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Reviewed Dec. 31, 2016
I recently had to deal with my child totaling her car. Their communication is good and they are respectful; however, they have an odd way of calculating the worth of your car. Most people would agree that Kelley Blue Book sets pricing on cars. Allstate uses a "third party" company to find comparable cars and uses that estimate with their own set of deductions–that are not similar to KBB–to determine what my car was worth. Totaled, they offered me approx 2500. I cannot find a car near what mine was for under 4500. How am I suppose to find something comparable?
I challenged them to show me the cars that led to that decision and I am awaiting a report that takes into account cars that are nearly 150 miles away. I am near a major city and they are not using those comparables to set my price. I should not have left USAA and I find it highly unlikely that I would have been treated the same way had I still been with that company. I strongly urge anyone considering Allstate to look past the cheaper insurance for quality and steer towards someone else.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016
The best way to test an insurance company is when you need to file a claim with them. Will they stand by you in the time of need to cover your claim or run? My wife recently had an accident with another driver who had Allstate auto policy. It was determined that both drivers were equally responsible. Our auto insurance company GEICO covered 50 percent for both drivers while Allstate denied our claim. This is what Allstate does - runs when they need to pay! On the other hand GEICO always treated us with respect and paid claims when they had to.
At the time of this auto accident, we were also Allstate customer for our homeowner's insurance (but not for auto). Since we could not trust Allstate from this Auto Insurance claim, we decided to "NEVER" buy any insurance from Allstate and canceled our homeowner's policy with them. We are planning to file a complaint with the State for our denied claim from Allstate. I am not able to trust this company at all, and I think it should get a "Zero Star" rating!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016
They approved hail damage to my roof and screens and paid off in a timely manner. The adjuster was friendly and professional. Prompt payment was made. They approved my claims and went out of the way to make sure I was satisfied. The personnel in the office were friendly and helpful.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016
Allstate is one of most unethical insurance company. We called to canceled our insurance more than 10 days ago. Today they charged my Acct once again. Agent ** in Wellington is a thief. He submit quotes in without client's approvals so he can get paid on those policies... Very bad experience with company and agents!! Someone need to audit this guy.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016
I switched to Allstate from AAA, and I've had lower bills and better customer service ever since. Allstate is a better match for my stage of life (married, employed full-time, kids) than other companies. I have only had to file one claim with them, and the process was smooth and effortless, as far as insurance goes. I had a unique case, in that my vehicle was involved in an accident out of state, and Allstate was able to help me file the claim and get a rental car secured so I could resume my normal routine while the car was in the shop.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016
My home in Bothell WA was hit by a lady under the influence of alcohol who was insured with Allstate. The police notified us since it was Christmas Eve and we were out of town. I called them to inform them of the accident and was hung up on 3 times. I finally got a man Mr. ** with their express team who promised to have it all handled. Today is December 26th and I had not heard anything this morning or for two days from Allstate. The home was damaged very badly by this car, including foundation.
Today I was on the phone with Allstate getting a runaround and brushed off by 4 or more people who refused to send out anyone to secure the home from further damage etc. Told me my responsibility. I called before 8 am this morning and still had no decent response up until 5 pm. They do not care about you and just deliberately change their stories and brush you off, call back you get put on hold or told someone will call you who still refuses to do anything but make excuses. This lady is covered but yet Allstate could care less about you or your property, took up an entire day.
I sent a complaint to WA insurance commissioner but will see what they do if anything. No hope for the consumer with these big crooked insurance companies who take your premiums and buy stadiums instead of paying claims. You are never in GOOD HANDS WITH ALLSTATE and I learned this when I was 20 years old and the consumer report magazine back then had a big article on them at that time. Unfortunately I have to deal with them since their insured was the one who intoxicated ran off the road and into my home around 8 pm Christmas Eve night ruining my holiday with family and now makes it difficult to get anything done or for them to take responsibility.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2016
This is the most dishonest insurance company on the face of the planet, which speaks volumes in the insurance ARENA of America. They all are thieves, corrupt and the big problem with why America is a failing Nation. Try to get in touch with the corporate office to no avail. I was hit and run on 2-13-2015 my first and only accident in 43 years of driving. First they hire a company called LSH LLC to try to rob you from paying your lost wages even though you are entitled to them. They go out of their way to cause you more stress and grievously dishonest and blatantly stealing what they rightfully should be paying you the policy payer. They switched my worker so many times. Most left the company... then yet assigned another. I hate Allstate Insurance BROOKLYN NY.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016
DO NOT USE ALLSTATE INSURANCE. When I switched over my home insurance and my car insurance the Allstate rep went ahead and canceled my other companies for me and then NEVER GAVE ME HOME INSURANCE. Then they dropped my insurance on my car without informing me of it until I get a letter in the mail from the DMV fining me for being without insurance. I tried going through their corporate office to get help and they "reviewed my case" and apparently not well enough because they pretty much said too bad. Now I owe over $400 for their insurance agent being a total idiot who clearly cannot do his job correctly.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016
Allstate is an absolute Scam operation. Allstate created a new Policy without my approval or knowledge at double the original policy, I switched to Geico at 50% of the Allstate policy. Allstate continued to send threatening bills and notices regarding the unauthorized Policy. BEWARE of this Company. I have worked with many companies over the years, and by far Allstate is the worst.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME! Allstate is by far the worse insurance COMPANY EVER! By all the reviews it's pretty obvious. I got in a car accident and after I reported it nobody sent me information on what to do after. I had to call the next day to get my adjuster's contact information. It took over two weeks to get my claim number. Nobody called or got in contact with me the entire time. Eventually I was so upset that they waived my deductible... so I was able to pick up my car. The car insurance doesn't even pay the taxes for your rental car! They suck!!!
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2016
I had an accident in which my car was damaged (no injuries). Even though state law allows me to use the body shop of my choice, Allstate immediately tried to convince me (even pay me!) to use another shop. The one I chose is the only Mini Cooper recommended body shop in Seattle and my car is a new, 2016 vehicle; I wanted it done right!
Allstate refused to negotiate, or even talk with the mechanic. They refused to pay 30% of the bill, despite the fact that I have been a customer of theirs for 25+ years and have the maximum safe driving credits. The "claims owner" led me to believe my claim would be paid in full (minus deductible) but the claims inspector/adjuster denied it all. Worst insurance experience ever. I will be pursuing all avenues (court, BBB, etc.) but too bad to have to go through all this. Lousy customer service. #Allstatecares - NOT.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
WORST ever insurance!!! I was in a car accident with one of their customers and took my car to one of their body shops and they totaled my car. They wanted to pay me less than what my car was worth and then return the rental car within 3 day. How am I to find another car when they are taking all cars from me. Now my insurance Erie would have let you keep the rental for 30 days so that you have a way of getting around looking for cars. I was left with nothing but a check and no way of getting another car without bugging friends or renting a car myself for their wrecking and totaling my car... Then they had the nerve to have bad attitudes. Would never recommend these evil people. ALLSTATE SUCKS.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016
Worse experience ever. Because they don't keep their promises. As long as you don't file a claim youre on. The minute you do, you are no longer treated like a customer.
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016
Allstate is nothing but a government sanctioned criminal entity, they take premium dollars and pay millions in salaries and bonuses. They delay, deny and defend their claims. There are two books written on their business practices and they are the number one most disliked insurance on the web. They should be put out of business or regulated and fined for the way they treat consumers. I have dealt with them on many claims for other people and it is horrible the way they lie, twist and distort the truth. Personal experience and changed from Allstate to Hannover and my new agent said Allstate had left me exposed to a lot of liability. He said it was the worst written bunch of policies he had ever seen.
Had an auto claim with Allstate, they shorted us on the value, paid the vehicle off when we ask them not to, totaled our vehicle when it was clearly repairable and shoved the sale titled vehicle up our ass, did not pay the collision center fees and we lost all our equity in the vehicle and still can't replace the vehicle and my wife has no car. We were ripped off by Allstate and lost everything we had in that vehicle and my wife lost the joy of her new edge she bought and all because she had an accident and was insured by Allstate. I tell everyone if you have Allstate drop them at once, any insurer is better than Allstate. I tell them to read the books delay, deny and defend.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2016
I had switched from another insurance company because Allstate had more attractive pricing. However, from the original local representative contact to the management level at customer service, the service was just awful. The representatives were inarticulate, uninformed, inaccurate and completely unhelpful, one after another. Just terrible. That's what you get for skimping and crossing over to the dark side. I'm back to the other company and glad to pay a little more.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016
Got a quote, purchased an auto policy, paid for first month - then told I needed more docs to get "price break". Provided numerous docs. After 2 weeks told price was increased - canceled immediately, got refund 2 weeks later. Another month goes by. NOW ALLSTATE SAYS I OWE $50 for the canceled policy "increase". They did not take it out of the refund. Customer service cannot do anything, wont do anything. Agents office says they cant do anything. STEER CLEAR!!! BTW, I have perfect driving record at 60 - never a points ticket or any accidents. Got insurance online easily for less.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
The adjuster called and said my photos were very dark and he could hardly see. I wanted to send clearer ones. He told me no and then cut a check when I completely disagreed with him. They would do nothing to help me get them better photos. My recommendation for this quick app is don't do it. He said I had a 4" crack in bumper when it was actually almost 10" and split 2 ways. What a joke. I will look for new coverage after being a loyal customer with no claims for over 20 years.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
My vehicle was totaled by an person insured with Allstate. They accepted liability and sent an appraiser to inspect my vehicle. He noted no old or unrelated damages to the vehicle. Allstate used a computer program to tell me my car was worth $8100 rather than the book value of $10,000.00. Most upsetting was that a claims clerk named Nyla ** who is NOT licensed as an appraiser decided to take $600.00 worth of conditioning adjustments to my vehicle despite it being in "mint" condition, even the appraiser who inspected it didn't feel it warranted this. They refused to negotiate or explain why they did this, only that it is their policy to do so.
Most insulting is that they made an offer on a Tuesday afternoon, and said they would no longer pay for a rental past Saturday. Thanksgiving was Thursday and I was traveling. So in effect they gave me one business day to go look for a new car, arrange financing, and register the car. Oh, and they never paid me for my car. I met with their client to advise her I would be seeking the balance of my vehicle's value and additional rental charges through her directly. She was furious at her carrier's treatment of me, and in fact was upset with Allstate over the handling of her claim. She said nobody was keeping her updated on her claim and that phone calls went unanswered. Seeing the other complaints noted here, this seems to be their pattern and practice of claims handling. What a sad commentary.
I contacted Allstate corporate office and they told me to e-mail them directly which I did. Of course, there has been no response. This is a horrible way to do business. I had heard they were a nightmare to deal with, now I believe it. I would avoid them as much as possible. Nyla ** was the claims clerk in their CT office, and the claim # is **. She should have her license to adjust claims revoked.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016
I've had auto insurance for over 45 years and never have experienced service as bad as with Allstate. There are always problems and discrepancies between what you're told and what actually happens. We had signed up for auto-pay but due to their system error, the payment didn't register and despite their apologies, we incurred late fees. It took months of battle to correct their mistake. We're supposed to get discounts for easy pay. They took my bank info, it didn't happen. Although I'd called and was promised I was due a refund, they went ahead and withdrew the money they promised not to do overdrawing my account and incurring bank fees.
They promised to take care of it but after having me fax the proof twice (because the first one was apparently illegible) I was rudely denied. I've been paying for roadside assistance and should have been covered for up to $100, per their rep. but tonight, when I needed it for the first time, I was on the phone battling with them for over 2 hours because at first they could not verify my account, then they wanted me to pay out of pocket and POSSIBLY have the monies reimbursed, etc. I finally had enough and called an outside towing and got it done in 20 minutes. Nothing they had said or promised so far has materialized. Their agents are uncouth and dishonest.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016
This is about my uncomfortable experience with an Allstate adjuster. Recently, my wife was involved in a car accident with a driver whose insurance carrier was Allstate. Ms. Julie ** was the adjuster from Allstate and from the beginning, the way she treated us was so "cold" for no reason. One example is about the rental car coverage. Even though our car was a minivan, she only offered a compact class rental car. We asked for at least small SUV for safety reasons for my family, but she insisted for a compact car ($20+tax per day). After several phone talks, I just accepted to avoid any hassles. But, I was surprised when the staff of Enterprise called up another adjuster and got an approval for minivan equivalent vehicle yesterday. Enterprise said it is the law in NJ to match the car class.
And today, the Allstate adjuster called me all of sudden and asked to return the rented car by tomorrow. Because we hired an attorney, she used to not directly talk to me before. She didn't even give me a return call even when I left voice messages but only wanted to talk with my attorney. When asked why she didn't give me a call, she boldly said she didn't because I hired an attorney. Then, why she all of sudden directly called me today?
Also, okay, I understood the repair was scheduled to be completed by tomorrow and I was ready for that. However, it was like she called out of nowhere and "directed" me to return the car! I felt totally pissed off solely due to the way she treated our family. Why and how can she do this? Basically, my family is a victim of a car accident caused by a driver who is insured by Allstate. We are not enjoying this situation at all. She seemed to be interested only in the cost control but she doesn't care about our family. Sad, Allstate is losing businesses because of her!!. I am totally dissatisfied with the claim adjuster's services and determined to stay away from Allstate in my whole life.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016
On August 20 of this year, Allstate's insured backed out of a driveway 94 feet in front of my car when I was traveling 30MPH. My car hit her car. I had glanced to my right for 2 seconds prior to impact. When I looked forward her car was about 6 ft in front of me. Allstate denied my claim saying it was more than half my fault. 30 MPH = 44 ft per second. 2 seconds = 88 ft. plus the 6 ft that I saw before impact equals about 2.25 seconds stopping time. Allstate's insured claimed I was 110 ft away when she pulled out in front of me. That's 2.5 seconds stopping time. Even if I had not looked away for 2 seconds, 2.5 seconds is not enough stopping time when traveling at 44 ft per second.
And then there is the matter of RIGHT OF WAY. To the best of my knowledge, the person driving down a street has more of a right of way to that street than a person backing out of a driveway. I have filed a small claims against Allstate and their insured. I have court date, but it looks like Allstate has said they won't be there. The insured will be. It looks to me like Allstate has told their insured, "you're on your own." It's like she didn't have any insurance at all. It looks to me like this company is a complete RIP-OFF. And I would not recommend anyone do business with this company at all. You have been warned!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016
I was with Allstate for over 7 years. Never had an accident or filed a claim. My rates continued to go up over time and I continued to be a valued customer until now. My insurance went up again because it was time to renew. I've finally had it and went with Progressive. My six month premium went down approximately $300. Allstate is too expensive.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2016
After purchasing my 1st car on my own I decided I would also get my own car insurance. I made a BIG step in life to take on a responsibility that my parents have carried on for years. Allstate knew I was a first timer and should have let me know about the entire policy. They failed to let me know that I would have to renew my insurance within 6 months. Never sent out a renewal packet, no phone calls or emails. I found out 2 months after driving around with no car insurance that I haven't been insured. They refused to reinstate even though it was a error on their end due to them not telling me and told me because I didn't renew, I'd have to wait a year before getting back with them.
I went from a $204.00 monthly payment to now $500.00 a month with a new company (that was the cheapest quote I found). This monthly payment went up drastically because I haven't been insured in over 30 days...thanks to Allstate for failing to let their 1st time costumers know the policy 100% and for not sending out any kind of notices to renew insurance. Thankful for GEICO. They mail out a renewal packet a month prior to having to renew, send out text messages and emails a week prior to making payments. Allstate is unprofessional and unorganized and I will not recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2016
My car was insured by Allstate and hit by another driver. The driver was on her cell phone when she struck my vehicle. I notified Allstate right away and informed them of this. I literally asked Allstate 3 TIMES to make sure they got her cell phone to prove she was on her cell phone... Allstate not only denied my claim, they did NOTHING to get the cell phone. NOTHING. Instead, Allstate paid the woman's insurance company for damages to her vehicle while she was on her cell phone. Months later Allstate sent me to 'their' claims adjuster where, guess what??? Yep, by some miracle their adjuster came up with damages to my car amounting to only 27 dollars more than my deductible! The adjuster was 'nice enough' to offer me the check right then and there...
