Complaints

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/11/2025

  Type:Order Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  We applied for insurance through a broker in 2024 and received a quote from Hiscox Insurance, which we accepted. However, when our building was burglarized on May 15, 2025, and we provided video footage of the incident, we experienced significant delays in receiving payment for our loss. As of June 11, 2025, our claim remains unsettled, and our back door remains unsecured, posing a safety risk while we work inside. Consequently, we have been forced to relocate to prevent further damage and theft. Despite sending numerous emails, we have received minimal responses, leading us to question the legitimacy of this company. Notably, Hiscox Insurance is based in *******, while we are located in *******.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/18/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response. Should you have any questions, please contact us at ********************************************************************************************************* 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/11/2025

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Hiscox insurance company is a fraudulent company who accepts false claims from their insurers and neglects to take responsibilities for the damages their insurer has caused to my property! Hiscox has hired a third party claim management company (****************************) who are incompetent and negligent. Their insurer hires people who are not licensed and do not speak English at all!I have made many attempts to contact claim adjuster, ****** *******, and supervisor ***** ********-***** to resolve a claim for damages their insurer committed on my property. With numerous amounts of evidence, including photos, videos, itemized, damages, and surveillance footagesThese ladies continue to mistreat my claim in a very unethical and unprofessional manner, which should be illegal for the way they are handling my claim. ****** has even closed my claim without any contact, notification or returning any of my phone calls. I was able to go through Hiscoxs insurance company to have my claim reopened. I have allowed two separate individuals into my home to verify the damages. The last inspector was in my home over 3 weeks ago and yet there is still no resolution to this ongoing corrupt ordeal. These ladies and this company as well as their insurer should be held accountable for their negligence and fraudulent actions. Since the beginning, I have been incredibly patient, accommodating and cooperative, even though they have asked me for the same information multiple times due to their mishandling of this claim. An extensive amount of damage were done to my property and they need to take accountability for their wrongdoing ASAP! This company and the adjusters have affected my mental and physical being. The amount of stress they ensued on me day-to-day has hindered my health in many ways. I am asking for this nightmare to finally end with satisfactory resolution immediately! They need to cover ALL of the damages to my property immediately!claim#: ***********A

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/28/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response to Complaint File No. ******** regarding Complainant, **** *****. Should you have any questions, please contact us at *********************************************************************. 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 04/30/2025

   
  Complaint: 23192849
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  The response is not completely true nor correct! According to ****** ******* of ******** & Company who is Hiscox's third party claims management, she stated your insurer ******** filed a false claim and in acted had ********** phone number, address, email etc. The fact remains...******** representatives reached out to ****** in September 2024, in which, ******** has provided proof of there on-going conversation. I reached out to ****** in October 2024 and ****** did not respond to me. After many attempts...I was advised to file a claim directly with Hiscox's by the **********************************. I was contacted ****** ******** of ****************************** who stated my claim that was submitted by ********/Equity Residential was closed in October 2024. He then connected me with ******** supervisor ***** ********-*****, who reopened the original claim. ***** stated "sorry you must have called in the cracks". Completely inexcusable and unprofessional statement to make especially after nearly waiting 2 years to resolve this issue and replace the damages to my property due to the negligence of Hiscox's insurer. This speaks volume to the type of people Hiscox's represents. Hiscox's Insurance nor ****************************** has taken repressibility for their wrong-doing and continuous unethical business practices. A word of advise Hiscox's...I have all and every document, email, transaction etc. between myself, ******** and ********. In additional to all documents, emails, transaction, surveillance footages etc between all parties involved including you Insurer/workers. My claim nor myself has been treated with professionalism, respect and fairness. You have placed blame on me and other companies. You and your representatives played a huge part in my stressful ordeal that affected my health and well-being. Learn to take responsibility and ownership!
  Sincerely,
  
  **** *****

  

  Business Response

  Date: 05/07/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's follow-up response to Complaint File No. ******** regarding Complainant, **** *****. Should you have any questions, please contact us at *********************************************************************. 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 05/08/2025

   
  Complaint: 23192849
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  Although I appreciate the act of responsibly and acknowledgement of wrong-doing from Hiscox **********************(s) legal advisor. This does not negate the extensive neglect and unethical behavior I was subject to endure during this extremely long and profound ordeal. Hiscox ********************** should have taken responsibly nearly 2 years ago instead of perpetrating as if I nor my claim existed. The amount of stress and mental anxiety they subsequently forced on me is inexcusable 

  I am requesting the Better Business Bureau to move forward in allowing my complaint and its entirely to be accessible to the public, so that other clients/consumers are aware of how Hiscox ***************** and their affiliate ********************** Company conduct unfair and bias business. Furthermore, my complaint will provide others in my situation with the tools they will need to hold Hiscox ********************** and ******** & Company accountable on all levels. 

