The following is the letter of complaint sent to ICICI Prudential Life Grievance Cell :
Dear Grievance Cell, re: Special Claim for harassment and loss
I write this to find out what claim am I entitled to on account of harassment and loss to me caused by your untrained staff and your damaging systems.
I am indeed very harassed over the last three months by the wrong commitments made to me by officers of different offices of ICICI Kolkata . As a result I have landed in financial troubles in terms of loans and borrowings, when my own money should have been readily made available to me.
1. On the 27th of March I went to your ICICI , AJC Bose Road office to find out about the status of my Life Time Super Pension Policy No: 05600950. I was told to stop the payment for the policy and instead take a new policy by the name of Pinnacle. I declined.
2. I enquired about the redemption of Life Time Super Pension Policy No: 05600950, and I was told to pay 2 more premiums till, May 2010. I went in May and I was given a PAYOUT form to submit in 1st week of June 2010 Since I was to get money by the 10th of June 2010, I made my financial arrangements accordingly. I went in the 1st week of June 2010 and I was told it is not possible and I have to pay one more month premium. Which I ultimately paid.
Feedback : Why are your staff not trained on the products.
3. Since the person was not able to solve my problem , I went to JL Nehru Road Branch and met Mr. Nirmalya Auddy, to find out where I can get it done. He spoke to someone at your ICICI HO on phone, and told me that he will do it in 4 days. Again I re-arranged my financial arrangements accordingly.
Feedback : when an executive cannot do it why do they have to lie.
4. I met him the next day and he told me it will not be done. I had to borrow money to cover up my expenses.
5. Your respondents on email were not able to help me either despite my repeated complaints, which you can check with the customer care department. When I put forward a query , they would reply on some other totally irrelevant topic , most of the time, especially “ we will respond to you within 6 working days”. In this age that is a century.
6. Feedback : Your service department is not functional and is totally irrelevant.
7. Getting no suitable help from customer care department via email [protected]@icicprulife.com I was forced to contact other offices of ICICI to get some help.
8. Lastly I went to 38, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata – 700 071. Hoping that this time, atleast I will get help. Mr. Subhankar Ghosh helped me with the payout form and promised me that it would be deposited on 30th June 2010. I met him on that date and he promised that he would deposit it today or tomorrow, where I can get the highest value. I met him again on the 6th to confirm and he said it has been done on the 1st of July 2010. I was happy.
9. I received a call from HO( I was told that the call is being recorded) on the 30th of June 2010 , guaranteeing me that the redemption amount will be transferred to my account in four days.
10. When the amount did not get transferred to my account, I met Subhankar again and I was told that it has been deposited on 1st July2010. I asked for the acknowledgement slip and I was told it is an online one. I repeatedly met him to talk about the redemption and transfer of money to my account. But felt there was something wrong.
11. I kept on repeatedly writing to [protected]@iciciprulife.com regarding the redemption and transfer , mostly getting irrelevant response,
12. I received an email response that the money will get transferred on the 16th of July 2010.
13. On the 14th of july 2010, I received a call from your HO no: [protected] at 18.58.38 p.m. stating that the policy was deposited only on the 8th of July and not the 1st of July 2010 , as told to me. And the payout will be made in 2 days time, i.e. the 16th of July 2010.
I am sure now you will definitely agree that I have been thoroughly misinformed from all sides, leading to tremendous harassment , unnecessary running around and monetary losses as I had to loan money to meet my expenses..
The Final Question : I therefore request you to inform me what special claim I am entitled to ? …… for the undue harassment and financial losses I had to incur on account of the untrained staff, inept systems, false commitments, delayed service , irrelevant email service through [protected]@iciciprulife.com. I , as a customer should not suffer on account of ICICI’s faulty systems.
Kindly get in touch with the customer care department, check my emails and their responses, and listen to the recorded conversations between ICICI Head Office Customer Care Cell and me , and then assess what additional and special compensation I am entitled to .
Aug 13, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. We have made a note of your credit card number and shall get back to you soon.
Regards,
ICICI Bank Customer Service Team.