I declined and got estimates of my own... 3 of them... all 'other' estimates were thousands of dollars more to repair my vehicle so I took Allstate to court. Guess what? Yep, not even an offer for fairness. Instead, the old "boxing gloves" replaced the "Good Hands" AGAIN! Now I have a jury trial coming up and I am disgusted with Allstate over making me do this. A multi-billion dollar company that is constantly extolling the virtues of their "ETHICS". What a joke... I think I'll blog the net over this and ask the jury for punitive damages as well. What a pathetic display of ethics and business acumen. "GOOD HANDS". My derriere. A lousy 4,700 dollars. It's shameful.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2016
Like someone else stated... I was a loyal customer for 3 years and rates continued to rise even though I had no claims and was a good driver. With the snap shot I was promised discounts. Last straw was when they doubled my monthly payments. I went with Progressive and my rates went straight back down to what I was paying.

Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
I have had several agencies with Allstate because they insist you have one. I have found that I would call after hours so that I can talk to the call centers, because the call centers are the ones that do their job. The agency always states that they don't get any messages, or they hadn't had a chance to research the issue. The call center does it right away. The Griner Agency in Lexington SC completely disregards your messages, never calls back until you complain. Don't deal with this agency.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
First off I was in a major storm 10 years ago with a different company and had not one issue and had $40,000.00 damage to my home and property. This storm in May of 2016 was not near as bad but enough to file a substantial claim. They even had their contractor come and look at the items. I told the adjuster to take photos of they did not do. After fighting for 4 months and not being able to use my outside area all summer I finally told them to fly a kite, putting it in nice words. They rightfully owed me over $500.00 in damages and did not pay. They are the WORST Ins company I have ever dealt with. My home is new just 3 years old. I had new shutters put on and you could clearly see they were torn away from the house at the top, and the paint chipped. They said not storm related.
My unique patio set I paid over $500.00 for and regular price was $1600.00 they gave me $145.00 bought from a unique one of a kind type store. Top it off I lost the center diamond in my ring and called my agent to see the coverage that in the policy it covers up to $1000.00 automatically. He told me no coverage because I did not lose the whole ring. I called the main office and got the truth. I never filed a claim with them on the diamond but they simply do not know their stuff. I would NEVER recommend this company.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016
I consider myself to be a highly responsible individual. I pay all my bills three days ahead of time, the only exceptions being the ones I have set up on autopay, which includes Allstate. Last April, I purchased a vehicle on my own for the first time and decided to go with Allstate for insurance. It's now November and they have already lost my business. I've been a driver with no accidents or tickets for 6 years. I'm only 23 and that labels me as a young driver, but it's still ridiculous the way Allstate has treated me.
They've upped my premium three times in the last six months, citing clerical reasons (that I hadn't provided the correct paperwork - which was actually my previous insurance's fault), and now they've almost doubled my premium when I renewed and took away three of my discounts - only the student discount I agree with being removed. They removed my "responsible payer discount" because when I was fighting to get my premium back down to the amount they quoted me, my agent deferred a payment and now they're counting the against me. I absolutely DO NOT recommend Allstate for a young driver's insurance. It is not worth the headache! I'm switching to State Farm that is offering me the exact same full coverage, plus a few extras, for a lower price. I am OVER Allstate and their bait and switch tactics!
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2016
I returned to Canada after 8 years living abroad and because of that I had to show them my driving record from the places I had been traveling. Lucky me I had my records from US, because they didn't accept my records from Asia. Anyway, I bought a car and of course I need to insure my new car and the dealer referred the Allstate insurance and an agent name L ** from S. Albert, AB. Trust me, in more than 25 countries that I had to deal with insurance I never had so much problem with car insurance than that business from Saint Albert. Bad customer services, lack of communication... to the point I had to close the files with that company. The agent said to me that was OK to close that and there were zero $0 balance to closed the business.
I moved to a new town 6 months ago and only in 2 weeks, I found out that I had to pay a fee for closing that insurance file. I called the agent and she said she couldn't see any amount of money left behind at that time. This situation is embarrassing! Why should I pay for their bad services? Yes, because is my name there and it is my credit history. See how you can be trapped and put your name in risk because of someone who doesn't respect you as a client? If you are new Canadian, if you are coming back from abroad, if you are new in town: Be careful when you choose to deal with insurance companies! Some are like Vultures to get you in business and Slugs to help you when you need.
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016
I had Allstate for 3 years. Each and every year they increased my premium by $100, yet I have had NO moving violations or claims. Tried to speak with a representative about this and they immediately shut me down by saying "we cannot alter policies". Goodbye Allstate!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016
I called my agent when my policy was up for renewal due to increase prices. Ask to stop payment because I could find cheaper insurance elsewhere. I did. They did not stop payment, took money anyway, and caused fees by my bank. I had to file a stop payment to get money to pay my bills. I had called my agent numerous times telling them about the trouble they were causing, and they did not care. Called headquarters, and conveniently no notes were made in my favor. So and then when certain terms they me I would not get my insufficient funds fees, and late fees for my bills. Things that make you go. Hmmm.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2016
My wife was sitting at a red light parked and was rear ended by All State customer at high rate of speed. Guy had some sort of diabetic issue. They initially accepted 100% liability and then came back and said they determined their client to have ZERO negligence so they were accepting ZERO liability. In good hands my **!
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
My daughter's 2001 ford was hit by a Allstate Insured car. The car was totaled. The appraiser came out and even though the car was in better than perfect condition for a 12 year old car the guy found 3 Nicks previously in the hood, deducted $200. Found a small scuff on the foot of the door panel, deducted $100. And this story just went on and on. He continued to deduct every little thing he could find out the value of a car and basically said "take it or leave it. You have no option." It was a very poor way to do business. The book value on the car was roughly $3,000 and he found about $600 if he could deduct from. If you have a claim they will definitely not be in good hands.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
On June 19th my truck was stolen. It was recovered the same night and it was abandoned inside a mud pit a little like a place where they been mud riding on it is what the tow truck driver told me. So Allstate done in the adjustment on it and said that it was repairable. Took them 5 weeks to do that so I took it to a body shop of my choice a dealership so they do all the repairs. Another five weeks later they go to do the test drive on the engine and they decide that the engine is messing up so they put a lot of parts on there and trying to get it to run correctly and no luck.
6 weeks after that they decide it needs a new engine. The two weeks after that the engine got approved. It's supposed to be ready within the next couple of days. I've been without my vehicle for four and a half months. I'm still having to make dinner and I'm not being able to use it. Yes I do have a rent a car but I pay for a truck. They wouldn't give me a truck.
I ask for diminished value. They told me first-party claims can't file diminished value. It's not like I asked for this to happen. My vehicle is worth 33,000 and the bill for the repair shop right now is at like 28,500. I don't know how the adjustment thing goes but I'm thinking if they would have done a good adjustment in the beginning wouldn't have figured out that the engine is messed up. Because the vehicles worth 33000 80% of 33000 is 26,400 so I just don't see how this is fair to me as the consumer to not get any kind of compensation out of this because my vehicle is not going to be the same as it was before. I'm losing value on it tremendously. I'm satisfied with the insurance company but I'm very dissatisfied on how they handled this claim.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016
Just over a month ago I changed from Allstate Insurance Company to Geico, and saved almost 50% on my insurance premiums. I did this in the office in Stockertown, Pennsylvania, and explained to my representative to please make sure she removed the automatic debit to my account. When I first opened my account with Allstate in Pennsylvania this Allstate representative, told me she would contact Allstate in New Jersey and have them stop charging my insurance in New Jersey. (She never did this, and was negligent and irresponsible.) So for almost 6 months I was paying "Double" premiums. Which caused a major problem with my bank in New Jersey because I thought the whole time that account had been closed. Causing many extra bank fees and almost destroying my credit.
Recently I ask this representative to end my insurance with Allstate so I would not pay any more premiums, and told her about how she single-handedly, almost destroyed my credit due to her "Negligence". She stated that I would have no extra charges. However that day she debited $6.00 from my bank account for I guess closure fees? And weeks later I received a bill for $89.00 from Allstate. (For what I do not know.) It has not been more than 5 weeks since I switched from Allstate to Geico and this $89.00 bill has already been sent to collections.
I strongly believe this was a "Vindictive" act by this representative because I had mentioned to her about the mistake she had made and I guess she couldn't handle "The Truth". I recommend that you never insure anything with ALLSTATE. Especially in the STOCKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE! By the way I am a hurricane Sandy survivor. My rental house collapsed from Hurricane Sandy, which is why I moved to Pennsylvania. For over 12 years I paid every month Rental Insurance with Allstate. Lo and behold when I went to file a claim from the collapse. ALLSTATE REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY INSURANCE!
They handed me a FEMA paper and told me to give them a call. Even though my insurance covered Hurricanes, or bad storms. A year later I received a sweet little letter from Allstate Insurance. Which stated "Good News. Your premium has dropped, due to Allstate no longer covering Hurricane Insurance." I SHOULD OF HAD MY HEAD EXAMINED FOR CONTINUING TO STAY WITH ALLSTATE!!
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2016
I would like to heard more about how the claims from Allstate are processed and how long does it supposed to take to get the payoffs. I have spoken to agents and they always say, "Not to worry. It got approved," and "It's getting processed." Please correct me if I am wrong, but I feel someone is not doing his job, this is the second payment I have to make on my vehicle (that was declared total lost) after insurance claim was approved; Now, we gave them original documents that were requested by agent but seems like they got lost or never got sent out to corp by agent. What should I do? Is this typical?
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2016
And another month goes by and they have charged my account. Took 3 weeks to get anyone to respond to me and then I tell them to cancel my policy effective 9/26 and I see on 10/20 they took payment out of my account. Now they are telling me they never got my response on 9/26. Feel like I'm being scammed.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016
"Are you in good hands?" Nope!!! Beware of calling into the call center to make any changes and always always ask for confirmation in writing!!! I called in around March 2015 and apparently was routed to an afterhours call center that said they could handle any changes necessary. I proceeded to ask him to take my mother's car off our policy. The gentleman asked me if I wanted to keep my mom as a driver and I specifically said no, she is going into a nursing home and will no longer be driving. I thought I did my part, but of course not. I watch my bill keep going up over the months. I called my Agent Steve ** office and was told I have all the discounts possible, but yet it still went up month after month. Finally, I asked for a breakdown of what I am paying as the forms they provide on the website don't show what you're paying for.
FINALLY!!! After calling back several times, the lady asked me who Sharon was! I said that is my mother that I took off March of 2015! I ask her to read the notes and it says that I only asked to remove the car and not my mother and they have no proof that I asked to remove my mother because I was routed through the call center and they take no responsibility for their errors. Hmmm. I didn't know there was a difference between Allstate and Allstate, but there really is! Neither will take responsibility for the other!!! So I thought, okay the call center records the conversations and I'll have them pull it and fix the mistake. NOPE!!! They only keep recordings for 30 days and it's my word against theirs. Are you kidding me? I did everything I was supposed to and it cost me upwards of $1000 and they are okay with losing my business vs. fixing it.
You know there's a bigger problem when they do not trust each other or take responsibility for each other when they are in fact the same company and chose not to stand behind the Allstate name. I will move my business elsewhere and do not recommend them at all! I am not asking for anything that is not right. I did everything I was supposed to and since I cannot prove that I called and asked to remove both my mother's car and mother, I'm in the wrong. I know for a fact that I told the support center that my mom would no longer be driving. I also have a hard time believing they cannot pull the call records longer than 30 days.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
I have been in accidents before where it has not been my fault. I was told to take my car to the adjuster which I did. At that time the claims department told me I could get a rental car during the time of the repairs. They were also confused as the place I took my car to did not have an appraiser and body shop together, so I had to cancel with Enterprise. At the time I got my car appraised I was given a name of a body shop they constantly used which I did not like the tone of the shop, so I took my car to another one. I dropped my car off on a Friday as this was the way it had been set-up the previous week. It took a week and half to fix it.
I had a rental car through Enterprise during this time. They had been in contact with Allstate. It took longer than expected to get my car repaired. Once I dropped off the rental car they told me that Allstate hadn't agreed to the charges yet. Enterprise called me the previous day due to having contact with Allstate asking about extending and I told them no due to my car being fixed the next day. After that time, it was about two weeks, and Enterprise called me to inform me that Allstate was refusing to pay. Enterprise took out the money in my account that was $190+$50 for deposit. I called Allstate and they informed me that they didn't know where my car was even though they paid the bill to the repair shop and I never received a phone call. They are now trying to say that the repair shop should have to pay for the rental car due to taking longer. If I was an Allstate customer I would switch. I am disgusted with how I have been treated through this process.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016
Eric Bohman Agency, Allstate Agent, 4938 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28205. Very poor customer service. Had Allstate policy for 2 years and never heard from them, until auto policy was going to be cancelled. Then, the agency refuses to cancel my insurance, instead request I pay for a full month that I am not using the insurance, then get reimbursed. They are even going as far as threatening to report that I was uninsured for the 7 days I am requesting to pay for the policy. My policy was paid in full up to Sept 30. I am asking to pay thru 10/07 which is the date I am requesting to be cancelled. This agency wants payment in full of $197 and then they will reimburse me to for the over-payment. I still have a home policy that is paid in full with this agency and still they are playing hardball. This broker seems to think only about his commission and not the customer's request to be treated as any other insurance company would.
They continue to state that this is Allstate policy which I have received information from them that they can in fact issue a pro-rated bill and would not report me as uninsured, when I am requesting to pay for the days I was insured by Allstate. DO NOT BUY INSURANCE FROM THIS AGENCY, AS THEY ARE NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY AND SHADY WITH THEIR ACCOUNTING PRACTICES.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016
Quoted $220/mo and charged $460/mo after my 2nd month despite them having all of my personal information before quoting me a price. Charged me a late fee when they didn't take my money on time (auto-payment set up). Said they couldn't help me several times when I called because I was a "Titan insurance - Allstate policy". Now receiving harassing letters from PennDOT for leaving my previous insurance company in bad standing. (I cancelled and had new insurance within the hour.) Thank God I never had to file a claim. Treating the troops very well Allstate.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016
My younger brother was in an accident where the other driver was found at fault for running a red light... The kicker? He was also found at fault and his brand new 2013 Hyundai Sonata in which he pays 300 a month in JUST insurance was hit because "should have seen her coming". So apparently unless you're psychic, you won't get your vehicle fixed. They're a rip off. I recommend any insurance company that isn't them.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2016
Yes, recently a woman hit my bumper of my car. I called her insurance, Allstate, and they said to talk to their adjuster. Well, I went to see him. 3 times I was there, he kept telling me to just keep the cash. I thought this was odd. Well, odd, until I got my estimate. It was like 300.00 he said to fix it. I know from experience, you can't fix a scratch for 300.00. So I took to several other places. Sure enough their estimates were ALL, almost double, or more. So I see now why he wanted me to keep the check and not get fixed. It was a low ball estimate. I tried contacting them, to let's work out a midpoint, and I would agree to that. But was told she couldn't do that. So now, trying to find out how to go to next level, whether small claims, or other route.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2016
My daughter was involved in a wreck with one of their policy holders, who was at fault, almost 20 months ago. This wreck caused over $11,000 in damage to her 3 month old car and caused her minor injuries. She had to go to court to get them to pay for her injuries, time missed from work, and rental car money she had to pay out of pocket because it took them a week to accept liability, which they later took back even though they did pay to fix her car.
