General Accident Reviews

3.0 Rating 580 Reviews
49 %
of reviewers recommend General Accident
3.0
Based on 580 reviews
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Stay away from them. They will charge you money and after a while, they will say you are not qualify for their coverage. I had already declare all my modifications before I paid the money. They had accepted and charged me deposit. Then after a while, they suddenly ask me everything again and tell me that they will not accept my car. And they also not gonna give me my money back, which I had paid already.
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Posted 1 year ago
Very easy to use, great company
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Posted 1 year ago
Great price, saved me £100
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Posted 1 year ago
Our car was damaged by a General Accident policy holder pulling out of a side street and hitting us. After more than 10 weeks my insurance have not had any communication from General Accident either confirming or denying liability. My insurers have doubled my policy premium until liability has been established. This is shocking service from General Accident. I will never use them! I would love them to respond to me thru the email I have give them!
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Posted 1 year ago
Over 6 months and I'm still waiting for my car to be fixed!! I have had no communication from anyone regards to the accident/claim I've had to do their Job for them and have spend hours of my time sitting around phoning people and chasing up what is happening with my car to be told it will get done when it gets done. After last speaking to them in July chasing things up I rang Friday to be called a liar about phone calls and that the garage had tried to contact me several times to book my car and only once did they try which I answered but no one on the other end of the phone after 3 minutes. And now they have switched where my car is getting repaired so now I'm back at square 1 and have no idea where I stand and when I'm car is going in and it's 26 weeks since someone crashed into my car. This company and vizion are a joke and are quite fond of putting the phone down on you when you've waited on the phone for over 30 mins! Don't go with them.
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Posted 1 year ago
No loyalty to me after two years with them. Given a renewal price of £414 after last years £324 ??? Then with one week to the end of their policy they came up with £363 !!!! Unacceptable sharp practice from a previously top rated company !!!
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Posted 1 year ago
This has got to be the worst company I have ever used .. avoid this company
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Posted 1 year ago
I wound advice not to choose this company. As I paid big money for the incurrence.After I had an accident and company write off my car as it was cat N. Promised to pay £3000-£250 aces fee. But they paid only £1850 no even provide any document .
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Posted 2 years ago
Very helpful & easy to take on car insurance instantly
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Posted 2 years ago
Worst company I have ever dealt with
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Posted 2 years ago
Two weeks ago I contacted General Accident registering a glass claim for a shattered car window. I was told to speak to Auto windscreens which I did. They informed me that they were unable to get the window. I contacted General Accident and informed them of this. I was told to call national Windscreens and Autoglass. I called national Windscreens and was informed that they could not get the window either. I called auto Glass but they said that they do not deal with General Accident. I called General Accident back again and was told to resource the window myself. Despite a huge amount of time searching I have been unable to resource a window. I contacted General Accident and explained this and that they should be sorting this out and not myself as thats why I pay insurance. I was informed that an engineer at General Accident had been spoken to and agreed and that this would now be escalated. A few days later I received a text from Auto Windscreens stating that they were unable to help as they could not resource a window. I already knew this !!!. I again called General accident and went through all this again (With a very helpful young lady) who said that this had now been escalated to the top level, whatever that might mean. I again called General Accident and was informed that there is no record of the claim as its a glass claim and this was with the escalation department. i asked for their number but have been told that its not possible to speak to anyone. I have now had an insecure car on the driveway with a broken window for two weeks with water pouring in when it rains. (Unfoirtunalety due to being a cabriolet its difficult to make a seal and the car is used daily) Coincidentally I've had an auto renewal come through with a contact number thereon. when I call the number it asks for my policy number. When I put this in it says that the policy number isnt recognised. I registered an online complaint but still haven't heard anything back. General Accident really are a joke and avoid at all cost !!!!
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Posted 2 years ago
Tried to pay, on various occasions through Amazon Pay, without success. Kept getting emails saying not paid. Tried to contact General Accident on various occasions. No joy! No phone number. No address to forward any payment. Insurance was good price. Disappointed!
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Posted 2 years ago
I tried to ensure my new car carrying on from the old policy to a new one. Simple action you might think having been told to call back. Previous policy due to expire very soon in May. Advisors in Customer Service had no idea how to insure under a new registration plate even after doing a search with the specific make and model details I'd provided. (Checked details with a well-known car dealership on the phone twice to ensure accuracy). Took two phone calls with both advisors at GA, having to go off the line to find out what to do next. In the end I was told they could not insure my new car but prior to this they found the wrong make and model so I could have ended up with void insurance due to incompetent staff imputting incorrect details into their computer system regarding my new vehicle!!! I got so frustrated with the lack of help and knowledge, I simply gave up and have take my business elsewhere now. Funny, as the new insurance company I'm using found the details easily through a search on their systems so why couldn't GA do the same? Mind boggling! There is no means for being able to complain either on your personal account site. This says it all really, they don't like feedback at all and therefore never learn from their mistakes by listening. Personally, it was a case of either lazy staff, a lack of knowledge with not enough training provided or simply GA do not like to insure new vehicles as it costs more to replace if there is an accident? Also when I had a previous accident, my policy covered a curtesy car for me which I never got but GA were still charging me this. Poor service all round, won't be returning to them unless they do better. An easy task of transferring over a policy from one car to another was a complete and utter disgraceful nightmare today and a far too larger job for their call centre to deal with. Little point in them existing then if they can't carry out a simple policy change? Will lose mountains of business and profits if they treat customers like I have been. A very frustrated customer soon to be gone for good from GA who are incompetent! Do they care, the answer is nope! Never hear anything back. Awful situation and spoilt me getting a new car I worked hard for. Steer clear is my best advice to anyone thinking of becoming customer of theirs. Not worth the agro and stress caused.
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Posted 2 years ago
General Accident insurance provided my daughter, a young driver with the best cover at the cheapest price. They made the process so easy.
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Posted 2 years ago
Saved £175.00 by changing to this company.. also got extra benefits at no extra cost. Which I would have to pay for with my existing company this will end in June.
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Posted 2 years ago
New to this company
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Posted 2 years ago
They renewed my policy with out checking with me with no discount stuck in paying for another 6 months you cannot get hold of them with your policy number either seems like a scam can’t wait to finish paying and change provider
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Posted 2 years ago
I am in the process of making a claim for repair to my vehicle which was straightforward until you have a query. Like can I get the tyre repaired locally. I was unable to speak to any one except 'live chat, to a call centre far away who were unable to help or make any decisions. Further the only repair garage offered was 1 hr away. I cannot believe in a large city like Bristol you havent got appointed repairers. They say you never know how good a car insurance company is until you make a claim. I will not be renewing this policy. Oh and I have just heard from The garage that they cannot repair the vehicle until 5th May the incident happened on the 26th March 6 weeks!
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Posted 2 years ago
Contacted them to change my insurance for the vehicle purchased in readiness for 1/3/2002 .The reply was not possible as the BMW model is not listed on our system.This made me drop GA and look for another insurer.Very pleased to find Admiral pleasant people with a competitive price
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Posted 2 years ago
Received an email informing me that this company was not inviting me to renew my car insurance. No explanation given. Could not speak to a real person. Eventually discovered the reason was my age, I'm 81! This smacks of age discrimination. In 65 years of motoring (cars and bikes), this is one of the worst insurance companies I have ever dealt with. If I could have given zero marks I would have done so. Customer service with this rabble is a joke.
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Posted 2 years ago
General Accident is rated 3.0 based on 580 reviews