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Name: Prudential
Rating: 1.27

1.3 Rating 270 Reviews

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1.3

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Delivery Methods	Courier, Postal Service
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Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5

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Prudential 1 star review on 5th September 2024

Morrison

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Want to warn anyone of ever considering this company. They only want your money and they will do anything in their power to stall or never pay on claims. They have the worst reputation. My Mother died 3 months ago, and they still have not sent any check from her Life insurance. In fact, they just keep sending out claims forms (same ones) over and over. You call them and after holding for hours each time, they just send out more forms. Meanwhile they are making interest of of people who have died with no regard to the beneficiaries. They are in my eyes crooked and deceitful. I have reported them to the State AG and and am getting a lawyer.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Prudential seems to do everything they can to keep from taking care of their customers. I had a major health issue and had to be out of work for several months. I worked closely with my doctors and had to submit paperwork multiple times. Prudential would wait until the day after a deadline and say there was an error and send it back or approve it well after the timeline they informed me. They cost my family to lose multiple paychecks while drowning in healthcare costs. I ended up having to pick between bills and food or healthcare expenses. Prudential prolonged my time unable to work. Prudential did nothing but add stress to an already stressful chapter of life. If you have any options at all, find a company other than Prudential to work with! If the medical issues don't make you feel hopeless, Prudential will for sure make you feel hopeless.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Horrendous website, trying to withdraw money is utterly impossible, just keeps going round in circles. Prudential have the worst ever customer service, truly terrible. I'll now have to phone them which from previous experience is also terrible”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Came to look at reviews before I wrote one. If I was this company and saw how many 1 stars I got I would try to really figure out where the heck this company is going wrong smh Been trying to get my early annuity money early, it took almost 2 months. I would call and talk to a different person every time and they would say I’m not approved and I would literally have to spell it out to them to look hard there are notes in there saying I am, and they are like oh ya I see that now, should be any day. I had to call them about 10 times. No communication. Also I told them verbally direct deposit and I marked it on their paper and guess what, it’s being mailed. Do these people even know how to read? I feel like they hired anyone and never trained them”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Rang prudential,had my options packs,and tried to get my pension ,but instead got from one department to the next and still no joy of getting hands on my pension.they send you threw different hoops,all I want is my pension to start paying out.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“STAY WELL AWAY 😡😡😡 I’ve been trying to access my funds since before May I’ve constantly been told it will be paid by the end of each week it’s the same every week I’ve been on hold for hours at a time and promised a call back which never materializes. Countless emails and phone calls names logged times logged finally after months I’m told they made an error and new forms would be sent out by Thursday and the money will be in you account within three days ‘Thank God’ Guess what - 🤷‍♂️ Nothing 38 years of work and paying into Pru my planned holiday aboard is tomorrow and I’m canceling. I’m now looking to take Pru to court I’m at my wits end I’m sick with stress.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“I do not have good experience with prudential. I just found out that my children medical insurance has doubled in 2 years. From 518 per kid..it is now ranging from 888 to 952 each for my kids. I paid 1.5k n now almost 3k. What is the reason?”

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Posted 2 months ago

“They were happy to take our money every month for 25 years but now when the endowment matured they have given us every excuse not to pay us back, now unable to pay off mortgage, They are thieves!!”

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Posted 2 months ago

“I notified Prudential of my husband’s death 3 weeks sgo. I called to follow up on this 2 weeks later today ld it would take 16 to 20 business days. I received a form several days ago telling me i had to send death certificate. They told me to email which i did. Called today and was told they could not read it but i could fax it. I went to ups store and faxed it. I did a follow up call and they received it but will take another 15 to 20 business days. I have never dealt with a company that has such poor customer service. It is bad enough to deal with my husband’s death Without having to deal with incompetent customer service. I have also had dealings with switching over his annuities to my name. I was told that was going to take weeks. I need the money to live and these people don't give a damn.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“I waited 16 days to get a response to an email request to remove money from MY pension fund. I am now on 10th day and counting of waiting for the information pack that was supposed to arrive within 5working days. I have had a response to a complaint I made today to tell me it will take at least 4 weeks to investigate.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Never known such a shame of a company. They say one thing and never act on it. A supposed letter was sent 10th June still waiting for it. I've had to send correspondence via recorded delivery because otherwise they say they haven't received it. I'm pretty sure this is a delaying tactic that is used far too often having read numerous reviews online. Take my advise, stay away from this company. I certainly think that it needs to be looked into from a legal aspect.”

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Posted 2 months ago

“Terrible customer service! Regretting having my life insurance with Prudential!”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I wish zero was an option. I have sent in my mothers power of attorney documents, including a notarized document stating I have POA, three times! The "back office" continues to refuse it when all other institutions have excepted it! Find another company to work with!! This is absolutely the worst company I have had to deal with concerning my mothers affairs!! Even the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT was easier to deal with, and that says a lot!!!”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I’ve been trying to cash in my pension with Prudential that matured in May 2024, 3 months later and despite my constant phone calls / emails to them and continually being told the transfer of funds was being made it’s now the 20th July 2024 and I am still waiting for my money which they have had for 25 years, terrible company.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“The worst ever!!!!! Waited 6 mths for payout and then had to wait months for paperwork to be emailed out that we needed for our moms nursing home. Every request is a nightmare! I am a licensed insurance agent and I am advising that you RUN away from this company.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I worked for a local authority through whom Prudential offered AVC's as a way to maximise saving for retirement. When I retired, I could see on their online system that my money was as stated in my April statement with a further 3 months payments still to be added. When my occupational pension fund requested my balance from Prudential to make arrangements for it to be transferred into my pension pot, they suddenly advised that the value is now 60% less! This was challenged and although I was informed today that they admitted a week ago that they made a mistake, they still have not corrected it which means that my pension fund is unable to give me my pension offer. This is now leaving me in financial difficulty as I will not be able to cover my obligations this month as planned. Although the product is a great way to save, the company does not care about their customers and I can't see how my local authority would be able to continue their association with Prudential. In the mean time I guess I will just have to deal with the fallout until they could be bothered to correct their mistake 😕”

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Posted 3 months ago

“At the beginning of May I called Prudential to register a lasting power of attorney to my mums account. I also requested a withdrawal form and was told the whole process would take 5 days. I sent off the required documents and then got told that until it was approved they wouldn’t send the withdrawal form. Eventually the documents were all approved however after chasing several times with phone calls I did not receive the withdrawal form in the post as promised. I needed my mud funds urgently to pay for her care home fees. After nearly three weeks I eventually was sent a secure message in email with a withdrawal form that I had to print out and send back which I did the next day. So now I am 13 weeks on and still not received my mums funds. Apparently the funds were sent by bank transfer over two weeks ago. They have not arrived. I have been waiting 11 days for someone to give me the iD number to the receiving bank can trace the missing monies but that is proving difficult. Then yesterday I was outright lied to on the phone by Pete in Glasgow. I wanted to know what was so difficult for someone to walk into the admin dept and ask them for the ID number. I asked are they in Lancing? I don’t know he said. How can you not know where your admin team are when you work for the company? I’m not sure he said. Are they in the UK I asked. Yes he said. Then forget this missing bank transfer I want them to send me a cheque by tracked royal main next day delivery. They can’t do that he said. Why not I asked? Because it’s too far for them to get to he said. But they have access to Royal Mail do they not? I’ll ask the question he said but because of the time difference…..Hold on I said, what time difference as to the best of my knowledge the UK are all on the same time zone?? So are they in the UK or not? I can’t say as I’m not sure. You just said they were in the UK did you not? I don’t want to give you wrong information he said. So where are they? India he said. India!!!! So where is my mums missing money…Well there may be a tech issue but not sure. A tech issue…I want a cheque and I need it issuing urgently. I can request that for you he said and they will be sent by 2nd class post. Absolutely not I said…I want it sent tracked delivery and I want the cheque number. And so it goes on….I have lodged a complaint but 8 weeks for them to resolve before FCA complaint is logged. I will take out a civil legal action against them if my mums funds are not paid. I will also be contacting my local MP along with Watch Dog. Looking at all of these complaints on various media it seems there are potentially thousands waiting on monies to be paid Very VERY concerning.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“My mother passed away in 2017 and as of 2023 I still have not received the benefits for her life insurance. All information has been turned over and they don't respond? I have been notified the funds will be turned over to the state. Main issue is in 2017 I received funds from a different life policy from my mother's passing but not the other? Help line is worthless, and complaint line does not help! Stay away, it's not your parents insurance company from back in the day!”

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Posted 3 months ago

“I can never view my accounts online unless I go through hoops and hurdles. It must be the worst designed website ever.”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Hours waiting on the phone to speak to someone at the PRU. Incorrect information on their website and instructions ie applying. i did a bit of digging and the PRU are under investigation from the regulator about breaking the rules/law. Think I'll go with the other provider of NHS AVCs.”

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Posted 3 months ago

Prudential is rated 1.3 based on 270 reviews