The judge make a judgment of a little over $10,500 for personal injury. This has been 2 months ago since the order from the judge and they still have not paid. Her lawyer had to send them a post judgment interrogatories, which gave them yet another 30 days to pay up. I am glad they give their customers cash for good driving and give money for scholarships to colleges but they need to pay for what their customers cause, that's what they are in business for. Apparently they are not there to protect their customers' interest.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016
Allstate I hope someone had the same issue as I do. I am now looking at losing my car, my husband's, and my son's. Because my car insurance lapsed I did not receive a letter or a notice not even a phone call to tell me. I called in to ask why it was not taken from my account and that's how I found out surprise to me it lapsed. I got other insurance but its 35 day since the lapse so no I get the letter from PennDOT. This hurts my son and husband work. I can't because of my medical problems. I do not know what to do.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2016
I was rear ended by a driver that had Allstate Insurance and I have Geico Insurance. Allstate took the liability and had my driver rear bumper fixed. My issue at hand is that The Body Shop that went to fix bumper said they had to add Flex Additive 5.00T. They said when they try heat and push out the damaged side of bumper it distorted it more and was why they had to add the Flex Additive to it. Mind you my bumper didn't have any of that. All was original. I am not happy about this with Allstate when The Body Shop was trying to get them to put a new bumper on it and refused cause there is a small dent on the passenger rear bumper. The damage from their driver was worse than that little dent if it can be called a dent.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2016
I have been with Allstate since I was 16. I am now 20. Last week, I noticed that when I went to pay by auto insurance bill that it went up from $140.00 a month to $197.00. For six months it went up $230.00, for no reason. I have a clean driving record. I asked what was going on and they said "We are going up on all of our customers." They tried to put me with a different policy, but since I am not married and haven't had my license for 9 YEARS I couldn't do it. So, I called my mom and her policy just renewed and hers went down. This is ridiculous. So I called around and found that State Farm offered me the SAME plan for $100.00 cheaper. Nationwide was $97.00 cheaper, with the SAME plan. I should've shopped around to begin with. Who knows how much money I have lost all these years!
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
I would like to begin by saying that the Customer Service representative in the Sands Glendale Dealership for Allstate was very helpful, nice and patient. He gave me an okay quote for a 21 year old $355.00 for two vehicles full coverage. Cool. I did some shopping and State Farm beat them. State Farm gave me DOUBLE the coverage and dropped my coverage from $355.00 to $299.85! Amazing. I had signed up for auto payment with the insurance company, every 9th of the month the monies would be pulled from my account. I called Allstate to see what the process would be to cancel and get a full refund with no BS (life sucks and that's never the case) and unexplained fees. Cool! They advised me that I JUST needed to call the day of the payment due date or before. I called on the 9th of September of 2016, canceled service and moved on with my life.
Then (lo and behold) I was charged $299.85 for State Farm (good...) and $355.00 from Allstate after I has cancelled auto-draft payments and my account. I am a 21 year old ASU undergrad and that was literally my survival money. I had $6.49 in my account. I didn't even have money for gas. Okay! Well, I called and called and you all know how the story goes. "Hello, can I help you?" TRANSFER. "Hello, can I help you?" TRANSFER TRANSFER TRANSFER. Turns out I was with the wrong department. They told me It would take 5-10 days for my refund. LOL. They ended up giving me $283.00 back and not the full $355.00. I was ripped $70.00! REASONS? I received a $50.00 bonus for "good driving". Since I canceled the contract they took it back. Talk about reading between the lines. The other 20 bucks was for 'blah blah blah reasons'. Reasons any business would pay a guy to be on the phone for two hours with you to explain.
Instead of going through the agitating process and waste of time I simply asked the representative, "Am I going to get the rest of the money back?" He stated, "No." I told him, "Okay I will hang up now. Thank you for your time and service." In the end, I was not given what I was promised. Sure take my money, but only give some of it back. YES, it was only $70.00 bucks but that money is really useful for me. I'm a broke college student being screwed by the auto insurance companies. State Farm gave me double the coverage, health coverage FREE for any injury, they gave me AAA coverage road side assistance, AND reduced my cost. Let me be clear, please do not sign up for these auto-draft systems and if you do CANCEL IN ADVANCE. Allstate will never be part of my life ever again, and I will not suggest it to anyone ever in one trillion years.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
I was rudely spoken to by Authur with Trevor ** agent. Unacceptable. I have switched to another agent.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016
We have been faithful customers with Allstate for over 23 years for our auto and home policy. Today I looked at my bank account by luck, and saw an auto payment made to Allstate for $25,780.00!!! I almost had a coronary. I called my Allstate agent, and was told he had "NO IDEA" what the charge was and he would get back to me. 10 minutes later, he called and said, "OH, that is your prepayment for your annual auto policy for this coming year." WHAT??? WTF?? Yes we have 7 cars but seriously? He says, yes "you got a notice of increase and your policy was raised 25% this year." Well, since the year before was $8500 that math did not add up. We canceled our policy IMMEDIATELY. He made NO apologies and then he had the nerve to say how he had jumped thru "hoops to help" us.
To make matters worse, it will now take 7-10 days to get our money back. $28,780. Money we need NOW to pay bills. BEWARE OF CROOKS AND LIES FROM ALLSTATE! I am still so upset, and NO ONE at Allstate has helped us. When you call to file a complaint against the agent, there is a message at their corporate office that they are unavailable! And to "please leave a message". I found another policy through another insurance agent for $7400 a year, for our 6 cars and 5 drivers. Think about that! $25,780 vs $7400. CROOKS!!!
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2016
I have been an Allstate customer over 25 years. I am seeing statements like these at the beginning of many of these complaints and warnings. Hmm, it appears that Allstate would rather get new business, allowing them to charge higher rates than maintain their existing customer base. We found out that 2 out of 4 of our proof of insurance cards for our vehicles had the wrong VIN numbers - one being a completely different number. We had to go to court and get our son's license reinstated because they had the wrong number on the card and we didn't notice it until it was too late. It took weeks and several attempts by our insurance agent to straighten it out.
To add insult to injury, they are back charging us for the last year (of which we only have proof of the corrected VIN for 6 months), because the VIN it should have been is somehow more expensive to insure. I find that very interesting, considering the vehicle has always been a 2001 Grand Am and we only have liability insurance. I have been trying to get an explanation for this for 2 weeks with no results. If you have been with Allstate for many years, start shopping now, before they screw you too!
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2016
Listen up folks. I was with Allstate for 35 years. I noticed in the last couple of years that my car insurance was going up a lot. SHAME on me for NOT SHOPPING. So last Friday, I called 2 of Allstate's competitors. WOW. They were 1/2 what I pay to Allstate. Allstate was DOUBLE AAA and GEICO. I called my agent Larry ** in Coppell, TX and asked how Allstate can justify being DOUBLE his competitors. He said all car insurance was going up. REALLY! That's it, I dumped Allstate that day, I went with AAA. Because the agent told me about another insurance company (Hagerty) for my old 1964 truck. That alone saved me $1000.00 a year. My Allstate agent would never do that.
Long story short, on a 3 car policy I saved $1,900.00 dollars every 6 months or $3,800.00 dollars a year. My daughter saved $1,200.00 a year by switching to GEICO. That's a lot of money in my pocket that I was giving to Allstate. Loyalty means NOTHING to Allstate. I also canceled my homeowners insurance because I was way underinsured with Allstate. PLEASE PLEASE if you've been with Allstate for any time like me. SHOP SHOP SHOP and SAVE YOUR MONEY. I learned the hard way. Larry did absolutely nothing to help us out to save money but to UP our deductibles. He said all car insurance went up in Texas. Maybe he should shop as well. The agent is nice and will help you with a claim, but at DOUBLE the price. Go ahead, don't take my word for it. Took me 30 minutes to save a ton of money by calling Allstate's competitors!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2016
In August 2016, I called for towing service. After 7 hours of calling for service & receiving several automated service confirmation calls, confirming that the towing service hadn't arrived to service call representatives, I canceled my service & requested & received a full refund. That's after several calls to customer service getting scripted response, being placed on long holds and being hassled by the manager to take a deal to keep the service, which I declined. Don't bother with this outsourced customer service! This week I received a letter stating I used 3/4 service calls and I only used 1, battery jump call, my first call.
If I hadn't canceled this service they would have charged me for 2 tow claims, although the 2 tow companies never showed up. That means the 2 tow companies supposedly dispatched got paid although they didn't provide the service. Leads me to believe the 2 tow companies are included in the fraud. Do as I did, get AAA membership for the same annual price. On the same day I got a membership w/ them. I received great service w/o paying for the service upfront & getting reimbursed, as Allstate AARP Roadside required of me. Also, AAA's customer service isn't outsourced & is professional, informative w/o scripted responses.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2016
I had a not at fault car accident where the other party accepted 100% fault and so did Allstate! Then why did I have to pay for the rental? If you are ever in a car accident one thing is for sure call the police no matter what and make a report! Even though they accepted fault they gave me rental only for 5 days. The car was in the body shop for 2 weeks! Because I didn't file a report I was going back and forth! I even made a complaint to the department of Insurance! Nothing got resolved! Allstate is horrible! This was my second accident with one of their drivers both times their fault! I was stressed out both times! I will not let them get away with it ever again so I am letting everyone know my situation so they can learn from my experience.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016
My experience with Allstate started out good. Then they started tacking on several fees for things and adding on different stuff that I was never contacted about. The point system is ridiculous because you can't ever win anything unless you are constantly watching the auctions and or sweepstakes. They were very helpful in taking off a vehicle and adding on another vehicle but if you don't have a bank, it's very hard to go and pay your bill. There are different people that I talk to each time about my account, it's never the same person, or at the same location. I would think twice about recommending this company to a friend. They are never on the same page.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2016
Allstate took my money after signing up with an agent by the name of Thomas ** out of the Westerville Ohio location. Thomas ** was a liar, very disrespectful and rude to the point that I canceled my insurance with them. Therefore, the customer solutions decided to keep part of my refund. Beware of Allstate!!! They will have a vendetta against you if you cancel service with them. A guy name Spencer in customer solutions tried to tell me that service was canceled on August 31 but it was August 30, 2016. Not only does Allstate employ thieves but liars as well.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2016
March 27th 2014 was stopped at a stop sign when I was rear ended by a truck doing 40 MPH hit me full force. No skid marks, he was texting. He had the basic minimum policy with State Farm, car damage was $9000. They paid me his policy, I then went to Allstate (had under insured/uninsured policy for $250,000). The impact caused me to sustain severe injury to my Spine C-6-T-1 and L-1-L-5, I had no issues with my back prior to the accident.
My lawyers sent Allstate on 4 separate occasions all of my medical records, MRI's etc. They kept on telling my lawyers they never received the information yet we have them signing for them each time. This now 15 months later we asked for policy limits and they have not even come back with a drop dead letter, my back surgery will be in the $120,000 for the first surgery and I will need one more which will be $125,000. Allstate finally had their lawyer do my deposition (19 months later) and sent me to an IME (independent medical exam). I went to their Doctor, he did his exam, told me he had to get Allstate a letter confirming his exam and his diagnoses, within the next week, that was a few months ago, still have not seen the letter.
I am now going after Allstate for bad faith, and breach of contract. Why have the coverage when they ignore you for 18 months. Still have not heard back from them or their lawyer. You pay your premiums and get squat. Will someday end up in mediation, then trial. Allstate takes every case out of Superior court, and moves it to Federal court, so you have a whole different set of rules. I do not understand why the insurance commissioner does not go after them for not honoring your policy. I have been with them for over 25 years. They treat you like you do not exist
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2016
I cancelled my insurance with AllState on 6/29/16, and talked to the Miller Insurance group about it, but they didnt care. The woman on the other side of the phone asked to email her my new insurance card, something I did right away, and called her to confirm she received it. Then I started receiving calls for payment for the insurance. I decided to call AllState directly and they didn't know about the cancellation with Miller group, so I cancelled on 7/27/16. Then I had to renew my tags by August 2016, but the DMV sent me a letter to bring proof of insurance. Then I visited the DMV, showed them the insurance card and everything was fine.
On 9/9/16 I received a letter from the DMV about a Driver license/registration suspension because the Allstate notified them about a no car with insurance or a lapse in coverage, and the letter say that if I don't fix it before 9/21 my license will be suspended and fees will apply. And I was at the DMV on 8/30/16, so just 9 days later, and they continue making trouble for me, but they couldn't cancel the insurance when I called them the first time. This is almost borderline harassment, terrible customer service and they lost a client FOREVER and anybody else I could discourage of using this company. I certainly will.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2016
I purchased the Allstate platinum maintenance plan for my 2015 Dodge truck. After a little over a year of owning the truck I have began to experience tire problems, multiple blowouts on the same trip twice now. The tire shop said they would not repair the tires because they were too worn. Allstate insurance claims adjuster (who is supposed to be third party BS) comes out, takes pics of the 2 damage tires and the other low tread tire. Waits a day to deny the claim for new tires and says the old ones can be repaired and also said the other low tread tire was at 4/32" which by contract can't be replaced till 2/32". I found it ridiculous that we were talking about such minimal difference for justifying replacement.
Anyway after 2 days of having my truck in the shop over tires and multiple phone calls to an Allstate manager I finally got them to approve the 2 tire replacement. I pick up the truck with a tread tire checker in hand and lo and behold nowhere on the tire can I get a measurement of 4/32. The absolute tallest tread on the tire is 2/32 which is in the red. So I call back to Allstate to find out why the adjuster lied about the tread depth and the person on the phone tells me the claim for that tire was denied due to being below the 2/32 tread mark which is stated in the contract that they don't have to replace due to user error. Mind you I was just in this same shop 3 weeks ago trying to get all the tires changed out from the first double blowout incident and was only approved for 1 due to the others not being low enough. Basically we're going around and around 2/32 tread wear and $500 worth of tires and approximately 4-5 days in the shop over tires.
I will never purchase Allstate insurance for my vehicles or business and nor would I recommend or purchase their maintenance plans. I'm beyond frustrated with this company and wish like hell I had never purchased the $2,500.00 platinum maintenance plan with them, I can't even get $500 worth of coverage over a year after the purchase. It would have been so much easier and more effective to be able to just take the truck into the local tire shop and bust out the $500-600 needed to replace all 4 and not had the risk of driving these unsafe tires down the highway where I've had 4 blowouts in the past 3 months. I consider this plan money well wasted!!
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2016
My son got in a fender bender. I have a perfect record and they raised my premium from 200 a month to 600 a month. I checked around found another insurer for the 200 and they said if I moved my cars they would increase my home owners by 1300.00!!! CROOKS.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2016
I had cancelled my insurance with FARMERS insurance since they raised the price almost 100.00 Dollars for an accident I had easing out of my parking spot with a large Van on my right. Someone plowed into my back, driving someone else's car, but I got a citation for pulling out incorrect. So I fought the citation and the judge dismissed the case. When I enrolled in Allstate Insurance in Tarpon Springs Florida I was quoted 89.00 Dollars a month so I continued. They said I was at fault so I faxed them the dismissal. They had me talk with my old Insurance and they said I was at Fault, so my price went up, so Insurance Companies are in cahoots with each other. Then my car sitting parked at work, when someone ran into to back, they were insured with Geico, they paid everything decently. That was in April 2014. I almost forgot ALLSTATE dug it up as my Fault.
In the meantime they had send me 6 different prices each with Insurance Cards. They had AutoPay and was taken out of my account. I wanted to change to an agent where I lived, but Tarpon Springs hung on. They cancelled my Policy. After 3 Month Cancellation for Sept.19th, as black and white on Paper but for some Reason they did not take payment out of my account for August. Then I get a Bill for 319.00 Dollars. That means with my other Payments I am being charged 602.00 DOLLARS FOR 3 MONTHS. That would be 1200.04 for 6 Month MORE THAN MY OLD COMPANY CHARGED ME.
The Insurance Commissioner of Florida REALLY SHOULD CHECK OUT THEIR PRACTICES. That was my lesson to learn with ALLSTATE. But then THEY are VINDICTIVE. Also I have Sept.19 as cancellation. When I visited my local agent to complain she looked in her Computer and told me I was cancelled Sept 11th. That means I could have driven FOR ONE WEEK UNINSURED without having a clue if I would not have visited her.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2016
On the morning of July 15, 2016 approximately 6:30 am a driver insured by Allstate, failed to yield a left turn and struck my husband as he was riding his motorcycle to his morning coffee spot. The impact killed him instantly! The driver of the truck was ticketed for failure to yield a left turn. I was devastated and heartbroken. I cannot express the agony and pain I have endured from my loss. I did what was necessary to carry on in planning a life without my husband and loss of income. To add insult to injury, Allstate sent me a check dated August 24, 2016 to cover the property damage for the total loss of his motorcycle which I deposited immediately. On September 2, 2016 an operation personnel from my bank called to report that my account was in serious delinquency and return check status because Allstate cancelled their check.
I telephoned Allstate to find out why they would humiliate and embarrass me this way and they stated they did this due to the fact that an investigation of the accident was pending and they had not accepted liability for the accident. I feel they are just upset that I hired an attorney to advise and oversee the proceedings for me. I am not an attorney and have no legal knowledge about how to proceed with any claim but, I do know that their insured ended the life of my husband with his recklessness and Allstate seems to only care about hurting me more because of the fact I secured an attorney to make certain that I am rewarded justly. I am sixty years of age and no one is digging through applications to get me to work for them although, I would be an excellent employee. I just wanted to make others aware of the "good hands" Allstate offered me after their customer killed my husband.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2016
They cut off my rental car without telling me and I had to pay for it myself. I have now been given a date that I must settle by or lose all rights to my vehicle - however they have never sent me the form to sign that they are asking for AND refuse to pay back the car rental bill I got stuck with. Do not use this insurance company. They are crooks.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2016
Allstate is the worst company there is. The government should definitely get involved with car insurance companies more as they are totally ripping people off blind. My wife had Allstate and paid a full 6 months in advance on her homeowners and car insurance. When it came time for renewal she found insurance cheaper and decided to switch. When she informed Allstate they decided then to tell her she owed them 254.00 for no apparent reason. Remind you she paid 6 months in advance and the policy hadn't even expired yet. We will definitely be contacting BBB and filing a complaint and small claims court against them. These people are total thieves and should be put out of business. You actually get someone that pays in advance and then you try to screw them over. Screw you Allstate! We will see you in court.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2016
I approached an Agent in Newark, Delaware a few years ago. Every time he is increasing the premium saying some petty cause for it. As I have no time, and busy with my office work, to contact another Insurance company for a quote. I lost so much amount by that in the form of overpayment. Recently, one Friend who is a State Farm customer took me to the agent. I did this as I took leave for a surgery. The Agent gave me a quote to the half of the amount what I'm paying to AllState. I accepted the quote and informed it to AllState agent. Immediately he renewed it, though I told him that I can talk soon on this. He is trying to hold me saying that I need to pay for my renewal.
I contacted AllState office Supervisor. But there is no change in their approach. How pity it is to give pressure to me when I'm ill-health and going for a surgery and no income during this period, though I have taken another insurance and getting paid for it, informing all this to AllState people. Sucking the blood of Customers in the wrong means to hold them for long time is not a good approach to AllState company. I'm totally frustrated and I'm advising everyone not to be a victim for this company.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2016
After I had an accident Allstate denied my claim based not on the facts of the accident but on lack of a police report... Adjusters make their decision based on what their insured tells them. But their intent is just to deny your claim... Allstate was the worst insurance Company I ever dealt with...
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2016
We purchased automobile insurance and renter's insurance in October of 2015. We were on auto deduct for 6 month renewal. Shame on me for not checking the policy update, but effective 5/9/2016 the amount deducted was for $372.82 more than originally billed back in October. No excuses, but we had been traveling, Neither Allstate nor its agent, Mr. **, had the professionalism nor courtesy to inform us of any increases either in writing or by phone. No messages were sent to us on "my account" pages. No explanation was forthcoming by our agent other than Allstate had increased its rates. Please note no status changes or claims had taken place. Not a good way to retain clients.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2016
I've felt with a lot of insurance companies but have never been so dissatisfied as I am with Allstate. The claims adjuster would not return phone calls for over three weeks. My car was damaged and I couldn't use it for work but they refused a rental car for the three weeks it took for them to finally resolve the claim. I will never use Allstate again and would recommend you to find better insurance company as well.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2016
DO NOT EVER PURCHASE ALLSTATE INSURANCE. AND IF YOU SHOULD EVER GET HIT BY ONE OF THEIR INSURED, DO NOT LET THEM TAPE YOUR INTERVIEW. On April 16, 2016 we were traveling along the Coast in Oregon on a two lane highway. We were pulling our boat traveling at 55mph. When we slowed to make a left hand turn into the boat ramp, we were hit in the rear right hand side of our boat. The other driver said that they had been following us for some time and decided to pass and when they were passing we turned left in front of them. This is not the way it happened. The Allstate driver came around the corner and we were already in the turn when they plowed into the back of us, and the photos we took support this scenario.
Allstate says that it is 100% our fault and listed a some ORS that do not pertain to this situation as the reason why we are at fault. The other driver sustained damage to the left side of his car, our boat the right side, which makes the other driver's story impossible. In talking to one of Allstate's employees I was told that Allstate automatically always disputes all claims. State laws states that insurance companies need to complete a thorough investigation into the accident, which they did not. I have been fighting Allstate for months now, and I do not think that I will ever get them to pay up, but I will continue my fight even if I have to take them to Small Claims court for partial recovery. (PS) Our insurance company did a complete investigation and determined that we are 100% not at fault which leave us in insurance limbo.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2016
Our SUV was hit in an accident caused by an Allstate insured driver - took a week to get an appraiser out who gave us a check for the body shop and gave us a rental car - WOW - thought we were going to be okay... Another week passes and we are told Allstate is totaling our SUV and now the horror begins... had to give the salvage company my title - unsigned; power of attorney to Allstate to do as they wish with my title and SUV; and a mileage certification WITHOUT ANYTHING IN RETURN FROM ALLSTATE.
So, here we are with no SUV or title and we are waiting for Allstate to cut us a check for what they think our SUV is worth... oh, I forwarded an email with pdfs of the signed documents to Allstate to show them the docs were completed and turned in to the salvage company. I then called Allstate to confirm they received the documents and was told the documents I submitted could not be used because they did not come from the salvage company. Allstate had initially promised to send the check so we would have it within 24 hours and was now told the check would not be cut or mailed until Allstate received confirmation from the salvage company AND that even if they mailed the check on a Friday we would not receive it until Monday!
Allstate appears to have a different 24 hours than the rest of the world. Oh, and if we want to keep the rental car until the check arrives - WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT! So, so we have no vehicle, we have no title and no money... If we tried to conduct business in such a manner, we would be put in jail for fraud... how is it big business can get away with taking your vehicle and the title and giving you NOTHING in return until they decide when and if they will pay you and even if they do pay you, they decide how much. Criminal enterprise under the guise of a reputable business... I think not. SHAME ON YOU ALLSTATE - YOU DO NOT HAVE GOOD HANDS!
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2016
I got a much, much better quote from Geico about 50% less. Been overpaying for years. Customer service is good but...
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2016
We tried canceling our Allstate auto policy back in April. Thought all was good. Until we receive a letter stating our next month's payment is due. Called customer service & it connected us back to the agent that would not cancel policy. Waited until weekend. Called customer service. Was treated rudely and a complaint was filed the corporate office. They never call or email back. Receive a bill stating our policy is being canceled for nonpayment and that we owe $353. Call customer service again. Still can't help, "their hands are tied". Referred to corporate again. Be careful when canceling your policy. They won't do it and are trying to keep customers. But this is the wrong way. I've never missed a payment or have had a claim. Very, Very wrong!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016
Allstate terminated my policy, 1) without me knowing, 2) after I was told by my insurance agent it was fine and he would help through my situation. My situation was my bank/card information was stolen so my payment didn't come out like it was suppose to. I emailed and called my agent about it. Not only did it take him a week to respond he was absolutely no freaking help at all. All I was trying to do was make the payment. Then when I finally got a hold of him he told me if I paid a certain amount he would reinstate me. I paid what he said to pay and I have not heard back from him!
I took it to the corporate office. The guy there didn't even help me either. They denied my reinstatement after my agent continually said I was going to be reinstated. Then they told me to get a hold of Bryan to maybe have the policy re written. The same guy I just complained about not returning my phone calls and or emails. I lost my job because I couldn't drive. YOU ARE NOT IN GOOD HANDS. I feel sorry for anybody who has to deal with them. They are a bunch of crooks and liars.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016
My vehicle was stolen, June 21, 2016. I had always carried full coverage on the truck, but Allstate's claim department has been giving me the run around concerning payment so that I can get another truck. I started with M. **, then spoke to Terry because he was out of the office. I then was given another person, Carrie **. Received 3 emails from and responded to her. Last week I called her because I had not heard from her. Stated she was out of the office, which caused a delay. I gave her the name and phone number of the detective handling the case. Allstate has taken 2 more payment out of my account for my truck, but no communication from them about the check I should have received.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2016
Where do I start. Water claim was made and from the start Allstate made sure to look after themselves. Going on "good faith" with Allstate we went with one of their recommended remediation companies (ServiceMaster) for the clean up since a large water claim had never been made before and therefore weren't familiar with such companies. By all appearances, it seemed to be going well as far as we knew. However, when ServiceMaster employees would should up they merely checked fans and nothing more. Water damage affected two carpeted bedrooms and they did not remove carpet or lift wood furniture off the floor. Should have known at that point all Allstate was interested in was keeping down their costs by having their contractor doing as little as deemed necessary.
It took our plumber who was installing new pipe to point out that the job done was sub-par and the water remained and now the furniture had mold in addition to the extensive mold created in walls as they didn't clean up the water. It took a second and fabulous clean up crew to point out on the Allstate-ServiceMaster invoice that Allstate instructed SM to limit the clean up. Now whether Allstate adjuster poorly assessed wouldn't know as he never showed up after the first day to look over the work. Allstate continued to not fully compensate for the fair amount of the clean up (i.e. damaged furniture) and neglected to even admit any responsibility for the contractor or their own ineptness.
A second recommended Allstate contractor was reluctantly used when two months later a second property claim had to be filed when a storage pod which held belongings (that had to be pulled to sit outside as water damage was repaired) was then broken into. The subpar company Ratpak who was unprofessional to begin with by being late, sending a driver who backed the pod up incorrectly and then left, belligerent office personnel, and provided an ill-secure pod with just a bit of metal to which held the simple lock was cut to break in and still several boxes worth of personal items two days before move in.
Will never recommend Allstate and forward any existing customers to be wary of using their recommended companies as they are only looking after Allstate. Allstate took a no fault position. There is yet more to this story (i.e., unresponsive personnel/adjuster, claims being closed in advance of full mutual settlement) but let's just say buyer beware!
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2016
My wife was in an accident 75 miles away from home. She called Allstate and answered all their questions. I arrived an hour and a half later. My wife said she called Allstate. We called again only to find out the 1st person she spoke with never completed the claim? We completed the claim and had an ETA, and confirmation # for the tow truck. When the time went passed the ETA my wife called again, a different person and we went through the process again with new ETA. CHP arrived we explained the scene and circumstances. CHP called his dispatch only to find out that our last tow truck was canceled by Allstate again. After 7 hours alongside the road in 97 degree heat, we called our own service and paid out of pocket.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2016
We had home owners insurance with Oliver ** of Allstate Insurance from McDonough, GA. If I could rate him negative stars I would. He assured my husband and I that we were insured 100% for our belongings. Not once or twice but numerous times. When we moved, our movers robbed us of almost $60k in jewelry and watches. Oliver ** promised that Allstate would replace every single item and that everything was going to be okay. What a con man. The claims department called and stated they could only give us $1k for our items. Good thing we have a fantastic attorney and a great new insurance company who honors their word.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2016
We just got quoted a better rate by another company and we have made several calls and written at least 4 emails to our agent Daniel ** who has not gotten back to us. Why does it have to be him who cancels our policy when every other time any of the associates were able to help?! We feel like were getting ignored and the runaround. We need our policy cancelled effective immediately!!!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2016
I have been a customer of Allstate for over 23 years! I have an automobile that is going on 9 years old... yet my rates had never gone down! And then I just noticed that my last two billings showed an increase of my rates by about $25.00 a month! I questioned my agent as to how this could be... it was some Allstate regulatory fee or something. Then I asked why wasn't I notified of the increase... no answer! I checked around and WOW! I found Progressive Insurance to actually not only have better coverage... but will be over $850.00 less annually! I switched immediately!
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2016
Allstate has totally let me down. I have been a customer of theirs since I was first insured (close to 30 years). I no longer trust them as they have left me hanging for THREE weeks since my car accident and now that know they are supposed to cover my rental car coverage - they are being rude and deceitful. Don't believe their slogan - they don't treat their customers well - AT ALL.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2016
Admitted fault in a fender bender. Both parties have Allstate insurance. I pay extra for rental car insurance. It has now been FOUR days since I turned in the claim (on the day of the accident) and I STILL DO NOT HAVE A RENTAL CAR. The claims adjuster keeps assuring me everything is squared away, and the rental agency ALLSTATE is dealing with says not; I don't know who is more to blame, but I'M SICK OF BOTH ALLSTATE AND ENTERPRISE. I plan on posting a non-favorable review on ENTERPRISE'S website as well.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2016
We have Allstate accident and indemnity insurance. I broke my wrist and it took about 10 phone calls to get anything paid on claims. They gave me a different story each time why claim wasn't paid from not having enough information, even though it was all submitted numerous times, to being paid incorrectly because they had it in as a dislocation, to not being a bad enough fracture. They hardly cover anything. Additionally, the customer service are rude and not helpful. I would never bother getting ANY policy by Allstate!
Reviewed July 30, 2016
I was hit from behind from an Allstate insured vehicle. He was turning onto highway and when turning he went over into my lane and when straightening out his car to go back into his lane he hit right back bumper of my vehicle. My bumper guard was pushed off and was hanging on right side. It is now taped up so that whole bumper will not come flying off. I have called Allstate 4 times in last week. I got an answering machine twice saying that someone would return my phone call by the end of day. No one called. I then called a different number. The person I talked to said case was open and that they were talking to person that hit me.
I still never received a phone call. I called the person who hit me. He said he filed a claim and already received a check for damages to fix his car. I called Allstate again and was told that they had to hear other person's side of story first which is what they told me 2 weeks ago. They issued this person a check so I know they already heard from him. I have pictures of damage as does appraiser. I need a rental car in order to get body work fixed. I am very frustrated.
Reviewed July 22, 2016
In 2015 I was hit head on by a drunk. After the accident caused massive damage to my car and knocked a cylinder loose which resulted in a hole being knocked in my engine. I had to fight for weeks with Allstate to get them to accept this was from the accident, as the adjuster initially said *I* caused the hole with an ice pick and hammer. After Allstate accepted fault it took another 3 days of fighting to actually get a rental car. Now a year later there are more problems with the engine Allstate gave me, mainly it is leaking antifreeze out of the exhaust making the car unable to drive. Once again Allstate is claiming it is not related to the accident. I contact Allstate and they basically tell me to go ** myself. So I posted on their Facebook page, they delete my post, tell me in PM on Facebook that an agent will contact me within a day, and I still haven't heard anything. I am SO glad I am in good hands.
Reviewed July 20, 2016
I bought a policy thru Mr. ** office - there are 2 brothers David and Carlos. When my wife called yesterday (07/19/2016) she and myself spoke to Mr. David ** and all we want is to cancel the policy and he refused to do it and he told to my wife we must have to keep the policy. Right there I knew he was completely WRONG, and I don't understand why he was so upset and besides he was very rude, not acting like a professional at all. One thing really made me angry that he hang out the phone on my wife, so I want to cancel the policy and reimburse us the money back. I'm planning to speak with my attorney also.
Reviewed July 18, 2016
I purchased Premiere Care for the extended warranty for our Ford F-150. Our claim for the repair was denied due to rust. We take exceptional care of our vehicle - but were told by Allstate, "You live in the North, that's why you have rust and the claim is denied." How many other people from the North are denied coverage due to this nonsense!?
The contract is also very misleading - Schedule C (Coverage) states in the last paragraph - If you have chosen Premier Care, all parts from Preferred Care are covered, along with all other parts subject to Schedule F - Exclusions. It should state, 'which are subject to'... or insert a comma between 'parts and subject'... Very disappointed with the way I was spoken to and treated. This branch of Allstate needs to take some serious consideration on customer service.
Reviewed July 16, 2016
They are a complete nightmare. Mother-In-Law's car was rear-ended, sitting at a traffic light by Allstate's at fault driver. They refused to give her a rental car. Did I mention she is elderly and missed urgent doctor's appointments because of this? I interceded, called the Allstate agent she spoke to and thought I was speaking to Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians. Or, perhaps the Wicked Witch of West in the Wizard of Oz. No, maybe it was the evil Queen in Snow White. I asked for her supervisor's name, and she gave me the Adjuster's contact number. Adjuster had a rental car lined up in 10 minutes. Why did my Mother-In-Law have to go 10 days without a rental car, you mental midgets?
It then took them over a month for Allstate to inform us Mother-In-Law's car was TOTALED. Oh, and surprise! She only has 3 days with a rental car to find a replacement car. But, WAIT... There's more! They screw us over on what they value her car, which only has 70k miles on it. Oh, and by the way, they tell us it will be at least 5 days (IF NOT LONGER) before they can get a check to us due to paperwork that has to go back and forth. So, let's add this up Allstate. We have no rental car. We're getting a check that is not enough to buy a similar car. AND, there will be a delay before we'll receive the check. My family and I have been with Allstate since 1978. I'm screening other insurance companies pronto and plan to give Allstate a big flush down the toilet with all the other floaters.
Reviewed July 13, 2016
Allstate NEEDS to be HELD ACCOUNTABLE for their IMMORAL business practices. Allstate IS IMMORAL & UNETHICAL - DO NOT SUPPORT!!! When I was injured in an auto accident (I did not cause), Allstate denied my claim. I was left with mounting medical bills and financial distress due to sustained injuries. Allstate's business practices were to DEGRADE & HUMILIATE, solely to protect their company's bottom line.
Reviewed July 13, 2016
We've had Allstate insure our homeowner's policy for 13 years and the first time we had to make a claim (besides for Hurricane Sandy) was this year. Lightning struck the tree next to our house and then ensuing damage has been more than we expected. This happened in April and here we are in July without a settlement yet. The adjuster, Dan **, has rejected every one of the estimates we provided for him. It is clear that Allstate is only concerned about their bottom line and not about their customers. DO NOT use Allstate. You will regret it when you have a claim.
Reviewed July 13, 2016
I was contacted May 3 2016 by a lady named Ashley and she said that they found out I had a undisclosed driver living in my household and that she needed to be added to my account. I told her that was my daughter and she did not live with me, that she lives in another city and do not put her on my policy. Later that day I was contacted by a man named Chris ** saying he was the office manager and needed to know if my daughter lived with me and drove my car. I told him no and don't put her on my policy.
My agent Dan never called me so I received my new insurance payment that went up 10.00 and they added my daughter to my insurance. I have never been treated this way... they made it very clear that I had to have my daughter put on my account and that she was the undisclosed person driving my car. Really!!! I believe I should get a total refund for being called a liar and having to find another insurance company on short notice. My job was on the line, I drive for a living. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!
Reviewed July 11, 2016
I was an Allstate customer for over 20 years. I decided to change companies for more coverage and a better rate. I almost immediately started receiving harassing letters that demanded proof of my new coverage. I finally sent proof of my new coverage only to get a letter from a collections company demanding payment for the month after I switched insurance. I called Allstate and was told that they had received the proof of insurance and someone should be able to get to it in the next couple of weeks but if I received another letter, I should call back!
Allstate ended up sending me over $90 back for time that I was doubly covered. Well I received no more letters and I thought that was the end of the issue. Oh no...I received a letter from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission stating that my registration was going to be cancelled because Allstate notified them that I had no insurance! So I spent another $6+ in order to avoid standing in a line to show proof of insurance to the State of NJ. Thanks Allstate for being the worst in customer service!
Reviewed July 11, 2016
I have been a satisfied customer with Allstate until now, and I must state this is very disappointing. I obtained renters and auto insurance with 2 vehicles on the policy. Both cars are in my name only, however; I allowed a boyfriend whom now is my ex-boyfriend to use one of my vehicles to get to work a few times. This made me nervous. Therefore, I stopped him from driving the vehicle and actually parked the vehicle, because he was unable to be insured with most insurance companies. He does not live with me. He was able to contact Allstate behind my back and have himself added to my policy without my authorization.
No email or phone calls from Allstate at all. He had insurance cards mailed to him to my address, added his email for proof per all state, took the cards out of my mail box before I knew anything about it. I still have my original insurance card without anyone on it but me. My car was in the shop and he was able to go to the dealer shop, act as the owner with the insurance card and get a loaner without me knowing... Apparently, had an accident in the loaner, Allstate called me about the accident, that I had no idea he even had a loaner or were on my policy questioning me about an accident claim?
The dealer never contacted me about any of this either. He was also provided a second loaner car from the dealer and had an accident in that as well. I contacted Allstate after receiving a pay notice to pay for my 2 cars and to have him and the car removed from policy because car was being sold. Allstate then informed I no longer had my BMW on the policy and there was another vehicle added under my name (policy). This was all done without my knowledge or authorization. 'I was totally elated.' Allstate allowed an ex- boyfriend to make primary decisions on my policy without ever notifying me or receiving my authorization.
Allstate stated to me they assume they had spoken to him a few times, and he informed them he was my fiance, 'they assumed that meant marriage to Allstate I guess?" This does not authorize him to be placed on my policy or to make primary changes to a policy he was not suppose to be on. How could Allstate allow anyone to make changes to a policy, be added on without the primary authorizing those changes on the policy? He was also able to add another unknown vehicle to my policy without me knowing it. I never received a notice of a new vehicle added and my BMW was taken off without me knowing it.
This was all shocking news to me. Therefore, I had all phone calls pulled from Allstate and they confirmed that I never authorized any transactions for him to be placed on policy or to make changes. They also stated he paid for the premium. I questioned what was the method of payment? Allstate only accepts the primary's payments. All payment was from me (The Primary). Still, I received nothing in the mail stating any changes to policy. They apologized and stated they assumed this would be fine with me, without notifying me of any changes on my policy. This is pure fraud, agony and downright anguish to have to deal with such incompetent people with such a prestigious and prominent company.
I am ashamed of Allstate, in the way they have conducted themselves, and have treated me as if I was not a customer and never existed on the policy. I was wondering if they could add me onto Donald Trump's Policy without him knowing and allow me to make changes as I please. This is totally unfair of Allstate and this need to be investigated fully.
Reviewed July 7, 2016
I have been with Allstate and Jerry ** over 30 years. He and his office personnel have been very helpful with any and every situation we have encountered where we have needed assistance. Very pleased with their services throughout the years.
Reviewed July 1, 2016
I have been an Allstate customer for 15 years and I have been dealing with Nelson **, all along. I was insuring my home, auto and even had an umbrella policy. About 6 years ago, Mr. ** recommending their accident waiver option and I accepted it without really thinking because my son was in school and he was 22. My premium went up about $400 per year for the gold level protection from a single accident.
It took me years to figure out how it works so I am disclosing what I went through here to inform all other customers. I enjoyed a crystal clear driving record all along but my son had a fender-bender two years ago, according to the police report he was at fault 30% and the payoff was around $800. Nelson, never said anything even though I called their office and spoke to random people many times. Unfortunately, my son had a major accident last September of 2015 and very next week Nelson requested that I should upgrade my protection to their platinum level to cover multiple accidents and violations, so I did. I was shocked when I saw my renewal bill few weeks ago, it went up about $500, and they charge me for the big accident.
Allstate accident waiver count every minor accident against you regardless if it is your fault or not. This is the secret and it is a total rip off. I paid about $2400.00 extra to cover me from a single accident but they never disclosed their dirty little secret. In other words, Allstate telling me I had two chargeable accidents but according to DMV records I had only one. This is a scam so be aware of this game. You will never get a call back or an email back from Nelson's office. I have records of dozens of calls and emails, even when I went there to see him, I felt like I was forcing him to keep me.
Hey, I was the sucker and he took my money with lies and deception. I switched to Liberty Mutual and my premium is $700 less. If you have accident forgiveness from Allstate, cancel it and save that money on the side. They are charging you more than what an at fault accident will charge you, plus they will count every minor fender bender as your fault. What I disclosed here can be verified and I have all the documents, so feel free to email me if you have any questions. Allstate sucks and their accident forgives is a rip-off.
Reviewed June 30, 2016
Allstate insurance customer care representative gave me quote and spoke with her everything regarding my previous driving records and she gave me good quote and told me "if you pay full and also auto pay it will reduce in price as good customer." Suddenly after a month Allstate charged more $248.00 without proper information. After calling customer care for 2 days they informed that because of driving records they changed. That's not fair even speaking to Allstate and giving all the information about before quote. They had all the info when they enter your driver's licence number. Don't go with ALLState, you're in good hands that they can cut your throat without informing. That's why they say you're in good hands.
Reviewed June 26, 2016
They make it like it's your fault. They don't do their job of ANY customer service via phone or email. They don't respond AT ALL. They just plain suck.
Reviewed June 25, 2016
I had a bundled policy with Allstate for 3 drivers, my niece, my brother and myself. They paid $120 a month each, and I paid $180 a month for my 2 cars. I instructed the agent at the time of setting up our policies that this would NOT be an automatic electronic payment. They would need my authorization each month for payment to ensure everyone made their deposits. I had a few questions so I tried contacting my agent multiple times on the phone. It seemed as if he was trying to avoid me. I was directed to several different people, all of whom told me I was supposed to be paying varying amounts for the policy. It seemed as if no one really had any idea about what was going on. I finally ended up going to his office. He acted like he didn't want to talk to me, wouldn't look at me and acted like he was above dealing with me. Totally opposite of when he was trying to sign me up.
A few months later, I opened a second bank account and instructed them to use this account for future payments. Last month, without authorization, Allstate tried to debit the first account 4 times for payment, causing overdraft fees of $162. Then they debited the correct account for payment, again without authorization. The problem is, they took $1,500 instead of the $420, again, causing more overdraft fees. And, after all of this, they went back to the first account and took $34 more, again without authorization. To add insult to injury, I needed a tow and they told me there was no towing service on this policy. We made sure when setting up the policy to have towing included. We have 4 cars between us and it is inevitable that one of us would need a tow at some point. The bottom line is that we will be finding a new insurance company ASAP, and that the only hands Allstate are good for is stealing money from policy holders.
Reviewed June 24, 2016
At the beginning it was a good experience. The staff was very professional and polite. But after that it's a nightmare. How fair is it to cancel a policy with less than a month notice and not even giving an option to correct the issue? After you've already paid them almost $1000? Especially for nickel and dime issues. I will never recommend Allstate to anyone now and will cancel my auto policy that is with them. They sure better be issuing a refund!
Reviewed June 23, 2016
I usually don't spend time to write reviews. However, this time I really want to warn any people against Allstate Insurance because it is really very bad. First, it charged me premium for home insurance without my approval. I just asked for a quote and didn't sign any document. One month later, I found that Allstate took away the premium from my escrow account. Second, I fought with them for refund and after 1 week of struggle they finally agreed to issue the refund check. Third, I just haven't received the refund check after three month of waiting. I called them several times, and the agent said the check might be lost in mailing and they voided the check and reissued it. I verified my address with them, however, I still haven't received the check. There are many advertisement coming to my address from Allstate, just not the refund check. I am really frustrated. Could anyone give me some advice about how to deal with this issue?
Reviewed June 19, 2016
We moved to Florida in 2012 and rented our home in Columbus Georgia. In April a large branch hit our home and Allstate dragged their feet as I expected, but it got done. We got a notice in the mail after this saying that since our rental property had asbestos they would cancel the policy and said it was an oversight. Very convenient. First, Asbestos once cover painted represents no danger. Second, it is fire retardant, and third, many insurances insure these homes. We will bundle elsewhere and will never go back to these Allstate clowns.
Reviewed June 17, 2016
First of all I would like to say that Allstate has been my insurance provider for many years, I felt that the company truly took pride in supporting their customers anyway possible. Honestly, before I started traveling so much with the company I work for, I really enjoyed going into the local Allstate office because the ladies were always kind. I like them so much that I even helped remove a virus from their company computer to prevent the company from having to spend the money for someone else to do the work. I also agreed to check one of the associate's home computer to try and help her with the computer speed being so slow. I would think after being so kind in return that Allstate would do as much as possible to keep me as a loyal customer. Well, I felt that way until May 7th 2016.
So, the early morning of May 7th I was traveling from Anniston, Alabama to GA to attend a funeral of a friend that had died. As I was traveling up I75 I ended up being in sit still traffic, I checked my GPS and found that I could take a route to my GF's house by getting off of I75 and traveling the back roads. I exited the interstate at the K-State College exit because it was only 7 miles from my destination. Being that I was not familiar with the area I was trying to semi watch my GPS to know where I should turn.
After passing the college I was pulled over by Cobb County police. I asked why and the officer stated that I had crossed over the line a little and wanted to know if I had been drinking. I stated that I do not even drink, he said "ok can I have your insurance and title". He came back to my car and stated I was not insured. I immediately contacted Allstate to find out my policy was cancelled. I had recently changed over to e-billing and payment recurring due to Allstate suggesting it to me. Allstate stated that my credit card declined payment 2 times causing cancellation. After all these years Allstate didn't bother trying to call me with the 60 days of no payment.
Reviewed June 17, 2016
I filed a claim after a storm in my area two weeks ago. The clear coat was peeled off my truck. Prior to the adjuster coming out, I received an email for rental approval. Then I called and asked a representative about just canceling my claim, he convinced me to allow the adjuster to come out and make a decision. I did and I still had authorization for a rental. The adjuster came out and he denied it was a claim. I went to get a rental because my truck was in the shop and it was still in the system for approval. I got a rental because I needed transportation. On today, five days after getting a rental, I received a VM stating that they would not be paying for my rental due to the claim being denied. I never received any confirmation for a rental denial. So, I am left with paying for the full rental. I am a dissatisfied customer in the process of contacting another insurance company who can keep their word. GOOD BYE ALLSTATE. I was not in GOOD HANDS!
Reviewed June 14, 2016
I would never do business with Allstate. I have had one 2-month interaction with this POS company and I hope I never have to deal with them again. In early April I get hit by one of their policy holders; he backed his truck into my driver's side door. My door doesn't open from the outside; I have to leave my window down or reach across the passenger seat to open my door. I contact Allstate and file a claim. So far so good. They tell me to use their QuickFoto Claim app. I download it and take all the pictures and submit it. It takes an hour for it to file the claim. It just sat in the app loading and loading and loading...
Finally it uploads, they make an estimate and issue a check. The day I get the check I get a call that Allstate is trying to decide fault in the accident. I hang onto the check and don't deposit it because it's valid for a year and I don't want the money hanging around in my account until everything is settled and I'm ready to fix my car. I take my car into a shop and get an estimate from them. It's about double the estimate from the QuickFoto Claim. Whatever, just have the shop send in their estimate.
Two weeks later I haven't heard anything and the shop is saying they haven't heard anything either. I call (can't ever actually speak to the ONE person assigned to be my adjuster) and speak to whoever will take my call. Find out they haven't made contact with the witness to the accident yet and they never received the shop's estimate. So I email in the estimate myself and talk to the witness to find out why she wasn't calling Allstate back. Turns out they weren't leaving voicemails! So they weren't REALLY trying to contact her, because who calls back a random number with no voicemail?!? Whatever, they know she'll back me up and they don't want to pay. I call and tell them to leave an actual voicemail so she can call back.
