“They are so bad it's beyond belief ,they look for any way possible to cancel your insurance to charge a cancellation fee and then they move on to the next victim I can't believe that they are inspected by the financial insurance authorities obviously the authorities are letting consumers down
Reminds me of the sustainable fishing symbol on cans of tuna that companies can easily get with out properly being checked it's just a loop hole for them
I hear they are being investigated I hope so as I don't want anyone else to be there victims
You can't contact them either I tried ,there email doesn't work and no one would talk to me and the live chat keeps failing make it like this so you can't ammend or give info to them it's all part of there scam don't believe me try for your self's”
“They cancelled my insurance after 2 weeks for missing information,they never tried to get the info off me ,,,,,they won't return my deposit and they are trying to charge me £200 cancellation fee ,,,,so i wasn't even insured for 2 weeks but it's gonna cost me £400 , please do your self a favour and avoid bright side insurance ,,don't believe me check out the reviews of other customers same story”
“I wanted to change vehicle details and it went up to 765 from 310 and car was smaller cc i cancelled and they gave me refund I asked do I owe anything else was told no .8 months later 250 bill for breaking contract. STAY AWAY FROM THESE CIWBOYS PLEASE”
“Tried to cancel insurance waited 30 minutes to be told the cancellation fee is not £60 as shown on paperwork but £85 . Should be renamed Dick Turpin insurance”
“BE CAREFUL ADMIN FEE £35!
Please do not get a car insurance! I took insurance under a year ago and oh my what I did not realise this company was about and thank God that my policy is ending soon. Story was that we moved house and my address changed. So as being a lawful citizen I went straight to Brightside to update my address. They advise that policy changes can be done on online account and be assured it cannot! They have no option to do changes on the account. Then I tried to message their online chat support and they cannot do address changes there and referred me to a number to call.
Calling was an absolute nightmare. I was calling almost every day and call would take 30-50 mins for my patience to rin out. They have option to leave number for a call back but rest assured that never happens. I must have called 4 times with no luck in a week.
This morning I have finally manged to get through to a different line to cancel renewal (as no way I am renewing with Brightside oh nooo!) that they sent over during the weekend and asked agent to put me through for address change. And this is how I managed to change my details. But wait, they charge £35 admin fee for address renewal!!! YES £35 to change address. Not like other normal companies that may refund you for moving to a safer area (like actually my partner did) but charging admin fee for just a change. As I complained on call that I did not manage to get through their calls and was very dissapointed with service this nice lady (she was actually really helpful so people that work there is not a problem) on call waived the fee.
But OMG stay away from them as God forbid if you need to claim if they are such a nightmare to get hold off and charge admin fees!”
“Do not answer phone. 45 minutes on hold.
I tried the claims line but they could not help me but said it would be at least 4 days for Antone to get back to me. Can’t log on to account. Can’t leave a message.
Worst possible company to deal with.
I have to take out a new insurance because I’m changing cars.
I hope I can get a refund!
What a dreadful lot to deal with.”
“After several years with this company, always paying in one go and no claims, offenses of changes, I've just received notification that they can't get me a renewal quote this year. No explanation as to why and no link or number provided to query it.
Complete rubbish IMO; if I'd known they treat customers like this I would never have given them my business.”
“Exellent service amandrella friendly knowlagable efficient explained everything superbly, was going too cancel policy but hé whole demeaner helped me change my mind, she is an asset to your company”
“Fantastic guys that work there will recommend them to all my friends who require insurance for any thing. Jordan could not have been more helpful and understanding along with Callum his boss. Wish I had gone there for my insurance for my van from the very beginning many moons ago. will definitely be renewing with them again in the future thanks Jordan for every thing you did.”
“When they needed my money the call connected in a few minutes. When I wanted to cancel I couldn't do it online and have been on several 1 hour 20 minute calls with them on hold only for it to connect (hearing some voices in the background) then cut off after a minute of me saying "hello". This is clearly by design and I wouldn't be surprised to find that this call centre has some way to screen callers based on if they're making or not making money. Disgusting.”
“I am waiting 1.16 h . Still waiting for get through some one. I paid upfront payment. After 4 hours I didn't get my policy documents. It is really terrible.”
“Crooks, cancellation fees are as much as the outstanding 6 months policy payments. I almost wouldn't mind their £60 cancellation fee but the extra 90 they stick on top is criminal. And to boot this is all because they won't insure my new vehicle.
Like others say...AVOID. wish I had seen the reviews beforehand”
“Disgusting company. Stay well away. Let’s start with if you want to just talk to them…. That’s a 45 minute wait minimum on a premium rate number to a UK company. 2nd if they send you out your actual no claims bonus you better check it’s correct if not you’ll need to prover otherwise and then ring them again to get it sent out and that’s if they do. I’m ringing them right now with a waiting time of 48 minutes currently. They owe me 15 years no claims…… sent me 3 and I’ve made no claims.”
