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Post Office: Home Insurance reviews

Name: Home Insurance
Rating: 2.36 (53 reviews)

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2.24

Based on 53 reviews, last reviewed 24th Aug 2024

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Latest highest rating:

5

bit expensive but fairly comprehensive bit expensive but fairly comprehensive Reviewed on: 24th August 2024

Latest lowest rating:

2

Access to website details .. I have been trying to access my policy on the website and although my log in details are correct and the password is correct it tells me my details ar... Read more Reviewed on: 14th March 2024

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At Smart Money People, we collect Post Office home insurance reviews to give you insight into what you can expect as a Post Office policyholder.

Post Office offers both buildings and contents insurance with two levels of cover: Silver and Gold. All policyholders are given access to a legal helpline, 24/7 claims line and online self-service policy management. You can make your policy more robust with optional add-ons, such as home emergency cover, family legal pr...

Post Office Home Insurance reviews (53)

Review of the Post Office, Home Insurance:

Poor service from a trusted household name

I was happy with Post Office contents insurance until things changed at renewal stage. Trying to cancel a policy is difficult and their fees are extortionate. This is not what we expect from the Post Office. Don’t even consider this as an option for your contents insurance!! Reviewed on: 18th December 2020

Dreadful - cannot cancel a policy!

I do not know where to begin. I owned two properties. both insured for buildings with Post Office. I sold one and needed to cancel the policy. Told I could not cancel. Then told I could cancel but they would need to take a £35 cancellation fee off my card and was that alright. No mention of any refund. Computer systems all over the place. Have rung countless times to try to cancel policy. Was told computer system has a problem and cannot be done. Send emails to manager... Reviewed on: 11th November 2020

Rip of scammers

I purchased the insurance and the very next day realised I had missed something off. I tried to amend this online but got a message saying you can't make any amendments online. Were in 2020 and you can't do things online??? So I call them to ammend and first they say they will charge a £10 ammendment fee and then they quote me a ridiculous amount for what I want to change. So I then choose to cancel and I have to pay £20 fee? Within a day? Disgusting service never use them for ... Reviewed on: 7th August 2020

They're OK but you really need to watch them!

I had a letter saying that my home insurance policy was due to be automatically renewed but my payment details were out of date. I phoned the centre and they said that they can't do anything as they haven't got the details there themselves yet (but yet, I had a letter?). With this in mind I took out a new policy. Days later, I saw that they had taken the money for the old policy as well! Long wait on the phone to sort their mistake out. Also, like with all insurance companies, ... Reviewed on: 20th May 2020

They do you on the renewal

Didn’t have any claims then got a renewal letter...gone up 35% for nothing. Log in to the online “self service” (ha!) system and you can’t cancel the renewal. Tried via the online chat. The online chat agent can’t cancel the renewal. I have to phone a separate renewal agent (First Source)...and then spend forever on hold. I would just cancel the direct debit, but they have a separate credit agency who have just told me they will start charging if I don’t sign the paperwork as th... Reviewed on: 11th May 2020

House Insurance Documentation

Bought house insurance a month ago but still haven't received the documents via email. Tried the website and it ihas been out of action for the last two weeks - absolutely shocking. I sent them an email and they have given me phone numbers to ring so I'll give that a try but appalling service overall. Reviewed on: 28th March 2020

Savings accounts.

7 weeks ago I tried to open new accounts with better rates of interest. I received email confirmation and then nothing. I rang and was told it would take ten days. Nothing happened but I was unable to access my account and therefore my funds. All my phone calls came to nothing. I was left in the hands of the technical department who would contact me within 48 hours. Today finally the customer service representative replaced my log in details ( why the others couldn't do this I ... Reviewed on: 1st October 2019

Good price

Good price but haven't claimed yet so not sure about how helpful they are Reviewed on: 14th September 2019

Expensive with very limited cover and extortionate fees.

Very basic and low levels of cover for what you pay. Don't believe the hype, they may charge you £50 less than competitors but cover levels are tiny and unsuitable for purpose. Also fees applied to account are just stupid. £30 to arrange the policy, £20 if you miss a payment, £35 to cancel a policy. Plus auto renewal of the policy with very little notice and generally premium goes up and cover levels remain static or decrease. Not recommended at all. Reviewed on: 31st August 2019

Auto renew price hike

Been with Post Office for 2 years, I have no complains about the service. But last year, I received a letter with a substantial price increase, called to cancel, and they offered me an extremely competitive deal (better than other companies). Same thing happened this year, the policy price DOUBLED, they had a phone number on the leaflet which didn't work. Finally managed to google them and get a hold off them. This time they didn't offer a good deal, so cancelled my policy and s... Reviewed on: 21st August 2019

EXCELLENT PROVIDER.

Even though I have not made a claim yet my my father had home insurance with the Post Office. My father was unfortunate enough to have a power surge and his electronic garage doors, television and fridge were affected. The Post Office settled the claim with ease. Reviewed on: 19th August 2019

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