Fast forward, it's TWO MONTHS after my driver side door gets hit by an Allstate policy holder and my driver side door is still broken. They decide that since they "couldn't get in touch with the witness" that I was probably partially at fault. At this point I just want my ** door fixed so I agree to pay 10%. Some other employee calls and tells me he's trying to send payment and assumes my car is already fixed so he's sending payment to the shop. I'm fine with this. I don't care where the check goes just so long as I get my door fixed.
Today rolls around and I call the shop and tell them to order the parts and paint. I try to call the guy who was trying to send payment but he's out until the 20th so I leave a message with the adjuster telling him to just send it. I deposit the check that was sent originally because the second check is just for the difference between the estimates. Tonight I get off work and have two missed voicemails. The first is the adjuster saying my check was sent. Great! This ** show is over! BUT WAIT! There's another voicemail! It's the adjuster calling to give me the good news that he is going to simplify my life and cancel the first check because it hadn't been deposited yet and issue one check for the total amount! AWESOME! So now I get to pay 10% of the total, even though I wasn't at fault AND I get to pay a bank fee when the check bounces!
The amount of ** customer service, lack of updates, lack of any real attempt to contact the witness I provided, and finally the ** move of canceling the check I had just deposited made for one of the worst interactions I have ever had with a company. I will never have an Allstate insurance policy. There are not enough words to describe how much I hate this company.
Reviewed June 14, 2016
Do NOT buy Allstate Insurance! They do not pay the bills of their victims; thereby requiring you to sue the individual (you, if you buy their insurance). I'm blessed with USAA; but was hit by an taxi with Allstate. I was told that the physical therapy recommended by my medical doctor would not be paid because the adjuster did not think my truck had enough damage to constitute any physical therapy. The claim adjuster was extremely rude. Why would you want this company to represent you when someone is hurt. You will be personally sued. If my insurance treated people this way, I would drop them.
I know the business, so I understand the adjuster's job, but the rude and almost accusatory!! It only made me lawyer-up, which is overkill for this accident. I am thankful that USAA does not treat people this way. My daughter hit a lawyer a few years ago and he said we had the best insurance ever. USAA treated him well and continues to service us well. I have a life insurance policy with Allstate and I plan to cancel it. I would hate to think that they won't pay my beneficiaries upon my death.
Reviewed June 13, 2016
My experience with Allstate has been terrible. I would not recommend this agency to anyone looking for a cheaper rate, or to be "in good hands", because this is not the case. Yes, Allstate offers many different services, and you may find yourself intrigued by this. But when it comes to the most important aspect of an insurance company (the claim/legal representation team), Allstate is lacking.
Now ask yourself, what good is an insurance company if they are incapable of proving your innocence? What good is an insurance company that allows months to pass by, without a single phone call, e-mail, or update regarding your claim? And when you finally find yourself growing frustrated with the lack of communication/care for you, you receive a letter stating that Allstate passed the case on to an arbitration panel, and the case was lost. Shouldn't the customer have been informed of ANY activity regarding THEIR claim? I would most certainly hope so, after all you are a client of an establishment that prides themselves on being "the good hands people". It's quite comical.
Here's the story: I was involved in a minor auto "accident" earlier this year. I was driving on a two lane highway (in the right lane) when another vehicle (traveling in the left lane) trying to merge onto an exit ramp, jerked the steering wheel to the left and crashed into my driver side rear. I was understandably upset by this, but that's why I pay for insurance, to be protected from situations such as this. It was clearly the fault of the other driver. I spoke with Allstate, sent over all paperwork/police report/pictures, and put my faith in them to prove my innocence.
About one month passes by, and I come to find out that the other party fabricated a story about imaginary potholes on the road. Knowing this was 100% bogus, I re-visited the scene of the accident, sent additional pictures of the roadway to Allstate to prove that the other party's claim was false. They thanked me for my efforts and assured me that this would be beneficial to proving my innocence.
A few more months went by, with not so much as a single call from the company to update me on this claim. I assumed everything was being handled as it should and that no news was good news, which unfortunately, was not the case. About one week ago I received a letter from the company stating that the case was sent to arbitration, and was lost, with NO possibility of dispute.
As a result, I now lose my deductible, my accident forgiveness, in addition to having an accident listed on my record as 50% fault, which will linger there for years. I received NO JUSTICE in regards to this claim. I am infuriated by this, and honestly feel that I could have represented myself MUCH better than Allstate did. Allstate may be willing to cut their losses, but I am not.
I am currently looking into other insurance companies, in particular GEICO, a company which has a much better legal team capable of proving guilty person's innocent. If your driving record is as important to you as it is to me, then you would think twice before speaking with Allstate (which you can only do during set business hours M-F). If you would like to speak with an agent 24/7 or an agent that actually shows some care for you, then Allstate is not the insurer for you. I hope this review can help deter people from experiencing what I just did.
Reviewed June 10, 2016
Two years ago (2014) there were major hail storms in TX. Two Allstate adjusters claimed there was only damage done to the front half of the roof of my home which is on a corner lot, and not the back half where my car was parked in the driveway. Curious though, that Allstate paid $5200 in damages to my car which was parked in the same said driveway. Also curious is the fact that my two back alley neighbors and immediate right side neighbors who also had Allstate, sustained so much damage that they had not only a WHOLE roof replaced, but also windows, gutters, garage doors, and fences.
It's amazing that they, who are surrounded by other blocking homes, warranted such coverage, but we, who are in the direct path of the storms, had such little damage - according to them. We again had severe hail storms this year (2016) and what do you know, Allstate once again is re-replacing roofs on the surrounding homes, but ours only had $272 (that's right, two HUNDRED seventy-two dollars) worth of damage. Did I mention that I have been an Allstate customer for 28 YEARS? No, well, no longer. Another company will be get my loyal business as of tomorrow.
Reviewed June 9, 2016
Allstate was recommended to me by a friend. They gave me a good quote, so I used them for both my homeowner's insurance and my auto insurance. I got the policies in November 2013. In October of 2014 I had a break-in at my residence. It was extremely frustrating, but I thought I had good insurance so I wasn't too stressed at first. I contacted the police first and logged a report and then I contacted Allstate. My front door was badly damaged, so I couldn't secure it properly. I explained this to the representative. She took all of my information and said someone would get back to me in a couple of days. I hung up the phone and then I realized they didn't even offer to send someone to secure my door. I called back again and they seemed surprised that I wanted them to send someone immediately.
I finally got someone out about 4 hours later to board up my front door. At that moment I was told that my door was not a standard size, and they would have to order the proper supplies to fix my door. They couldn't do this until the insurance company approved the repair. When I spoke to my claims agent I informed him of this. We could hash out the other details on my lost items but it was crucial that my door be approved immediately. I had to call and email multiple times in addition to having my local agent call before I could get a response. It took 2-3 weeks in total for my front door to be repaired. When it came to my items, they gave me a minimal amount. For three flat screen TVs, jewelry and a brand new tablet they offered me $483.00. It left a bad taste in my mouth when it came to Allstate.
My policies renewed in November and not only did my homeowners insurance increase, my auto policy increased as well. I've NEVER had an at-fault accident where my insurance paid. My credit score went up and I have zero speeding tickets. When I inquired about the increase I was told "oh, the entire state of GA had an increase." I asked multiple friends if their insurance went up and no one else's did. I think they were trying to get back money from my break-in claim. I couldn't go to another insurance company because now I had a loss on my record. I moved and the quote I got for the new property was MORE than double my original quote. It was at that point that I left Allstate.
Reviewed June 6, 2016
I found this site to review another insurance company. After reading all the reviews, I felt more confident in Allstate than ever, but need to shop around for savings. I've been with Allstate for home insurance since 2003 and auto insurance since before then. I've had one accident in 2007 where I was rear ended and my car was totaled. After several cumbersome experiences with the at-fault motorist's insurance company, Direct, I elected for subrogation under Allstate. The process took a month, I was given a fair value for my vehicle and had purchased a new vehicle. At that time, I had not purchased a plan to provide me with a rental, so I was out of pocket this amount. Since then, I've had 3 very smooth windshield claims where a 3rd party came out to my office to repair/replace.
Another reviewer cited she never received an accident free bonus check as commercials suggest. This one of several benefits as a Platinum plan subscriber. As such a subscriber, I receive these bonus checks 2x annually, which amount to about $160 a year. Another benefit is a diminishing deductible, decreasing from $500 to $0. The final benefit and mostly what you pay the 15% more for is accident forgiveness for more than 1 accident in 5 years. I've been promptly taken care of any time I've needed to call the 800 number or my local agent and I'm able to easily access my documents online (like annually finding the declarations page of my home policy for the refundable Citizens/Fair surcharge on my Louisiana income tax return).
Having said all that, I haven't shopped around for another provider since I started using Allstate 13+ years ago, until I found I was eligible for a Liberty Mutual discount through the AICPA and the auto quote came back $2,500 cheaper per year for 2 autos. The home quote was a savings of less than $200. My agent advised I'd save $600 annually by moving off the Platinum plan, which puts the Liberty Mutual quote at a better price. I'll continue to shop around but with reviews like what I'm reading against all providers, I'll need to dig in deeper and get some personal recommendations. The tendency is to only provide a review as a warning to other users when we've had a negative experience. I found mostly only 1 star reviews against all providers, which is what prompted me to write this review. I took off one star for Allstate due to the fact I believe I'm overpaying, but I'm a happy customer otherwise.
Reviewed June 4, 2016
After twenty years with zero accidents, a woman (no DL, no insurance, no registration, but had an intimidating big brother with her) hit me from behind. The hulking brother intimidated the police into accepting her story and would not listen to me. The ER doctor verified that my injuries were from a high-speed collision in the back. The Allstate claim adjuster never called them, returned my calls, and pushed responsibility onto me. Furthermore, Allstate changed my due date, issued cancellation notices, and forced me to pay two months worth of payments in order to keep auto coverage. They claimed it was for not being registered with auto pay. I claim that's sabotage.
Reviewed June 4, 2016
I have been with Allstate for about 4 years and all of a sudden they drop me without even knowing about it till I went to pay the bill again. They never sent me a notice. I never had a lapse on insurance and because of their screw up I have one now. I have been driving around thinking I am insured and I was not. They took the payment and then told me that they don't know why they took the payment and there is nothing they could do. They been holding my money for a month now and no refund. So now because of the lapse I have to pay a higher payment. Mitch Mccloskey office sucks and his workers even patty was lost in the whole program. Said I don't know what to do but because of the lapse they can't reinstate me. Then of course they are trained to blame you for the whole thing. If you see this phone number and name stay away mitch mccloskey. I guess I was not in good hands after all.
Reviewed May 28, 2016
I was involved in an auto accident. I was turning right, the other driver was turning left. The other driver turned into the wrong lane and tried to drive me off the road after his turn. My front left tire left a distinct rubber circle on the right side of the other guys car. The evidence is as clear as day that I had completed my turn and was in the correct lane when the accident occurred.
Allstate claimed I ran into the other guy in the middle of an intersection with the front of my car. I told them their description was not possible, based on the tire mark and asked for them to further clarify. They were not able to provide an explanation of how my car left a tire mark on the other guys car AND I caused the accident. The only way I was able to make sense of their decision was if I had mounted a rotating tire on the front of my vehicle and then quickly removed it after the accident. They stuck by their original decision that I was at fault.
Me and the other driver were both insured by Allstate. I firmly believe they made their decision because I only had liability insurance, so it was cheaper for them to place the fault on me. Allstate's failure to evaluate the evidence before coming to a conclusion and then incorrectly placing blame really defeats the purpose of auto insurance. I understand that it was in their best interest to assign the fault to the driver with only liability insurance, but this is neither an honest nor just policy. I would only consider recommending Allstate to my worst enemies. Personally, I will be taking my business elsewhere.
Reviewed May 28, 2016
I was told Allstate would reimburse me for my auto glass. Still have not received payment. This is after my agent sent in the forms. Now no one can help me. Claim is lost. I'm done with Allstate.
Reviewed May 27, 2016
I purchased a policy back in Feb. 15, 2016 because my policy with the other agency will be expired in two days. All along I thought I was covered at that moment, I never thought of the effective date that he put which was March 11, 2016. I did not have coverage for almost a month that I was not aware of until the DMV sent me a suspension letter. The DMV is now charging the cost of $500 which I cannot afford to pay. I've been fighting for three months now and Allstate cannot do anything about it. I also filed a complaint through DOI which is now just useless. I just wish that I have never switched to this agency. It is just very frustrating, especially that I am a person who is hard to comprehend with English spoken people.
Reviewed May 26, 2016
I called about my existing insurance policy asking why I am paying significantly more for my car compared to any other company I called. I am not over exaggerating when I say this man must have lost his mind. Here are some of his best responses: "You are wasting my time!" "Go to another company then!" "I am not your slave!" "Don't call me 'sir,' I am an Agent!" "I don't have a boss, I am the boss!" "I am happy when people leave, the room gets brighter!" Needless to say, I will cancelling my policy. I just wanted to know why I'm paying more and compare quotes. That's all. I got yelled at and hung up on. Wonderful business practice.
Reviewed May 26, 2016
OMG, so I come over to Allstate after being with Progress for over 5 years to save me some money. BIGGEST mistake ever. SO they cancel my plans cause they wanted me to prove to them that I have insurance with for the past 3 years. They wait until 2 months in after Progressive already cancel my access so there is hoop number 1. Sorry that I didn't get back to them in a timely matter cause I too have a life. So I gave them screenshots of my insurance cards. OMG that is NOT good enough, they need me to call my old insurance company and get them, hoops number 2.
Now I have to prove that I actually paid my insurance for the past year. Hoop number 3. Really WTF is that all about? Why do I have to do all this? My insurance guy is now say "hey if you want to go to someone else, go ahead." WOW that is nice to know. I also asked for their complaint number and info, now I don't hear from him. This place bites. If I had more time I would surely go somewhere else instead of feeling like a show dog doing all these tricks. I have 2 days to find someone else to cover me. I hate this company. Oh did I tell ya I HATE dealing with this.
Reviewed May 24, 2016
Everywhere I go, or every AllState commercial I see, they advertise that if you do not have any accidents in 6 months you receive a check. Well I have been with AllState for over 3 years and I have not seen 1 check. My husband and I will be taking our services elsewhere.
Reviewed May 21, 2016
I am writing this review to tell you that I was denied coverage from their company because of the consumer reporting agency they contacted without my knowledge. And apparently they didn't have good things to say about me! However, Allstate said that was not the only reason I was denied. The other reasons were because of where I lived, the car make and model and where it was going to be kept. I live in a city in PA. It's not like I live in the "ghetto". And also because of the make and model of the vehicle, apparently Allstate isn't a Nissan Pathfinder fan. The last and final reason for my denial of coverage was where I was going to keep my vehicle which would have been parked on the street in front of my house! I'm sorry that being a single mother of three tweens, I live where I can afford. I like the Nissan pathfinder and I park my vehicle on the street like I'm sure millions of other people do!!
They did not want to provide me a policy. That's fine but did they have to insult me by saying about the location of my home, my choice of vehicle, and where it was going to be parked?? That was rude and I read in on of their advertisements about how they are a company with integrity. Well I can tell you what their company does not have, a dictionary. If they did they would know what the definition of integrity. The way they insulted me proves they have no clue! I wouldn't want to do business with a company like that anyway!
Reviewed May 21, 2016
When I call directly to the office and ask about my bill the lady there is rude. I will call the 1800 number to speak to one of them. I'm in the process of looking for new insurance for my home owner and car. I'm done with Allstate...
Reviewed May 20, 2016
I had Allstate insurance and had full coverage with them and I was in an accident which was not my fault but due to the cost of my medical my lawyer filed against them and they only wanted to 1000.00 to me! WHAT A JOKE!!! My medical was 40,000.00 and so that wouldn't even cover the ink!!! So now we are going into litigation with them! I will never use this fraudulent company again, also if you want to get money back because you are a good driver do not hold your breath! You must have a 1 credit to get that too! This company is so full of it!!!
