge contributions we have already made to this policy. She requested additional information but the customer centre was not able to answer all her questions. </p> <p> She then:</p> <p> 1. Wrote to the customer centre requesting for additional information but did not received the information she required, only received an email with glamorous insurance jargon terminology (garble).<br />2. She again phoned the customer centre and requested to speak to the person who has written the email to her, however they couldn’t connect her with the writer. <br />3. Then she wrote again, and again received an email full of the same jargon but not the info she required. <br />4. She phoned again and requested again to speak to the most recent writer of the last email - but again a connection couldn’t be established by the customer centre. <br />5. Then she requested again by email that the creator of the latest email contacted her by phone but nothing happened.</p>
Dear Mr Steenkamp
We apologise for the frustration that you and your wife have been experiencing and I have forwarded your complaint to the relevant manager for urgent investigation and response.
We will respond to you within 24 hours.
Please contact me in the interim should the need arise.
Regards
Naome Ncube
Liberty Group Customer Relations
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Dear Mr Steenkamp
We apologise for the frustration that you and your wife have been experiencing and I have forwarded your complaint to the relevant manager for urgent investigation and response.
We will respond to you within 24 hours.
Please contact me in the interim should the need arise.
Regards
Naome Ncube
Liberty Group Customer Relations
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Wel it is now past the 24 hours and all that my wife received was an email this morning stating that the issue had been referred to the Actuarial team and that they will respond to her shortly. A term we heard before. No direct contact via a phone call within the 24 hours.
But I can see what Liberty is doing - stretching it out until after my next premium went through on the 5 of May. But I'm not stupid I've stopped the premium at the bank until we get support from Liberty and resolve this whole issue.
Wel it is now past the 24 hours and all that my wife received was an email this morning stating that the issue had been referred to the Actuarial team and that they will respond to her shortly. A term we heard before. No direct contact via a phone call within the 24 hours.
But I can see what Liberty is doing - stretching it out until after my next premium went through on the 5 of May. But I'm not stupid I've stopped the premium at the bank until we get support from Liberty and resolve this whole issue.