  Thank you
  Sincerely,
  
  **** *****

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/25/2025

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I filed a claim against my accountant with Hiscox in December 2024. Immediately the adjuster reached out to get details, proof, documents and screen shots of my claims.After a few months- my adjuster sent an email saying he longer was employed with the claim department and provided two emails who I should contact. I contacted them and have received no response. I called hiscox claims department and spoke to someone who said she would make sure my adjuster contacts me- it has not happened. Its frustrating because I have no idea where my claim stands as no one has given me any detail or even a call.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/31/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response to Complaint No. ********. Should you have any questions, please contact us at ************************************

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/28/2025

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I filed a claim for a damaged external hard drive. There are a total of 3 issues:- Data Loss is covered, while the exclusions are not listed in their website or ads, they pulled out many exclusions, things like "wear and tear" or "excessive heat", are not covered at all.- I had my repairing service provided the observation why this hard drive failed, it turns out there can be multiple things and it is hard to decided (can be dropped, shakes, heat, or aged). After providing this information to Hiscox, they immediately interpreted / speculated this as a "wear and tear" case, ignoring my drive is fairly new.- The adjustor never respond email or phone call on time, it takes him 1 week to respond to an email, and that is usually after an escalation to his manager or other colleagues. It feels like they are trying to dodge the communication.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/07/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response to Complaint File No. ******** regarding Complainant ****** **. Should you have any questions, please contact us at ********************************************************************************************************* 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 03/14/2025

   
  Complaint: 23004250
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  1. The professional service CANNOT find the real reason why the drive fail. In fact it is not completely possible. Just like medical claims, if I have diarrhea, the root cause can be very hard to identify. If the root cause is unknown, will medical insurance company deny the claim? Probably NOT. Additionally, it is your speculation that the root cause is "wear and tear", the professional service did NOT conclude that. Finally, Your exclusions make it very hard for us customers while I am paying $81 per month premium and receiving such restricted services (needless to say your exclusion is hard to find in the super long document). See attachment 1. (*** was my assistant helping on the data recovery matter)

  2. The claim process was such a pain. The phone call never connects, and *****, the adjuster would never response to email. If you check the dates, I only receive 1 email for 10 days and the follow up 4 emails was all ignored. I had to escalate multiple times to just get a response and send the diagnose document.

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ****** **

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/21/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response to the follow-up complaint. Should you have any questions, please contact ************************************

  Customer Answer

  Date: 03/21/2025

   
  Complaint: 23004250
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  1) You did not respond the the first evidence;

  2) You fail to communicate in a timely manner and you treat this as ok.

  I will see you on court.

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ****** **

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/28/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response to Complaint No. ********. Should you have any questions, please contact us at ************************************

  Customer Answer

  Date: 04/03/2025

   
  Complaint: 23004250
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  Salvage Data cannot determine the root cause of the failure, so the root cause is undetermined. Again, if someone shows medical symptoms but the doctor cannot determine the root cause of the symptoms (as simple as a cold). Will medical insurance company reject the claim? 

  Your adjustor did not meet the Service Level Agreement if you look at the response date. Jan 23 till Feb 7th is not "within 5 days".
  

  Please stop your speculative arguments.

  Over the years I paid over almost $3000 of insurance to Hiscox and when your customer is in need you are playing this game. Shame on you.

  Unfortunately it seems we cannot resolve this via BBB. I will see you on court.

  
  Yuqing

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/28/2025

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I have encountered a very disappointing experience with this company. Their customer service representatives have consistently failed to address my inquiries. Additionally, they often return my payments made by check, despite the checks being valid. They insist on retaining a credit card on file, which is inconvenient for me as I prefer using checks for certain transactions. Due to these issues, I decided to let my policy expire in order to secure a new policy with a different provider. Hiscox currently owes me a refund, and it has been over 30 days since they acknowledged this debt in writing, yet they have not processed the payment. I am seeking assistance in obtaining the refund that is rightfully mine.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/07/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response to Complaint File No. ******** regarding Complainant ****** *******. Should you have any questions, please contact the Company at ********************************************************************************************************* 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/24/2025