Reviewed May 20, 2016
About 2 weeks ago I was rear ended by someone insured by Allstate on a hwy as I slowed down to let someone turn. He swerved JUST IN TIME to not completely nail my back end, which thank God he did bc my 6-month old was in the back on that side anyways. Cops were called, NO AMBULANCE CAME & report was filed. That day I called my insurance (Progressive) to let them know what had happened and that I was going to file claim through his insurance due to it NOT BEING MY FAULT. So a couple days goes by, I call his insurance wondering what the hell is going on and the lady basically tells me that they haven't made contact with him and that they will not proceed any farther until so.
I told her it was **. That was my ONLY CAR and I have 2 kids, I needed a rental now & that they need to get something done asap. 5 days later an adjuster comes out to my house and tells me my car is TOTALED & that he will get the info over as soon as he can. Another 4 days goes by... I call the person who is supposed to be my local agent and he says that the guy still hasn't responded to any phone calls/emails/or certified letters that have been sent. I'm sitting here thinking how the hell is it NOT ILLEGAL to NOT contact your insurance in the case of an accident right?!? WRONG.
I'm told that they have up to 30 days to contact him and if no contact can be made that I will be responsible for going after the insured. I told him that if the guy wanted to talk to them he would have done it by now. They needed to look at the police report which CLEARLY STATES he was in the wrong!! He said "Oh yeah... I'll get that and speak with my manager." That was Wednesday, it's now Friday.
I'm sitting here thinking wtf does he have insurance for if they are going to do their job. I mean seriously it shouldn't be up to me when I wasn't the one in the wrong. I'm totally pissed. This is the WORST customer service I have ever experienced and I DO NOT RECOMMEND Allstate to anyone. And if you DO get hit by an Allstate customer then your **!
Reviewed May 18, 2016
Switching to Allstate Insurance was one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made. Prior to Allstate, I was insured by Progressive. Although, Progressive a little more expensive, it is so worth it especially if you ever have an accident. I was side swiped by an ambulance driver. The ambulance driver was not paying attention and hit me on the driver's side. There was a bystander who witnessed the entire accident. I filed a claim with Allstate, and from there it was a disaster. During the entire process, I had to constantly call the claims agent to check on the progress of my claim. She did not advocate or even act like she cared to contact the ambulance to see if they were going to pay for anything. She told me two different stories about the police report. Initially, she claimed the accident was written up as no fault accident and the ambulance company just is not responding.
This claims agent told me that she will not continue to call the other entities insurance. So after I paid my deductible to have my car fixed, I thought that was the end of it. It was a no fault, my premiums will stay the same, I'll take that as a loss and move on. Well 5 months later, when it's time for a renewal, I'm informed that there's a significant increase in my premium because of this claim. So of course, the first thing I do is call the claims office. I ask to speak to a manager because it was evident that I was not happy and had problems with my claim agent. I tell the manager the situation and ask for clarification. What does she do - put me right back on the phone with the person that I was having problems with.
I ask the claims agent what happened after I paid my deductible, and explained that my insurance premium increased. Her response was they settled the claim in December and determined that I was at fault. No notification, no communication, no anything. So not only did she not advocate on my behalf, she failed to contact the witness who saw the entire accident. I asked is there anything we can do either from her end or the agent's end to amend the situation because I don't want to leave Allstate. She said no and have a good day. This is by far the worst experience I have had with an insurance company of any kind. The customer service is horrible. The auto repair company even had issues with the claim department while they were trying to finish up with my car. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone.
Reviewed May 13, 2016
I switched from Progressive to Allstate. Huge mistake. The agent representatives were rude. The customer service rep were no better. I canceled my insurance after making a premium payment. They were messy when I asked how much of my refund I would receive. Their responses were different and full of **. I have forwarded my complaint to NC Insurance Commission due to the policy of short rating vs prorating. Their hands are in your pocket. I switched back to Progressive.
Reviewed May 12, 2016
I feel that with Allstate I am not in good hands. I feel that they are committing a crime and it's all fraud with their customers. First my husband gets front swiped by a Hertz rental car. No info found and yes we are paying for this noninsured motorist with all state. Then a few weeks later I get hit while backing up from our driveway. I driven for more than 18 yrs and 6 yrs out of my driveway at my current home. A lady hits me. Backs way too far back right into my back driver side bumper. I get out of my car and I ask her "why you back up so far back?" She says "I don't know?"
Found out after she was in a rental and states she is tired. Not only was she in a rental by Enterprise Rentals she has not insured her rental. She gives me her info. I contact Allstate. They have an adjuster at the claims dept and he is playing games with everyone's claims & not stating he is the adjuster. Just that he is handling the claim for me. How does one who is swamped with claims determine one's claim? He did not ask for any pictures of accident and he was too quick on making a determination on my damage to my vehicle. I told him to fight more into my accident and he stated that it is the determination and the law of a two party driving vehicles. Backing up is 50/50 at fault. But no one is at fault. It's called liability since 2 parties did not see neither one backing up per state of CA???
How is this that my husband which was hit less than 3 weeks of me obtaining his 500 reimbursed monies cause we pay for the noncoverage motorist and to come to find out I get hit and again I have to pay 500 deductible in less than 1 month of his accident. Go figure. If this isn't fraud I hope someone in the Allstate starts singing cause I've seen fraud in many shapes and sizes. I just hope this isn't another one happening before my very own eyes.
I read all stories and Allstate is another business that needs auditing period to get all people's monies rightfully back to them. Auto insurance deductibles are not a joke and something to play with. We people of the US pay monies monthly and just to have insurances run a muck out of us all. And yes all insurances use one particular body shop right down the street. From estimating office one determines cost and body shop hikes up the pricing. To me this is not correct. I would love to see the monies in which accounting dept sits on. We all have to realize that if it's a large business there is fraud always involved. I've seen it with my very own eyes for 10+ yrs and it frightens me.
Reviewed May 12, 2016
I have been an Allstate customer for 10+ years and thankfully have never had to file a claim. I recently was involved in a hit and run accident which led me to reach out and file a claim with my Allstate insurance. An adjuster came out and soon my 2007 Toyota Camry hybrid was off to the body shop for repairs. Three weeks later my vehicle was ready for pickup.
As I pulled away from the body shop with my visually perfect car I noticed several check engine, traction, hybrid system lights on. I addressed it with the body shop. I was told that the system needed reset and I was on my way. When I approach my house 10 miles down the road all of the lights came on again. I returned the vehicle first thing the next morning. The car was transported to the Toyota dealership where a error reader disclosed that the 7th cell in the hybrid system had gone out. Allstate was then called back out to determine if this was in relation to the accident.
Allstate denies any relation to the accident and has left me with a car that is now undrivable. That was 3 weeks ago when they requested any information that could prove the relation between the impact of the collision and the battery now in not working condition. I since then have provided several documents supporting the claim and several reasons including certified hybrid mechanics validating the claim. Allstate is not happy with what I have provided and has denied any responsibility in covering this malfunctioning part of my car that was functioning perfectly fine before the accident.
As a loyal customer I feel like I have lost faith in the people who are running this company. After speaking to several managers I feel like no one is doing what's right and working hard to find the answers. Instead, I had to fight and seek out the professionals, and even still Allstate chose not to look at the facts. In the case of my denial to cover the battery in the damages I feel like the state system has deeply disappointed me. Not one person has gone above and beyond to do what's right. I pay my bill each and every month and haven't asked for anything and the first time I make a legitimate claim I am looked over. What a shame Allstate!
Reviewed May 10, 2016
I've been hit - drag by other car. I'm on the turn to the right that time on the street. My adjuster told me that he gonna help me about my claim to process. They repair our car to the shop. I mentioned it to them that fluid leaking to our car since the accident happen and they told us the allstate adjuster they are going to check everything the part of the accident. This insurance company not professional. We pay for the deductible and they told us the car is already finished and we went to the shop. We check the car. The one they put for the paint for the bumper it doesn't match and I'm trying to complain to them. They told they are going to fixed the issue to our car.
Since we brought to our car to their own shop they broke our power switch and they broke my headlight. And I complained to my adjuster Anthony ** who handles my claim. He told me that they're going to fixed the problem since their own shop messed up to our car and end up they did not fixed our car - power switch for window and the windshield tank and all the part they broke to our car we end up pay for the parts. I would not recommend Allstate.
Reviewed May 5, 2016
I am currently looking for quotes from other insurance companies and am getting quite a few quotes that are a whole lot less money per month. A few months back I was in the woods with my 4 wheel drive getting a Christmas tree slipped on a little bit of snow and put a small dent in the rear corner panel of my Chevy pickup. I did not even turn in a claim. I simply called and ask what my deductible was and when asked why I was asking for the amount of my deductible I explained to them what had happened and they inform me that Simply Having insurance was just to be covered or rather to appease the government so every month when I pay my insurance LOL it's just so that my driver's license doesn't get pulled.
Anyway they inform me that every six months there would be a surcharge if I made a claim no matter how small or large the claim ended up being. I told them that was fine that I wasn't planning on making a claim anyway. I fix the dent myself. Well it's funny my insurance went up 50% at renewal for no reason. I did not even make a claim on the insurance and it went up.
Reviewed May 4, 2016
My daughter's car was totaled by one of their clients and they only paid for a rental for 2 days after the agreed amount for the car. She hasn't even received the check for the settlement to get a car and now has no car while being pregnant and having a one year old to care for. So now she can't get to work, doctor, or store until she gets the money and finds a car. They are crooked!!
Reviewed May 4, 2016
The claims process is very poor. My home was broken into one month ago. I have already had three adjusters, with a fourth coming to my home to take pictures of the damages. I have been lied to and told multiple stories to delay the claim. For a month now, me, my husband, and my children have had to sleep on cut up mattresses, and live with cut up furniture and busted televisions. My family has cooperated with the insurance company with any and everything they have requested. I have been told twice that a payment would be issued to resolve the damages, but each time was a lie. Now after contacting corporate offices, my agent, claims management, the claims owner and investigator, I am told it is just a process that they don't have to resolve within any certain amount of time.
My premiums are automatically deducted from my checking account each month, but Allstate thinks they can conduct business in this manner regarding claims. This I believe is "Bad Faith" and the insurance company does not care. I only had money taken during the robbery, the rest of the damage was vandalism, with photo documentation for everything. Please beware of this insurance company, they do not treat their customers fair.
Reviewed May 3, 2016
Please stay away from them! I was getting quotes from different companies and AllState gave me the best rate. So, I chose them and paid my insurance in full. After a few weeks, they raised the rate out of nowhere. I contacted them several times but they didn't provide me any reason for this increase. I'll never ever either purchase from them or recommend them to anyone! Please stay away!
Reviewed May 2, 2016
This company is crooked. I have been a customer of theirs for at least 3 plus years, it may even be 5 not sure, but I had my policy cancelled due to a 28.17 charge that generated due to a billing issue from a hold on a check that caused me to open another bank account. My payment did not go through and then they took the payment out of new account which generated a 25.00 check fee. I received an email that they would take this fee out with payment they took the payment out but actually did not take fee out. They generated it as a bill in the amount of 28.17 which nobody can really explain the additional 3.17 but regardless it was generated the day after they took payment. This fee was apparently due on 4/6/16 and I was not notified of this bill so I had no idea I owed this until I called in our accident that occurred on 4/15/16 to find out my policy was cancelled.
My agent said it would be no problem to get reinstated as well as the lady whom took my claim but both of them were wrong as I called but they would not reinstate after quite a long hold in which I am positive they seen the claim and figured this was sure fire way to not cover the accident. I was then contacted by my agent letting me know that the reason they couldn't reinstate was because I was not a policy holder for over ten years or holding multiple policies. Although I know for a fact that this is not true as I have had it confirmed by quite a few people that they got reinstated and had not been a long outstanding customer and they did not have multiple policies. I also have a statement backing this by someone whom is a employee of Allstate as well.
HORRIBLE COMPANY AND I RECOMMEND NOBODY DOING BUSINESS WITH ALLSTATE. If you do happen to do business please check your accounts daily to ensure you don't have anything shady go on with this company. I think I have figured out why they have so many multiple different names such as Allstate Northbrook Indemnity as well as a bunch more this one just happens to be the one I had.
Reviewed April 29, 2016
I moved my auto and home policy to Allstate (Matthews, NC office) a couple of years ago and never had a claim until now. Of course things are fine when you don't make a claim right?!? My daughter had a tree fall on her car while it was parked, obviously no fault of hers. We found out there was no rental car coverage first of all when it should have been included in the policy to begin with as it's pretty standard. It took forever for them to come out and look at the car at the body shop and Allstate apparently ordered the wrong parts so that made the process even longer.
The whole process took about 3 weeks and meanwhile we had to pay for the rental ourselves! It was about $3,500 of body damage with a 3-week process that should not have taken that long and I had to pay for rental car I never should have if the policy was done correctly to begin with. I am definitely moving both my auto and homeowner's to another insurance company based on this bad experience. I have three cars that are insured along with my home so it's their loss!
Reviewed April 27, 2016
A young man backed into my car in the parking lot of my workplace. My car was damaged by a driver who was insured by Allstate Insurance. I called Allstate and put in a claim. They confirmed the accident with their insured and told me I could take my car back to my dealer for repair. I asked to take it to my dealer instead of their recommended repair center. I only had 10,000 miles on the car and preferred my dealer to restore my vehicle to like new. The Allstate claims rep (Cheryl **) provided me with a rental confirmation number at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. I took my car in for repair and received the rental car. I was not told how long I could keep the car by either Allstate or Enterprise. Neither company (Allstate or Enterprise) informed me of any limitations for the rental.
Due to delay in Allstate sending a claims adjuster to Ford to view the damage and delays in communication and cooperation between Allstate and the Ford repair shop, my car was in the shop over a month. I was advised by Enterprise 6 weeks into the rental, that Allstate was refusing to pay the rental fee beyond 2 weeks. Enterprise told me that I'd be responsible for the remaining 4 weeks. I was never told there was any limits until now. Obviously, if I knew there was a 2-week limit, I'd have turned in the car after 2 weeks and made other arrangements. I'm assuming there is no documented policy between Enterprise & Allstate regarding rental limitations. If there was one, shouldn't the consumer be made aware of it up front? Enterprise can't get Allstate to pay the rental fee so now they're trying to collect from me.
While I had the car, I hit a rock on the freeway and did minor damage. I disclosed this and asked my insurance provider (GEICO) how to handle it. GEICO had me pay a $500 deductible to Enterprise which I did by money order. Enterprise has now sent me 2 notices saying I owe them $611.14 for the rental fee that Allstate refuses to pay. I contacted Allstate to see if they would take care of their responsiblity to the rental car company. They said they would contact Ford on my behalf to see if they could pay for the rental since their delays in repairing my vehicle was the cause.
The person reviewing my claim (Janae, didn't get her last name) said she'd call me back the next day. That was a week ago. Since then, Enterprise's Accounts Receivable has sent me another bill for $611.14. I'm not at fault here and I don't want to pay for this. However, I'm worried they may report me to a credit bureau and damage my credit. Please advise on how I should handle this. Thank you.
Reviewed April 25, 2016
I insured my car with Allstate through Stacy Kagan Agency in Coral Springs Florida effective September 30 2015. Last week I decided to switch to another insurer effective April 21 2016. I called Allstate to let them know that I was cancelling the policy effective April 21. They informed me that I had to do so in writing. I filled out the form that was provided to me by the new insurer and dropped it off at Allstate that evening (it was after business hours, so I placed it under the door).
Since I heard nothing from Allstate, I called today to find out if they did receive the cancellation request and was told that it could not be processed until I provide proof of insurance with the new carrier. I enquired as to why this was necessary and got the answer that I could cancel on April 21 with no insurance and then have a claim on April 23, so they are trying to avoid fraud. Huh? If the policy is not in effect on April 23, Allstate is obviously not liable, so I do not understand that response.
I just looked at the cancellation terms in my policy and nowhere does it state that proof of insurance with the new carrier must be provided. I suspect that they want to compile statistics about which competitors they are losing business to, but this is certainly not the way to go about doing it. A couple of my friends have had good experiences with Allstate and state that it's all about the agency that you use. So I have not given up on Allstate but I certainly would not use this particular agency again.
Reviewed April 25, 2016
While residing in SoCal, my auto was struck from behind while parked (I was not in or around the vehicle) and ultimately was proclaimed unrepairable. The at fault Insurance company paid the claim but when Allstate reported the claim to LEXISNEXIS (the CLUE database) the information was documented as an at fault accident with me as the operator. I became aware of the extreme error while shopping for a new insurance carrier. I asked Allstate to send corrected information to LEXISNEXIS so the CLUE database would be corrected. They have refused and have placed the burden of making the correction on me!! They indicate its my problem to solve. I have spoken with several insurance companies and they say it is Allstate's responsibility. I have reported Allstate to the California Insurance Commissioners office.
Reviewed April 25, 2016
An ALLSTATE customer hit my vehicle, blatantly backed into my vehicle (you would think Allstate would automatically claim liability, WRONG). They tried to say that they didn't have enough information from all parties and tried to not fix my car! My claim adjusters name is Willam ** and he is the worst! He told my other passenger that was in the car when the accident happen (which was noted in my claim report that I made the 2 minutes after the accident) that she would receive a $500 check for compensation of the accident.
Now he is saying she will not get it because the woman who hit me has lied and said that I didn't have any passengers even after Allstate has called my passenger numerous times to assure that she was really in the car. After I even tried to contact William **'s Manager Allison **, but of course she was out of the office for 2days and the day she was suppose to return she was "out of the office" again. I had to get a random customer support agent to email her regarding my claim and my claim adjuster and all of the issues I was having, even after leaving contact information for her I have yet to hear back from Allison **. All cars are "monitored for quality training purposes" so I'm not sure why ALLSTATE is giving me and my passenger the runaround.
This is terrible customer service, the communication is horrible and the fact that ALLSTATE makes promise that they, in turn, do not keep is a bad representation of the company and everything that it stands for! Honestly, I thought about switching my insurance recently and I thought for sure I would be switching to ALLSTATE, I was sadly mistaken! ALLSTATE would never get a penny from me and I feel bad for all its customers...
Reviewed April 24, 2016
I am not a customer of Allstate, but a person who has to deal with them in result of the person at fault for rear-ending my vehicle. Was told initially I would get a comparable vehicle, only to book the rental and be told that I would only be receiving a standard size, I drive a SUV. When I called and spoke to their customer service about this, they were rude, repetitive in saying they were unable to help me with this situation. One lady was helpful in trying to get me into a minivan, but that is still inconveniencing me as it's not a sports utility vehicle. Worst insurance company I have ever had to deal with! Turned what was at first an easy going experience with reporting my claim into a nightmare. So thankful I have and will never use them for my insurance needs!!!
Reviewed April 23, 2016
I am very dissatisfied with my experience through Allstate. I would've never known we were being ** on our policy if it weren't for family and friend letting us know we were paying $300 more a month than ANY other company. Our monthly rate was $501 with $543 down with full coverage and roadside assistance on 2 trucks with no violations or wrecks ever. Everywhere else it was $200 (average). When I first called to get a quote, they were not helpful at all and did a very poor job explaining. When I called to see why they were charging us so much, the gentleman was rude and couldn't explain why our rate was so high.
We IMMEDIATELY got off the phone and called The General and a previous insurance company we went with. They were both way more professional and explained everything in detail plus gave us a very accurate quote. We decided to go with The General as of today and are canceling our policy through Allstate! I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY!
Reviewed April 21, 2016
Allstate has disappointed me beyond belief. I was hit by a young girl passing me over a double yellow line in a parking lot causing much damage and grief. Joe, my adjuster did little to help and even accused some of the damage done to be from previous damage and regular wear & tear. I about flipped my **. He was not there to help me. He was not there to tell me that everything will be okay. He did not tell me that my van will be back the way it was before. He ** did less than the minimum. It is because of him that Allstate is losing a 4 car policy. Allstate, you're NOT in good hands.
Reviewed April 19, 2016
On March 16th 2016, We were involved in a crash by some idiotic driver. We watched this young man slip in between cars recklessly and cut recklessly from lane to lane for about 10 miles before the accident. To be cautious we kept our distance. There were only 2 lanes of traffic flowing on the interstate heading south bound on 95 towards Bangor. We were just about to pass by the Hogan Rd exit in Bangor - at this point I was traveling in the Left lane, traffic was slowing down in the right lane due to cars exiting off the interstate at the Hogan rd exit. At this point there wasn't much I could do.
I tried to keep my distance as best I could from this driver who we had been watching from 10+ miles before this. But where I was traveling in the left lane because I wasn't getting off for another 5 or so exits. This driver now ended up being right next to me. At this point I caught out of the corner of my eye - this driver drastically cut his wheel and came right at us. I moved over as much as I could without drastically my own wheel and causing my vehicle to flip going down into the embankment towards trees. This driver still after cutting this hard and us being right next to us slammed into us pushing us down the hill. And flung himself over the other two lanes in ended up in the break down lane on the other side of the interstate.
I called 911 immediately. Luckily no one was hurt. When state troopers showed up, they took all our information and called for a tow truck to remove my vehicle because it looked to be totaled. After standing in the drizzling rain for almost 45 mins after the crash while waiting for them to do the reports, we were driven by the tow company to their lot. From there we walked to the Allstate insurance which happened to be around the corner from our current location. (Allstate was the other drivers insurance company.)
They then told me in the office that they do not handle claims there in their office and that we had to call the 800 number they gave us. So now we were stranded in Bangor me with no vehicle, it was wet/damp and cold out. We ended up having to walk 2 miles to the nearest Dunkin Donuts to be at an easier location for our family member to locate us at. This family member drove 80+ miles to come get us being that we are both from Millinocket Me.
By the time we arrived home I called Insurance company again. They told me that there was a claim already set up from the other driver. They then took my statement and information and told me that they could not issue a rental car until the established full liability and the other drivers story needed to match - otherwise they would need to get state troopers report. So I had to then wait until the next day. I had heard nothing. I called the agent conducting this claim 3 times while at work on all my breaks and lunch and received nothing.
Finally I received a response, he said he had the paperwork right here and that they would be paying for a rental vehicle for me and setting up agent to go out and assess the damage to my car which was still sitting in the Bangor tow lot. The agent from Allstate gave me a reservation # and told me to call Enterprise and they should set me up and even deliver the car to me. But of course when I called they would not drive the car to me because I was outside 50 miles of their nearest location!! I then only had the option to once again find someone to drive me Bangor Me again to pick up a vehicle.
I get to Bangor Me after being told everything was all set and that the reservation # was all I needed. I get all the way out to Bangor at about 5:58 pm which was 2 minutes before losing time and they tell me the reservation was not finished and followed through so I would have pay $250 to take the rental that day and then it would be returned when the car was returned. Luckily the agent at Enterprise was kind enough to go through the trouble to call and get confirmation so the fee would be waived.
I finally get the vehicle and had to waste gas in this vehicle which I am paying for just to get back to my home town. Allstate only was going to give me 5 days with the rental. Because they were going by what the state requires them to do. They totaled our car and offered us an extremely low evaluation for the value of our car. The vehicle was given deductions for damage that was done by the accident. They rated us on the cleanliness of the vehicle on the inside which was a total disaster because the crash. We were out shopping and had been traveling for doctor's appointments so all our belongings were tossed around the vehicle. Drinks knocked over etc. They came up with the value of our car only using out of state vehicles that matched nothing from our state we actually lived in.
So they basically said, "We can find your same vehicle, similar mileage and condition for this price in up to 2 states away from you so we will give you this much for the vehicle." When we did the research and told them we couldn't find anything close to that for that price near us they said they only had to pay us the value of the car based on the same vehicle we can find. We had had literally 4 days before the accident, 4 brand new tires, oil change and new battery put in this vehicle. They only gave us about $80 back for these new parts. I had receipts for everything to prove all this as well. I paid almost $400 for all this work.
The adjuster originally told me I could only get a portion back for the tires that I couldn't add the battery, he ignored my email with the copy of the receipt for it and never attached to my file. So when I questioned the next agent I talked to I had to resend the receipt to her because the adjuster didn't do his job and add this which I literally got $10 for. Absolutely ridiculous that I would not get reimbursed more for these new parts and work.
They again were going only allow me to use the rental car for 5 days until I fought with them about how I had to travel too far to pick up and return the vehicle and didn't even received the vehicle until late that next night. They extended the rental for a few more days. We didn't receive the settlement check until Monday 3/28/16 and had to return the car Tuesday 3/29/16. But little did we know the bank wanted to hold the check for 2 days due to them having issue with insurance claims going through. I then called back Allstate extremely upset because I now had to cancel my appointment to go test drive a vehicle because I would not have the rental to go do so and no cash to purchase. They said there was nothing they could do about this and the rental was given long enough and needed to be returned. This left us stranded with me walking to work in the snow and rain for days.
Throughout all this experience they were very unhelpful. I was told several different answers for everything from each person I had contacted. Each and every single time I had to call all hours of the day and waited days for contact back. They never once called me back in a timely fashion. They never once answered their phone without going to voice mail each and every single time I called. I had to chase them down the entire time and still never got the help I needed. They completely ignored the fact and did not care at all that their registered covered driver totaled my car, turned my life upside down and I was left stranded - he was able to drive away.
I absolutely would never recommend using Allstate for anything!!! They only care about keeping money in their pockets and would rather that other drive to be able to go back out on the road and destroy other peoples lives. Absolutely ridiculous. I will continue to spread the word about this company and their terrible customer service.
Reviewed April 19, 2016
Over the years I have had to deal with this company as a customer or a claimant. AS a claimant, they do the best to screw you out of your car. Presently the following two policies are in place for companies like this one. 1- we run video dash cam units, 2- their customer hits us, we go straight to an attorney. I will never deal with these people personally again. Guess their rates are going up because more people have adopted that policy. SUE FIRST, ask questions later. Don't forget your proof! Hey insurance companies, take note. People do black list. Allstate is not the only one on that list of mine. I only have two I will go back to at this point. Progressive and AAA. Yet I still shop around.
Reviewed April 5, 2016
When I was ending the relationship between Allstate Auto Insurance and my mother, who had Alzheimer's and was no longer even driving, having given away her car, they were NOT nice. I called and spoke to Victor who switched me over to Angel. Angel was a witch to me. Then I got switched to Denise who hung up on me! Really, if they want anyone to use them in the future, they ought not to hire such nasty people to speak to the public. Handling all of my mother's affairs was enough of a headache without Allstate's bad attitudes.
Reviewed April 2, 2016
Was T-Boned and my car completely totaled on appr. 8/14/2015. Been going for medical care since. Faxed Bills. Allstate has done every dirty trick in the book NOT to pay OR continuously stall... Had to make formal complaint w/ Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak to get resolve. Medical is continuing and Allstate does NOT care for me one bit. RUN! Don't do business with this WORTHLESS EXCUSE for company.
Reviewed March 30, 2016
I canceled my policy with Allstate due to them adding a stranger on to my policy. Then come to find out that Christina ** and David ** withdrew a large amount of money, 4 months later, from my savings account after I told them that I wanted to cancel. Now customer service is giving me the runaround about getting my money back! If anyone is to take money from my account without my permission and authorization it is considered theft; that is exactly what Christian ** and David ** did! The fact that Allstate policy agrees with their behavior is very disappointing. After canceling with any insurance company, personal information should not be available to money hungry representatives (Christina ** and David **) who don't care to take advantage of previous members.
Reviewed March 30, 2016
Allstate is the worse insurance company that I have ever had. They lie a lot. I was with them for a year and in that time I got into 3 car accidents where people crashed into the back of my car. And one of those accidents, it was a serious accident. They paid for my hospital visit but not for doctor's visit or any type of medical services. They always transfer you to the wrong department and it takes awhile to get to the right department. It's annoying and it shows that this company is not well organized.
Reviewed March 30, 2016
I had Allstate car insurance for 16 years without making a claim. I was rear ended, clearly not my fault, got all the necessary information and made a police report. I made a claim and never heard back. I called after a month and they had the nerve to tell me whoever took the claim didn't log in any of the other driver's info (oops, sorry!), may they have it all again? Sure, gave it all to them again. Followed up again, oops, looks like no one followed up with the insurance company, but they said they will get right on it. Thanks for the reminder!
I followed up again, it's now months later, they look into it and they realized they received a letter that the other insurer cancelled their policy, they need to go after him personally, but they haven't yet, not sure why. They again apologize and thank me again for calling them to remind them to send this to collections. Basically if you don't harass them they do absolutely nothing. They are a complete joke of a company. Please save yourself the time and energy they require and give your money to another company!
Reviewed March 28, 2016
I can not believe these insurance companies, they just keep going up. My credit score is way up there, my driving record is great, but yet they need more money from me, a disabled man on a fixed income and the government doesn't care what goes up. You want, you pay. My car insurance went up $65.75 for 6 months last year, my home went up $154 last year but yet I don't get a COLA from my disability. My home tax's goes up every year. Where is this money going to come from? Guess I can be one of them free crap people Obama likes to give things to but wasn't raised that way.
Reviewed March 28, 2016
I am an Allstate customer. I was hit by a drunk driver and my Honda Accord was totaled. I had the choice to either file claim through my insurance or drunk driver's insurance. I decided to file claim through my insurance and then go after my deductible. Allstate didn't know where my car was towed to. Communication was pretty weak. I ended up paying extra days (from my own pocket) for rental car. The check that Allstate provided me was $1-2k lower than I should have gotten. I couldn't even purchase the same used car back. I had to buy a Honda Civic a lower model. Thanks drunk driver. Thanks Allstate.
Reviewed March 25, 2016
March 18th I went to Allstate's website. Received a quote and gave all my information. I set the effective date to be effective on March 18th. I made a payment online and received a confirmation number link that wouldn't open but the website said my payment was complete and that my agent was in St. Helens, Oregon. Shortly after making a payment, an Allstate representative who was laughing so hard I could barely understand her called and asked about my quote, I told her I paid online and she said "oh, I see it here. I'm sending your information to your agent and you will hear from him". I said "ok, thank you".
On March 22 I was in a rear end accident, so I called Allstate and they have no record of me anywhere in their system. I called the next day to figure out how why, and they sent me to their supervisor then their "trouble team" which all say they have no record of anything. I feel like by clicking on their website I gave my social security number, credit card information and everything to possibly a scam and they weren't willing to work with me on anything. If Allstate themselves hadn't called to tell me that my payment had went through, I would have never driven my car without insurance. I feel scared and scammed out of all my information and they didn't seem to care at all.
Reviewed March 17, 2016
Only complaint I had was that they weren't able to cover a retaining wall in my backyard since it wasn't part of my structure, but that was my fault for not reading policies. On the bright side, I've got an excuse to build a hobbit home in my backyard hill now.
Reviewed March 11, 2016
I spoke to a representative named Gal on March 2nd for my refund of $391.82 that they took from my account after I cancelled the insurance. The representatives CLEARLY told me that my husband and I were getting the $391.82 within 24 to 48 hours. It's been over a week and I call today on March 11th to find out what's going on and now they're telling me they cannot process my request for whatever reason.
I am PISSED because the last representative told me exactly $391.82 is what we're getting back which made my account overdraft $40 because of this unexpected withdrawal. I spoke to a manager and still no help. There are records of my call with the representative, Gal CLEARLY stating we were getting $391.82 and that is all I want back!!! This is how you guys get sued for false information!!! Worst customer service ever. Never going back to Allstate again. I will tell everyone also!!! Thank you for nothing Allstate.
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