Google Insurance feedback

Cleadon_PiC

For some reason it seemed to be impossible to get through adding a second driver as their profession and insurance requirements were incompatible.

I need business use, but my spouse, a housewife doesn't. It didn't seem to be able to cope/quote sadly.

ellendexter

Just tried to get quotes for hubby's and my car insurance from Google. We share one car. But Google won't let one of the drivers be a homemaker and have business use on the policy! Duh! So cant use the Google comparison.

mushypeaman

I dread getting car insurance quotes and grinding through those questions.
Google was a lovely surprise; quick clean and clever; well layed out; no hitches or glitches.

phynbarr

Nice to see the quote change as more details were added although I was unimpressed to see it shoot up when ~I entered my gender (F)

However, quote was twice the price of any other direct or comparison site, won't be going there again

david100351

Entered the reg number, and the wrong model came up. A 10 plate, and the model given was the post 2013 variant! [actually, since discovered this isn't google's fault, it seems to be the central database they all use]

Tried with the make, model etc but couldn't find the right model listed either. It was probably there, but the title wasn't the same as in the V5N so I wasn't taking any chances.

For fixing purposes, Honda Jazz 2010 model Jazz I-Vtec ES

chiny

Just started the annual car renewal aggro and noted (for the first time) that Google are on the list.

Tried the cheap link from Google and got a quote.
Tried the insurance company direct; got 10% cheaper.
Tried Google again; same higher price.
Tried the insurance company again, still 10% cheaper.

I have paranoid levels of cookie, tracker scrubbing, etc on my browser although presumably the insurance company easily matched names, ages etc with no need to deviously track me.

Not a good start for Google.

Telegraph_Sam

I tend to use the search engines (not all) in the order recommended by MSE and in the past Google has not figured in the list. No particular complaint so far, you should always cross-check the exact terms on the insurer's own website and it is not unknown for me to go for a different deal from what comes up initially in the search engine. Same applies to Google

MickBee

Background: recently, LV= have come up best for me for a reliable company (and give a 5% multi-policy discount.) Also usually, like other insurers, their renewal quote is higher than going to them as a new customer (which I have done using MSE suggested sites.) However, last year, when LV wrongly said, on (household) renewal, that I had made a claim, I not only complained but asked for them to treat me as a new customer when giving me a revised quote, which they did.

I have just used Google and Confused to check my renewal quote from LV. Both gave the same headline figure, but the amounts for extras (Legal expenses, European cover) were 5% less with Google than with eitherConfused or LV= (so Google were factoring in the 5% discount, as their details said.)

However, both quotes (when including extras) were about £6 more than the renewal quote from LV= (which included those extras.) Maybe LV have actually "gone legit" in not penalising those who (complain and) renew?

Sooler

Telegraph_Sam wrote: »

I tend to use the search engines (not all) in the order recommended by MSE and in the past Google has not figured in the list.

I suspect MSE have their own motives for touting Google.

hethmar

Got my renewal quote from Hastings. Seemed a bit high at £280 so went on their site to enter our details - the quote on there came out at £164. So I thought Id do some more comparison sites.

I found the google comparison really difficult to use because it only gives you the price of the policy, not what the policy cover will include. This means you have to open each quote to read the documents!

I got so bored I rang Hastings said I could get their policy for £116 less on the net and they matched it. Easy and a lot less of a pain than going through all the sites one at a time. I think it was a good result as Id scanned a few of the google quotes and they seemed roughly the same as the renewal quote.