Resolving your concerns

We offer quality insurance products to meet your financial requirements. Our staff and independent insurance brokers are available to answer any questions or requests for information about your financial products.
 
Occasionally, you may believe your request for service or for a specific transaction did not meet your expectations or was not handled correctly. If your insurance broker cannot help you resolve your concern, we encourage you to contact us.
 

Step One – Contact us by mail, telephone or email

You can tell us about your problem or concern by telephone, fax, email or in writing. If you telephone, we may request that you express your thoughts in writing. We’re easy to contact.
 
 
Foresters
Foresters Life
Phone
1-800-828-1540
1-800-267-8777
Fax
1-866-271-6215
905-219-8121
Mail
Foresters
789 Don Mills Rd.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M3C 1T9
 
Attention:  Canadian
Customer Complaints
Foresters Life
1660 Tech Avenue, Suite 3,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
L4W 5S8
 
Attention:  Canadian
Customer Complaints
Email
 
 

How will the complaint be handled?

  • We will acknowledge all complaints within five (5) business days.
  • It is our goal to resolve all complaints as quickly as possible after investigating the circumstances, typically within thirty (30) days.
  • If the details of the complaint are incomplete, we may request additional information to ensure the satisfactory handling of the complaint. If necessary, the complaint resolution period may be extended.
  • A confidential complaint file will be opened and all information will be maintained in accordance with the privacy standards of the company and the jurisdiction where you reside.
  • Be assured that your request will be treated with respect and a thorough explanation of the investigation and procedure will be provided, in writing, to the policy/certificate owner.
 
 

Step Two:  Our Ombudsman

If, after bringing it to our attention, you feel we have not resolved your complaint to your satisfaction, you are welcome to contact the Company Ombudsman.
 
Company
Contact
Email
Telephone
Foresters Life
Geoffrey Harrison
 
905-219-8014
Foresters
Katharine Rounthwaite
416-467-2579
 

Step Three:  Contact the OmbudService for Life & Health Insurance

If we can’t address your concerns, you can contact the OmbudService for Life and Health Insurance /Ombudsman des assurances de personnes (OHLI/OAP). The Ombudservice is a national independent complaint resolution service for Canadian life and health insurance consumers.
 
 
Toll Free
Local Call
(Toronto)
Fax
Web Site
OLHI/OAP
1-888-295-8112
416-
777-9002
416-
777-9750
 
 
20 Toronto Street, Suite 710, Toronto, ON  M5C 2B8
 
 

Other Resources

You can also choose to contact your provincial regulator.  For example, if you live in Quebec, you can write to ask us to transfer your complaint to the Autorite des marches financiers for their review.
 
Also, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) supervises federally regulated financial institutions like Foresters Life, to ensure they comply with federal consumer protection laws.  For more information about the FCAC, please visit their website at www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca or write to them at 427 Laurier Ave. West, 6th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1B9.
 

A guide to life insurance

Need more information about life insurance? Foresters has put together a short guide to help you understand the different types of life insurance. You can find it here.
 
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