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  HISCOX ************* made 8 unauthorized charges to my ******** credit card ending in 2174 between Jan. 24, 2025 and Feb. 11, 2025 totaling $2,509.10. None of these charges were authorized; they are:2/11/25 $107.67 1/28/25 $645.98 1/29/25 $322.97 2/2/25 $215.34 2/1/25 $323.09 1/31/25 $583.31 1/29/25 $207.16 1/24/25 $103.58 On Feb. 7th, 2025 I called Hiscox and spoke to "Arleny" advising these unauthorized and bizarre series of apparently random charges were invalid and needed to be reversed. ****** was unable to resolve these issues and advised me should would open a support ticket for a manager to review. She provided me with ticket #UOS1532 and advised I should be contacted within 2 business days.I sent **** Certified Letter #**********************, Signature Required to Hiscox on Feb. 7th, 2025 with a copy via First Class Mail.After 4 business days, I had received no communications from Hiscox, so I called and requested a manager. I was transferred to manager ***** *. She reviewed and agreed they were invalid, appearing to be a system glitch where they tried to renew existing paid-in-full policies months early, and even charging that multiple times. My current polices were valid thru May 23, 2024 and no future policy renews or charges had been proposed or agreed to. These fully paid, in force policies are: Policy P100.283.767.8 - ************************ for ********************** Policy: P100.283.439.8 Professional Liability. ***** advised she would escalate this issue to get it resolved and issues credits. I also advised her that effective Feb. 11, 2025 I had replaced these two polices through another carrier and requested early cancellation and pro-rated refunds.I rec'd cancellation confirmation **************** of $137.84 & $142.66 on Feb. ******* date, I have not rec'd any other communication regarding the 8 unauthorized transactions totaling $2,509.10 nor have I been given a credit.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/04/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 03/10/2025

   
  Complaint: 22985158
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  

  Thank you for acknowledging my confusion and frustration regarding the sequence of bizarre, unexpected, unexplained, and unauthorized charges recently made by your company. Your letter admits a series of billing anomalies & malfunctions with your systems, including accidental duplicate and early renewals and alleged failure to timely charge for polices two years old.

  I'm having trouble reconciling your statement "the Company was only able to collect $5,022.08 for both Policies rather than the total $5,979.00 it was owed in premium" since your sequence of random unauthorized "catch up" charges amounted to more than $2500 in total ********, not the difference between these two amounts.

  I am happy to promptly resolve this matter and pay for any amounts owed to your company due to your company's negligent handling of my billing. However, I require and clear and complete audit/review of the billing and charges in order to understand  this. Your response says "A payment schedule, inclusive of refunds and chargebacks, is attached to this response.", however it was not attached. There is only a two page response letter provided.

  It is disappointing that even after a call to your customer service team, a second call escalating to a manager, & certified letters to your offices, your company still has not provided any response via telephone, email or postal service. Yet, you feel entitled to charge my credit card you happened to retain at your own leisure. There is no scenario where this is acceptable, and no doubt is contrary to law, VISA/********** merchant rules and good customer service. A complaint has been filed with the ******************************* and Financial Institutions.

  This matter is still in dispute pending delivery of acceptable, detailed justification of charges. At that time, any amounts owed to you will be immediately paid.

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***** *****

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/17/2025

  Enclosed is the Company's response. Please reach out to *********************************** should you have any questions.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:10/24/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I am writing to formally submit a complaint regarding Hiscox **********************s handling of my claim, filed against contractor Ali ***** general liability insurance for damages to my property at ***********************************************On March 20, 2023, I contracted *** **** for a $170,000 renovation of my home. Due to his actions and inactions, significant unintentional damage occurred, requiring $101,300 in repairs, which I paid out of pocket after he refused to address the issues. On June 25, 2024, I filed a claim with Hiscox Insurance (#***-033-064) to recover these costs, but after nearly four months, no substantive progress has been made.Senior Claims Examiner *** ******** *************; **************************************** and Examiner **** **** *************; ****************** were assigned to my case. Mr. **** visited the property, took photographs, and examined the damage. Despite providing extensive evidence and the contractor's contact information, I have faced persistent delays, a lack of updates, and no resolution. Hiscox has claimed it cannot contact Mr. ***** and during a call on September 24, 2024 with *** ********* I was told that my claim would be dropped if they remain unable to locate him. This statement is misleading, as it is not my responsibility to track the insured.Under Pennsylvania law (Terletsky v. ************ insurers are required to act with due diligence and process claims fairly and quickly. Hiscoxs inaction and poor communication potentially violate the **************** Practices Act and could constitute bad faith.I respectfully request the ********************************* investigate Hiscox for potential unfair claims practices, including unexplained delays and misrepresentation. I also seek immediate intervention to ensure my claim is processed fairly and without further delay. Should this continue, I am prepared to pursue legal remedies under Pennsylvanias Bad Faith ******* (42 Pa.C.S. 8371).

