“John Lewis phone insurance, not worth the paper its written. Phone had a crack on the rear which was done over a year ago (2020) but did not claim. Then the facial recognition stopped working Sept 2021 and made claim. They would not fix due to the crack even thought this is their actual wording on the response
"we appreciate that there seems to be no link between the identified damage and the fault that you are experiencing"
Will do anything to get out of a claim. I'll be filling out a small claims court report as they have stated this in their email.
Keep away do not waste your time or money.”
“Sexualizing children is abuse and destructive. Shame on you. Are you also a pedophile? Repent why you still have time. Judgement day will not be rigged! Jesus is King!”
“How dare you dress a little boy as a girl for your commercial and have him dance around. That's child abuse and I'd never consider using your company after seeing that.”
“Very hard to get claims through. They´ll always come up with small print to not give you a penny. Wouldn´t recommend this company event to my worst enemy.”
“Terrible - clearly another high street Brand trying to do something they do in shop well but making a complete hash of Home Insurance. Had a leak that emergency Plumber could not find (seemed too busy worrying about where he would find fuel for Van). Spent 2 hours looking in areas miles away from leak. Had no hot water for 2 weeks as drained heating and tanks. Comes back out to fix leak by now which had stopped but still could not find it (this is after I have had to pay for a Trace & Access). Leak has stopped but had no contact or response back for repairs to ceiling or bathroom flooring...or the bill for Trace & Access.”
“Posted before. Now in October. Direct debits a mess. Even they say it’s broken. Payment not taken August, made manual payment, they applied to September, then put 2 defaults on credit file, 20plus phone calls. New policy started 1st November, however another letter on same day saying they were taking payments for March to October although I had already paid.. prior to this assurance from advisor and email to say no payments would be taken prior to Nov and they would call me. 8th October 3 direct debits attempted from my account. Apparently accounts dept don’t talk to customers. Appalling. I thought Direct debits should legally inform of upcoming payments. Avoid”
“These people don't deserve 1 star, they are the most useless, incompetent lying waste of space and will try anything to get out of paying your claim even implying its a fraudulent claim with no evidence whatsoever that it is, absolute scam company never never deal with them.”
“A water pipe at mains pressure under our house leaked (an escape of water) and came light in January 2020. The water had spread under the floor of the entire ground floor. Since the discovery everything has gone wrong with the dealing of the claim by the Insurers who supply the John Lewis Insurance (Covea). We were lied to by Covea staff and the Loss Adjuster (in recorded telephone conversations) on several occasions. We were initially stuck in a house with no mains water for nearly a week, flushing the toilet with a bucket of rainwater. More importantly we were lied to regarding the availability of "Alternative Accommodation", then to add insult to injury Covea and the Loss Adjuster accepted the Contractor with the Lowest Tender price for the works; despite my stating that I did not wish that Contractor in our house. The result is, well I can not tell you because after nearly two years our house is still a building site, our possessions and downstairs furniture is still in storage, the "new" floor in the Lounge, Dining Room has been laid incorrectly and is to be removed and replaced. "Quality Insurance" I think not. We have had to spend hundreds of hours of OUR time trying to get things sorted out. Do not believe the false allegation in the advert about a "Stress Free Claims Process".”
“Requested a quote for home insurance having been a previous home insurance customer but they declined to quote with no reason given. I have no history of claims and live in a standard brick built property with a perfect credit record.
I telephoned them to ask why it was declined but was told that it was just a general statement and that the reason could not be provided. It seems that John Lewis do not want to keep their customers. I think it is not helping the John Lewis brand by continuing with their existing insurance underwriter. It certainly is colouring my view of John Lewis as a quality brand that cares for its customers especially when I read the issues that other customers have had.”
“12 years no claims, no points or convictions, and low milage user. John Lewis refused to offer me quote for car insurance, I guess they are doing that well that they dont want our business, so will return the favour and make sure we don't spend another penny with JL.”
“If I could give a -1 rating I would. Dealing with John Lewis for our wedding insurance has been horrific, I am on my 3rd complaint and will definitely be escalating this to the Financial Ombudsman this time as you cannot treat people like this. Numerous times I have been told apparently incorrect information resulting in them telling my claim is successful, taking my bank details for payment and then calling me back to say they have made an error and a new policy pops up which means it is now unsuccessful. Who works like that?! Claims have gone on for months, I have emails, recorded calls explaining all is covered, confirming the full amount, I have done everything required, only to then come back with some outlandish new interpretation of their policy wording which no one had mentioned in the countless conversations we have had over the months. Honestly, I was silly to think buying a policy with JL would mean sound customer service above all us, I understand the pandemic has hit people hard but the shoddy service and almost cowboy-esque traits of the team and how they have dealt with people will stay with me forever. Avoid like the plague.”
“Absolute scam and not worth the paper it's written on!!!! Nothing reasonable is covered and they won't pay out for anything. We tried to rearrange our wedding when the UK government put a restriction in place for wedding guests (of 12 people). They don't cover government actions so wouldn't cover the £500 rearrangement fee - despite us buying the highest coverage policy. We then had to cancel because all travel was banned and my husbands American family couldn't come. They don't cover travel restrictions - even though they say on the website 'If a storm prevents you and more than 50% of your guests from getting to your wedding, we could cover you.' Please please please don't bother purchasing this scam for your own sake”
