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67,451
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Since 2012
Overall Rating
4.16 out of 5
Overall Rating 4.16 out of 5
1,403 Reviews Since 2012
Customer Reviews for John Hancock Insurance Agency, Inc.
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1. Called to make a claim for canceled flight and we received claim confirmation number that we later found out did not exist. Never received an email that we were told we would receive.
2. Later during the same trip we flew and got stuck in Houston (after a 3 1/2 hour delay) because of a missed connecting flight we called again and waited for hours never getting anyone to answer the phone.
3. Called back multiple times after waiting for hours on hold. Finally talk to someone who told us our first claim numbers did not exist and gave us another claim number and promised more confirmation emails.
4. One week later when we made it home we called again because we never received any correspondence with our new claim numbers. We found out that our second claim numbers did not exist either. We had to re-tell our horrible travel experience for a third time to another operator. This one was finally helpful and we received new claim numbers and correspondence that we submitted a claim.
5. We received a confirmation email that said: "Please allow 7-10 business days for the completion of this review." After the 10 business days we called again to find out about our claim and now they are saying it won't be until mid February that we will hear back about our claim. This operator wanted us to tell him him the whole story for a fourth time. We told him there is no way we are doing this again and hung up with him. He was not helpful at all.
This has been the worst possible experience with an insurance company that I have ever had to deal with.
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29 out of 29 people found this review helpful
Rating 1 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
January 20, 2023
VP from MA
Verified Squaremouth Customer
I have no resolution after over two months. I was never notified when the last "update" was made to the online portal. Also, the portal generally does not reflect current status of the review process not does it provide a phone number for actually communication. No human will return my calls. Every time I phone a general number, I am given a different agent's name and phone number, none of whom ever return my call. I am VERY disappointed in this company.
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Rating 5 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
January 16, 2023
William from UT
Verified Squaremouth Customer
Claim is in process. Would like better and more frequent communication as to the status of the claim.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Rating 5 out of 5
Policy:
Gold
Review Received:
January 13, 2023
Darren from WA
Verified Squaremouth Customer
We have a claim for delayed and lost baggage and will let you know how it is all worked out.
It has yet to be resolved and we still haven't received one of our bags from our Dec 16, 2022 trip
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4 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Rating 2 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
January 12, 2023
Linda from SC
Verified Squaremouth Customer
The communication was lacking during the process. It also took way too long and I had to submit materials multiple times. Lastly, the amount paid was less than I had hoped to get.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Rating 4 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
January 10, 2023
Sarah from VA
Verified Squaremouth Customer
My luggage has been lost and I called to get information on what coverage my policy offered. The customer service person was unable to tell me but said somebody would call me to explain. It has been weeks and I have not received my luggage and I am still waiting for a call back to explain the process.
Review Updated: 02/21/2023
The loss of my bag was still a loss regardless off whether it was on the way there or back. I still have no bag and the items in it. I really don’t understand why I don’t have any coverage on replacing them because I was returning home when they were lost. I still lost my expensive bag and contents.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Rating 4 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
January 4, 2023
Cynthia from FL
Verified Squaremouth Customer
I called them to notify that our trip was cancelled. They provided me with a Ref # and sent details on how to apply for a claim.
Working on that currently so hoping all will go well without issue and they will stand behind the policy.
Cindy Hall
Review Updated: 02/01/2023
Ultimately, our claim was processed and reimbursement made in full. They were behind on the estimated timing provided for responses. I followed up 3 times to check status which seemed to escalate the processing a bit. When I called the customer service number I did reach a helpful agent. But didn’t actually speak with the person processing our claim. Still customer service sent a message inquiring for a status for us.
Their website was not as user friendly as I would suspect. You could only upload one page as a pdf. We had to separate and scan two page documents to upload. For some reason my husband and I had two separate policy numbers instead of one (typical of our other insurance policies for travel) and we had to upload all documents twice. It seemed like they asked for a large number of documents.
As a comparison to companies, my daughter was taking the same vacation as us which was cancelled due to weather shutting down the airport. She filed her claim with a different insurance firm and received approval 4 days later. We filed ours and followed up after two weeks to initiate a review of our documents and another 7-10 days to get approval. Still bottom line - they paid us in full. Glad we had travel insurance and very pleased with using Squaremouth for our selection and management.
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Rating 3 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
December 30, 2022
John from PA
Verified Squaremouth Customer
OAT required me to buy insurance for Antarctica trip, and I did so. It was rather expensive regardless of the company. Your price seemed to be in the middle. I was satisfied with your customer service.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Rating 5 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
December 28, 2022
Maribel from CA
Verified Squaremouth Customer
Was nice but the police but muy claim is delayed. They do not offer much information on the claim process.
Review Updated: 01/25/2023
I’m very happy with the process for my claim. It’s a bit long but is very sure. The agents are very friendly and professional. In my next travel I will take again this Insurance, Thanks Squaremounth
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Rating 3 out of 5
Policy:
Silver
Review Received:
December 27, 2022
rjversion from CO
Verified Squaremouth Customer
On December 1 I called John Hancock from Argentina to get assistance for my travelling companions, whose plane was delayed and then diverted and then cancelled. The agent who answered did not offer any assistance, and actually hung up on me, without calling me back.
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful