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Evaluating 163 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Customers frequently report significant issues with customer service, often finding it difficult to reach a real person, experiencing long wait times, and receiving unhelpful or rude responses. Many people also describe the claims process as a complete joke, with payments being severely delayed, claims denied on flimsy grounds, or even lost entirely. Reviewers consistently highlight a general lack of efficiency and poor service, leading to considerable frustration and financial stress. However, some customers also noted positive interactions with specific agents, describing them as polite, helpful, and professional in resolving their concerns.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible beyond belief, All I wanted to do was set up auto deposit but the confirmation button is dead ,I called three times and ever time the agent was clueless, kept asking the same question, I hang... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Every single time I want to use the website I end up wanting to rip my hair out. Nothing works properly. Nothing ever gets fixed. Same issues for years now. How am I supposed to connect different acco... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I applied for benefits through this terrible company, only to get declined because of an unempathetic case worker there who misunderstood our conversation, and deemed my condition "caused by workplace... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Their customer service is awful, their claims process is a complete joke. They deny payouts for items on their benefits, then accept them when you submit them a second time wasting a full month as the... See more


Company details

  1. Insurance Agency
  2. Health Insurance Agency
  3. Insurance Broker
  4. Insurance Company
  5. Life Insurance Agency
  6. Term Life Insurance Provider Company

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Manulife Financial Corporation is a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible!!

Absolutely terrible!!! Highly recommend a competitor. For 8 years they've denied every single one of my children's benefits stating that there is a second policy that has been set to primary even though the policy hasn't existed for many years and WHICH THEY KNOW BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO A MANULIFE POLICY - 8 years of this crap. They tell you things have been taken care of time after time but it's just a ploy to get you offe the phone because there's zero oversight! Avoid like the plague!!!

19 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Manulife bullies disabled folks

Manulife sent an approval email finally after months and months of processing LTD... Progress! Yay!...

Noooope...

Weeks have gone by and still no money... Not even the current month which they calculated long ago. Promised money by Oct 31st then by first week of November... Still nothing. Supervisor has been involved for weeks now....

Bullying and starving disabled folks is not ok, Manulife.

11 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The champions in uselesness and high price

I knew that all insurance companies sell air, but this one (MANULIFE) is the champion in croockedness, useless and the most nosey and expensive.
For medical travel insurance to US they interrogate you for a good hour, very privately invasive, want to know everything about your health and habits, almost want to know how many times you peed yesterday and at the end (after wasting your time) they roll out ridiculous unaffordable price. Based on other people's reviews about claim refusals, it's fair to assume that croockedness is their specialty: they want to get the most money and to pay out the least or NOTHING AT ALL. "Nice business". I hope Canadians, especially seniors or snow birds would help them TO GO BELLY UP.

4 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible customer service

Well it started back in April, I called to get clarification on cataract surgery coverage. I was informed it would be covered from my diagnostic visit through to the surgery (IOL) implants at 80%. After my first visit with my specialist I started submitting my receipts for the lense imaging and preparation for the procedure. I didn't hear back for over 2 weeks so I called back. They lost the attachments to my email that contained the receipts, so I re submitted them. I called back again a week later, still no response and I was told not to call or email again they would notify me. Another week went past and I called again, still no clarity so I asked for a manager. I had to re explain everything again!! The supervisor Ava seemed to understand the sequence of events and said she was going to re submit the information and recommend payment and she would call me back between 24 to 72 hours. That has past now and I waiting for a call back from her. Not 1 person gives the same story as the last one. I have been a plan member for almost 30 years to the tune of $171,000. and an additional $60,000.since I retired! Horrible company to deal with! I can't understand the accents and they don't fulfill their promises. This is all over a $6000.00 claim, shameful! Why would they treat a senior this way, or anyone for that matter? It cost me $550.00 per month to have this policy, truth is I would have been way further ahead to set that money aside and cover this all myself. I'm gobsmacked at what they put people through. This is a very shorten version of the journey I've been on ☹️, sooo disappointed.

31 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company has screwed me over and stole my money

This company has screwed me over BC they refused to give me my account number a while back BC they say money gets taken out on the first but reality it's taken out 2-3 days after and I was missing 2 dollars my bank rejected the request and instead of giving me the account number so I can pay they told me to wait (which takes about a month) and now I am owing a $1000 in fees BC of it. I got fed up in August and finally got the account number, started making payments to remove the balance only to find out on Oct. 20th they fully cancelled my account so so I didn't have to make a payment, to now, just a few days ago that they exempt my account and that I owe 700+ still after me calling to find out how much I owed on the 20th a few days before. And I asked them what happened to the amount I paid for August/Sept and they said it was for specific months.... Which by my calculations I should of only had 300 left of the 1k I owed... They basically stole the 700 I already gave them....(I also have low income so I don't have alot to go around and have to budget so much just to even make sure I have food on the table) On-top of it all There is so much miscommunication from those who are in the higher ups and they take a long time to even respond back.
If you plan on going with them, be warned... Demand the account number so you can manually make payments DO NOT trust the automatic payments. But don't ever expect them to do their job properly cause it takes months or they are back and forth with your account. if you had an advisor don't expect them to reply back to you ever so your pushed to calling ppl who basically take on the heat from clients. Their website doesn't give you options to make payments and takes a few weeks to update any information on how much you owe or that your payments even made it through.

27 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I've called two times to get some…

I've called two times to get some information and it was more than half an hour waiting for a customer representative. I called to ask them why my wife is not able to use her benefits as beneficiary, so they told me that my wife was not registered as a beneficiary, so they can't offer any service at all. My point is, I did that process in paper with my Company, and the Company confirm they did the process, so it looks like Manulife is not doing its job properly and now my wife is supposed to wait a whole year for being registered in the system. Not fun at all.

26 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give minus 100 stars I would…

If I could give minus 100 stars I would do it.

Customer representatives are indeed very friendly but the company's processes are so useless that the reps can't really make up for the lack of efficiency, lack of robustness and lack of features that their system/processes offer.

I've been trying to provide Manulife with some documents as proof that one of my kids is still at school full time but hey, my documents are either ignored or trashed or I don't know what.

My employer even tried to do the changes themselves from the internal admin portal but even that does not cut it.

So overall, if your employer suggests Manulife as a health coverage provider, better ask them to think twice.

23 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They denied my claim- won’t provide a reasn

They denied my claim- there is a drop down option “why was my claim denied” I submitted. The response was . ‘ Hi! Thanks for contacting us. Sorry, we’re unable to respond to this request. Our FAQ page may have the answer you’re looking for. Click here for our FAQ page.“ I did not find the answer . Why have the option to ask the question if you’re not going to answer.They only cover a small portion of most of my prescriptions. I tried to download the coverage details for my plan . Nothing downloads. Last year they denied a special authorization for a medication. They told me it was an incorrect form. they sent it to me! 3 times! Not pleased with Manulife at all

16 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Two weeks of hell

Tried to sign on to Manulife bank. Both online verification tools failed, so I clicked the "verify manually" button, got an email reponse saying they would be in touch in a couple days. aAweek later nothing. Called, they lied and said they had sent me the form. Checked email. It was sent two minutes ago (after my call). Filled out and submitted the form, through docusign, again no response for over a week. Called, they can't find the application (that I was actually looking at in docusign). Asked to talk with a supervisor. Can't but "they will call me bac"k. Instead, they resent the full application, and deleted my information from their system. They are incompetent and ueless. I wouldn't trust them to water my lawn, let alone manage my bank account or investments. Their avg 1 star rating on here is well deserved.

16 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Manulife denied my claim

Manulife denied my claim . After Surveilling me for over a Year before I even applied for LTD.

Hillary Steele Claims manaher claimed t
Manulife arent surveilling me after I complained to PSIS , and the I surance Ombudsman.

They also made.me fill out an Activities of Daily Living form so they coukd follow me around , to the corner store, Loblaws, Buying clothing and even followed me after i culdnt drive and I was rediced ti using a bicycle and Subjected me to insulting reviews of My file by Agents who claim to be Doctors who are paid by Manulife.

Natalie Gamarnik of Manulife denied my claim stating that "Cyling" is a Hobby and Disabled people don't ride bicycles. If she only knew I had no income and was forced to ride the bicycle and still emabarassed and humiliated me.
He manager Hillary Steele also denies they are surveiling me .

They had me fill out the Activities of Daily living so they could know when my next appointment with my doctors was so they could video me so they could deny my claim.

I confirmed this with a Lawyer.

I am so upset that I have been left with no income and now losing my home because Manulife doesn't think I have leukemia, Clinical Depression, Double Bypass, Heart Attack, Diabetes and left me without income or medication.

Manulife basically left me to die.

15 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst Insurance Company EVER!

If I could, I would give a 0 star. One of the WORST insurance companies to deal with. Made over 30 phone calls, across the span of 3 months, with customer service employees, managers and even managers in the complaints team. No one ever replies to emails or phone calls. They screwed up the maximum value of my dental benefits 4 times! And then didn't even fully pay out one of my claims. Absolutely horrible. Never get insurance from this company.

7 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Manulife worst customer service…

Manulife has the worst customer service I've ever experienced in my life, several 5-7 calls to dispute a charge. Escalated service officers don't reply, leave ticket hangining and never ever call you back.

2 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the absolute worst company to deal…

the absolute worst company to deal with, can't spell the word competency let along provide it. Same issue came up again for the SIXTH time, my file is supposed to be flagged with notes and yet they manage to screw it up again. Same run around, same 20 apologies, still staff with no idea how to do their job properly

7 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible group benefits

Horrible group benefits. customer service you can never get a hold of anybody and your worker never calls you back... Their policies are unrealistic no wonder people stay on the insurance for so long. When transitioning to long-term you have to wait till the end of the month to receive a payment how does that even make sense. Definitely going to be talking to my company about this.

30 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Only want your money

Very poor cx service don't mind taking my money every month but when i need questions answered about my coverage everything is escalated with a case ID and no one ever gives me a answer , have to call multiple times every day and spend hours to find out a simple answer provided DIN numbers and everything still cant get a straight answer transferred from one person to another with no answers highly recommend staying away from them

2 October 2025
Unprompted review

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