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Errol M

1 reviews | Active since Jan 2017

19 Nov 2018, 20:00

bad service and reaped of by oakhurst insurance company

on 13th June 2018 I added a vehicle onto my insurance profile with oakhurst.The existing vehicles prior to the one I recently added had not been involved in accidents.the last car I added was involved in an accident on 7th November 2018.I did all that is required from me but the claim was not successful.i took the car to a panel beater of my choice to get a quotation but the oakhurst called me and said i must use the panel-beater they refer me to.their reason was that i will lose my vehicle warranty if i use my panel beater.My panel-beater advised me that this is false information.i went to the dealership where i bought the car just to verify about the warranty.they said warranty lapses at 100000km or 3 years,which ever comes first.my car was already over 100000km meaning the warranty had already lapsed. Thats were I was convinced that oakhurst gave me false information because they didn't even Know the mileage of the car.when i called to argue about the warranty and the false information they gave me,they said its my panel-beater's fault that they didn't send them the mileage of the car.the quotation from my panel-beater was R37400.Today they tell me that my access is greater than the payout so they will not payout anything.the service is very bad.a consultant by the name of Zukisani Lawana was assigned to assist me.he didn't know what he was doing.he kept on delay the claim by asking for the same thing over and over again.I was so difficult to reach him.i was the one making follow ups.he came back to me after i had called 7 times and left him numerous messages,and when he comes back to me he would ask for things that i had already submitted.I'm going to get a better insurance company and i would advice anyone to use oakhurst.They are ******.

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Replies (2)
Oakhurst Insurance Company
Oakhurst Insurance Company's reply20 Nov 2018, 10:30
Official
 
Dear Errol

Thank you for contacting us. 

Kindly note that our turnaround time for complaint investigation is 14 days. A consultant from our Resolutions Team will be appointed to deal with your complaint. The appointed consultant will communicate directly with you using the contact details we have on our records or as provided by you. A comprehensive response will be sent to you on completion of the investigation and feedback will also be posted on this platform. 

We trust you find the above in order. 

Regards 

Oakhurst Resolutions Team     

 

Oakhurst Insurance Company
Oakhurst Insurance Company's reply29 Nov 2018, 09:53
Official
Dear Errol

We refer to your complaint posted on 20 November 2018 and wish to respond as follows:

You had a claim for an accident that occurred on 07 November 2018 under your Oakhurst Taxi Policy and it fell within the applicable excess.

The policy wording read with the policy schedule contains the contract between yourself and the insurer. We confirm that you have agreed to the terms and conditions of your policy and that all endorsed policy documents were sent to you throughout the life time of your policy. 

Our records confirms that you are on a "Cash Settlement Only" Comprehensive  policy whereby all valid claims are settled on a cash-in-lieu basis. As per the terms and conditions of your policy, the insurer only pays towards a valid claim what it would have cost them at their own suppliers and repairers. 

The quotation that was furnished to the Insurer was subject to assessment and we confirm as per the assessor's report, the excesses applicable on your claim were found to be more than what it would’ve cost the Insurer to repair your vehicle.

We further confirm that the Insurer acted in good faith and requested you to take your vehicle to their preferred repairer for an assessment, due to your preferred Panel Beater not being Toyota approved. 

We trust you find the above in order.

Regards

Oakhurst Resolutions Team