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Dirk S

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2011

25 May 2021, 15:24

Outsurance disputes are not responded to

I logged a dispute with Outsurance for a claim that they rejected. My initial email to the disputes department went totally unanswered for a day. I then emailed them a second time. Subsequently, I received a mail to ask how the service was by Outsurance (as they do with all their claims).

I indicated that the service was terrible, upon which I later received a call from Outsurance. The lady doing the customer satisfaction survey asked why I rated Outsurance so low, and I told her about the dispute and said that I had received no response. She said she would follow up and that disputes need to be resolved in 5 days.

I then received a mail from them stating that they would review and provide feedback. Well it has been the 5th day today, and still no response from Outsurance.

By the way, Santam quoted me LESS than half what Outsurance is charging me for my home insurance. Outsurance definitely isn't the cheapest. I'll be saving almost R1,000 every month on my home insurance.

Cheers Outsurance. This terrible service is the final straw for me.

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Replies (2)
OUTsurance
OUTsurance's reply28 May 2021, 06:56
Official
Hello Dirk

We understand the waiting period for a response to a dispute only adds to frustration and apologise for the added stress as a result.

We have however been in touch with you. The rejection was based on the cause for the damage, as per our assessor's report being deterioration, which is a policy exclusion. This is the sole reason for us upholding the decision.

Thank you for allowing our claims manager discuss this with you.

Regards
OUTsurance
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Dirk S's update29 May 2021, 10:57
Reviewer Update
You fail to notice that my issue is not with the rejection, but that I need to drag a response out of Outsurance when I logged a dispute. Bad service...