Taurus Insurance Services Avis 

Overall, it was a refreshing experience. Everything went smoothly, although the documents requested for my claim felt excessive given the claim’s value. Once I provided them, however, the payment was processed without any issues.

I would never use Staysure again they use Taurus to cover tech goods and they don't cover anything older than 6 years. Had everything stolen while on holiday and got back £159 just a joke.

Some of the documention required was difficult to find but once it was all sent claim was approved the same day, payment less than a week later. Very happy

No way
If you are reading this then highly suggest don't buy this insurance.
Biggest fraudsters.
Even with genuine reason they will reject it somehow.
So plenty of options in the market.
This one is not for anyone.

Made a mistake with my regular medication and had to pay to see a doc and get a prescription abroad. Asked for help with this from Switched On Insurance - no help given, it's up to me to find out how I get medication from a doc in this foreign country and they're not paying anything out as it's my own fault I didn't bring enough and then quoted terms and conditions. What a disappointment. It was an honest mistake (a la Rachel Reeves) and what's the point of travel insurance if not to help when you make a mistake?! Thanks for nothing. Perhaps I should have lied and said I'd lost my medication...
Following the reply from them: yes they reiterated that they CANNOT allow my claim. What a joke! AVOID!!

took multiple rounds of queries to determine outcome that took over a full month. Caused a delay in being able to replace my stolen camera. Eventually reached a settlement, so overall not bad

I’ve never written a review this bad before, but Taurus Insurance truly deserves it. My claim process was an absolute nightmare from start to finish.

First, they demanded a mountain of documents just to even consider approving my claim. I had to dig back 2.5 years just to find the original proof of purchase — which is ridiculous. Then they wanted proof of usage, which took me three weeks to get, involving multiple calls and emails with people who seemed completely clueless about what they were asking for.

After finally getting the claim approved, they told me to return the device for repair — even though it was something that clearly should’ve been replaced outright. They promised I’d get the repaired device back within 10 working days. I sent it the same day, using Royal Mail tracked next-day delivery.

Now it’s been 8 days, and when I called Taurus, they said they still haven’t received my device! That means I now have to chase Royal Mail about it — after already dealing with Vodafone, mobiles.co.uk, Lebara, Google, and now this nonsense.

And to top it all off, they happily took £100 excess, plus the ongoing £14 monthly premium, for what has been a truly awful service. These people are money-makers, not customer helpers. I would 100 times rather go to a local repair shop than ever deal with Taurus Insurance again.

Avoid them at all costs — terrible company, terrible service, terrible communication.

Great fast response with my claim would
Recommend

Avoid this company at all costs. They are the insurer behind gadget policies from places including Switched On Insurance, and the Post Office.

This is a Gibraltar-based budget insurer who operate by rejecting as many claims as possible and being as difficult to deal with as possible, in the hopes you'll give up. Spend your money elsewhere.

I had an expensive MacBook Pro covered for Theft and Loss under their Ultimate policy. The MacBook was either lost or stolen and they've refused to honour the policy. They've been an absolute nightmare to deal with. Do not give this company your money. There is no point paying for an insurance policy that they won't honour.

I lost my phone on the 23rd of August and have still not received any resolution on this insurance.

Taurus have multiple ways to make this a sludge practice. They have multiple confusing webpages for making a claim, resuming a claim, or checking a status all being on different urls with different log in credentials.
If you put your password in wrong once you need to wait 30 minutes (totally unneccessary).
They ask for an inordinate amount of supporting documentation which is completely unnecessary.

They breached their own timescales for responses. Everything about this is to avoid paying anything. I am so disappointed that this company was used. I will be contacting the financial ombudsman about how this practice can be acceptable in todays world.

A COMPANY THAT TAKES PEOPLES DATA PROTECTION AND USES IT SCAM... – DO NOT TRUST TAURUS INSURANCE

This is one of the worst, most companies I’ve ever dealt with. I gave them EVERYTHING my passport, police report, personal bank statements, every bit of proof they demanded. After making me wait for over a month, they declined my claim using a made-up excuse that my device “did not have the manufacturer’s recommended security features activated.” WEAK VAUGUE EXCUSESS PACKAGED UP AS A PROFFESTIONAL COMPANY BUT INSIDE WORKNG LIKE A RING OF GANG.

Their own policy says claims are only rejected if that feature isn’t on “without good reason.” WITH OUT GOOD REASON THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS.. I GAVE them a good reason and full PERSONAL INFORMATION AND POLICE REPORT evidence. They completely ignored it.

This was biased, manipulative, and dishonest from start to finish.

They’ve passed my sensitive personal data around multiple departments, no control, no respect for privacy. I had to spend my own money registering my phone as lost and stolen, and they don’t even refund that.

Taurus Insurance are crooks hiding behind fine print, exploiting technicalities to avoid paying out. They are not fit to operate and should be investigated by the Financial Ombudsman and ICO. PLEASE CLOSE THEM DOWN

THIS insurance industry. AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE

I went on holiday and my iPad accidentally fell and the screen cracked. This was on the 2nd day of my holiday. I love my iPad so was very upset that this had happened. I had gadget insurance with my travel insurance. Obviously so glad that I had. I uploaded all the required documentation to Taurus on their website. My iPad is 4 years old so was worried that I didn’t have the original proof of purchase but luckily I found it in my archived emails. Taurus approved my claim a couple days later. Said that I can go to the apple Genius Bar and get it repaired. I went to the Genius Bar but was told it was not in stock as it was an older model. They advised me to contact apple care. Apple care dealt with the replacement . Only thing here was I had to send my broken iPad to them and upon receipt and inspection they replaced it with another iPad ‘like for like’.I uploaded all the paperwork and now my claim is shortly due to be paid. I can’t fault Taurus. I contacted them a few times as my claim had to be processed online with apple and not with the Genius Bar. The staff were very helpful in regard to what documents I needed to send.
Thank you Taurus

I strongly advise against using this insurance company. It is a waste of money due to their unprofessional customer service. Additionally, they will find any excuse to reject a claim and avoid covering your gadget.