  

  Business Response

  Date: 10/31/2024

  Please see the attached response from the Company. Thank you. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:08/30/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I called Hiscox on August 29, 2024 to try to get my renewal documents from them for my business ***** ************ that has a corporate address in ******* as well as a secondary location in *********, **. My renewal for my policy happened in July, I never received any renewal documents and they took my quarterly payment out of my bank account. I am moving into a new suite at my California address so I called them on August 29th to get my renewal documents so I can submit them to the landlord for my move. When I called on the 29th, I spoke with 5 different ***** they all told me 5 different reasons as to why they could not produce the certificates to show proof of insurance. I also looked at my old insurance documents and noticed on my cyber and professional liability certificates, the suite number for my california address was completely wrong! That means for the past year, the address was wrong and could've potentially caused me to not have coverage if something went wrong. So, on August 29th, nobody could produce the documents for me and couldn't give me an answer as to when I could get proof of coverage for a policy I already paid for. This morning August 30th, I received the renewal documents however, the address is WRONG and my landlord isn't listed as additional insured any longer as they were before. So now I'm at risk for not moving in today because Hiscox cannot produce my documents with the correct address ******************************************** and listing ************************** as additional insured with the address ************************************. It's a very simple request and I shouldn't have to wait for proof of coverage after I've already paid. No one seems to know what's going on at Hiscox and it's very disrespectful to small business owners who depend on them for coverage. They also need to get an online portal to access policy documents! It's 2024!

  

  Business Response

  Date: 09/06/2024

  Please see the attached Company's response. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:08/01/2024

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Date of Event:August 1, 2024 Policies are in effective 02/01 01/31 of each calendar year oProfessional Liability (P100.006.007) = $340.00 (2024 2025 ************************ (P100.006.008) = $451.00 (2024 2025 Premium)Hiscox was authorized to make an automatic credit card charge via my business credit card (2173) via U.S. Bank on February 1, 2024 Hiscox sent me an email dated 07/30/2024 (6 months later) advising me of non-payment. (See Attachment) Refute: Hiscox failed to obtain the automatic payment in the 1st place resulting in my inconvenience.Today, August 1, 2024, I was on the phone with Hiscox, Inc. ***************) insurance representative (*******) for over 2 hours to informally find a resolution, as follows:Attempting to obtain clarity on what happened Attempting to identify whether I was covered by the insurance during the period of February 1, 2024, through August 1, 2024; however, Hiscox, Inc. desires to charge my business card a total of $791.00. Since it was Hiscox internal system that was misfunctioning, why is their email alluding that it was my fault. Discussion of available alternatives to ratify the situation with a win-win outcome I was not provided with any information to satisfy my inquiries. Various attempts were made to request that a manager come online and handle the situation, but a manager never did get on the line. Remedy: Need to speak with a manager representative of Hiscox, Inc. Bill adjustment for 6 months of premium. I feel that I should not have to pay for the period of February 1 through August 1, 2024, due to uncertainty of insurance covered during such period due to Hiscox internal computer system problems. ($791.00 / 12 Months = $65.92 X 6 months of non-coverage = $395.52 Bill ********** Amount Requested)Written apology with Hiscox, Inc. stipulating that the nonpayment was through their fault, not mine.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 08/07/2024

  Please see the attached response from the Company. Thank you. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:06/20/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  BEWARE!! YOU WILL BE BILLED MONTHLY WITHOUT EMAIL NOTIFICATION.Letting a BUSY business owner know when a payment is drafted from their business account by email notification is very common with EVERY business.However, its a deceptive practice if the BUSY business owner with MANY bills, etc. does not get an alert by notification. Although my issue was small, I am one of many people who did not understand this until I updated my card. Most reasonable businesses offer that service especially with a BUSY business owner. Luckily for me, this was my 9yr olds budding summer gig that was over in September 2023. However I was billed $26.25 unbeknownst to me until I updated my card. Meaning that I'm out of roughly $175 based on them needing documented proof that I have not sold lemonade since Oct. Well the squeeze is not worth the juice. As license run from January to December meaning that I would still miss the money from November and December. No this is not much money less than $200 but still a hefty price to pay for my 9yr old to have a cool summer. I think it's deceptive to not send a monthly payment notification. Efficiencies and accountability are what is lacking, but otherwise an easy business to work with. Fighting me over $175...keep it and use it towards developing a monthly email alert notification system like the rest of the U.S. The customer is not the priority with such a minor fix needed on your part to avoid angry customers for a company that is nationwide. But this is an easy way to become a millionaire by telling business owners Sorry ******* you shouldve read the initial sign up and remebered it. Oh and the fact the rate was about to renew to roughly $30 had I not caught this in time was the only email I received since Oct 2023 is quite telling. Oh wait I received one for *** with updates to their policy and terms too. Do better by your customers.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/27/2024

  Enclosed is the Company's response to the above referenced BBB complaint.