Warning: Taurus Insurance Gadget Cover is a Scam – and Tesco Should Know Better

I purchased Taurus gadget cover as an add-on to a Tesco backpackers insurance policy, expecting a solid safety net while travelling. What I got instead was a masterclass in how to dodge responsibility.
When I made a legitimate claim, Taurus selectively cherry-picked tiny details to deny coverage. They ignored the bulk of the evidence, twisting the small print to avoid paying a single penny. Every email from them felt like a pre-written script designed to shut me down, not help. Their staff were cold, dismissive and obstructive - more focused on finding loopholes than on resolving a genuine claim.

This isn’t just bad service. It’s a business model built to take premiums and then refuse payouts. Their so-called gadget insurance is worthless the moment you actually need it.

Tesco doesn’t get a free pass either. By partnering with Taurus, they’re knowingly steering customers toward a provider that fails to honour claims and treats policyholders with contempt. A brand as big as Tesco should vet their partners far more carefully and until they do, their travel insurance add-ons can’t be trusted.

Bottom line:
Taurus gadget cover is a scam.
Tesco is complicit by selling it.
Don’t waste your money or risk your trip with either.
Protect yourself and look elsewhere for genuine travel and gadget cover.

After paying £150 in excess on 22/08/25 after being mugged on my way home after work I still have not recieved my new device. Here's how they have mishandled the whole affair.

After realising my address was incorrect I emailed back within THREE MINUTES to explain my mistake as I was still suffering from the trauma of being a victim of a violent mugging they asked for proof of address which I provided on the same day whilst also claiming that they had asked the phone distributor to pause the delivery whilst they confirmed my details, fine no problem.

Around 5 days had passed and I still hadn't had confirmation of my address, which I still haven't to this day (11/09/2025) so I chased them up to ask if there had been some progress. The response I received explained it had already been delivered (they said it would be put on hold) and was at a collection office near the old address. After checking Royal Mail with the tracking number they provided I could see it was actually at the old address, where they said they wouldn't send it.

The amount of back and fourth has been so ludicrous and painful with the responses being extremely slow and the questions they ask are ones that I have answered previously. For example, I stated straight away I do not have contact with anyone at the old address so it's impossible for me to collect it. Obviously if I knew the tennants/landlord I would've reached out and collected it myself. Almost 2 and a half weeks later they emailed me asking if I had tried to speak to anyone at the old address??? Seriously?!

Also, in most cases I've only received a response following a secondary follow up email.

They will not send a new device even though I paid £150 3 weeks ago and are refusing to accept any mistakes on their part. If I could give 0 stars I would as they are the most incompetent people I have ever dealt with.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Fraudulent cowboys at best. Took dozens of emails to get them to approve the claim, had to send the same info about ten times. They do everything they can to avoid helping. Then on a £300 watch they offered me £70 based on a different watch they found on Amazon. Check any travel insurance and if it uses Taurus for gadget insurance avoid. They are disgusting scum

UPDATE FOLLOWING THEM LOGGING COMPLAINT.
they increased their low offer by a small amount. No where near value of watch.
Don’t be fooled by the fact they responded on here. AVOID AT SLL COSTS

Pretty much same as other disappointed customers on here - should have come to the reviews before taking policy out.

Slow and somewhat undermining lines of questioning at time of claim. Claim ongoing for few weeks now with no timeline to decline or fulfill.

Never again would I take policy with this company.

The screen on my macbook got damaged whilst travelling. The claim has been handled extremely slow - email replies from them are vague and asking really strange requests - for example if my permanent residence is in the UK - which is obvious. They just seem to be putting something off. It's starting to look like the ombudsman will have to assist me further. Coming up to a month with no solution in sight

Update - well over a month into the claim. Pointless back and fourth. This policy was with my travel insurance staysure who. For a broken macbook screen. They are asking for proof of flights, bank statements etc. I'm surprised a company can run like this in 2025

I never leave reviews but since I saw how many bad reviews this company had, I thought I’d share my positive experience. I lost my phone in Italy (iPhone 16 pro). I contacted the insurance company the day after. There were quite a few different documents they required (proof of purchase, loss report which you can complete online in 2 mins, travel documents, information from the provider etc) but i would say all were necessary. I contacted customer service to ask if they could give me any indication of how long my claim would take as I needed my phone as soon as I came home for work and was no longer hopeful that I would get this sorted promptly after reading reviews online.

However, the customer service representative got back to me within 24 hours and the claim was accepted within 48 (working) hours. It took a couple of days for the new phone to be posted but I received it a few days after that. All in, it took around 8 days including weekends to receive my new phone from submitting the claim.

They also sent me a brand new iPhone 16 pro rather than second hand. The colour wasn’t the same but I was prepared for this as they did say that they would send whatever stock they had and I was grateful for that as I cared more about getting it promptly.

Thank you Taurus for handling my claim so efficiently!

All went well at the start until I had to make a claim and the response back to this was declined and for 2 reasons which I found laughable, reason one was the lock on the front door hasn’t been broken to gain access to the room and secondly it was because I left it on charge next to my bedside for when we went out in the night. When I contacted them and asked to make a complain, suprise they couldn’t transfer me through as they only except emails and not phone calls. For anyone going to buy insurance through these I wouldn’t bother they will happily take your money and have nothing in return if needed