Where can I find the reliable list of best 10 car insurance companies?

am.jovial

My car insurance is due for renewal in 2-3 days and I have got quotes from Confused.com and also from my bankers. I am not able to decide which one to pick from these.
Can someone suggest a reliable best 10 can insurance companies ?
Currently I am inclined to pick one of these but this list is not based on extensive research though.
1. Aviva: my current insurer. £530. My current insurer.
2. direct line £509.60 . Got letter from them so thought of giving them a try.
3. Lloyds 387: My banker. Also, I had policy with them about 2 years back,

The excesses and extras I have entered are almost the same.
Appreciate any help here.

Thanks,
Am

fwor

You really need to define what you mean by "best", and then somehow quantify it. To some people, "best" means cheapest, but other people value the customer service interaction at the time of sale, or the experience in the event of a claim. There are other factors such as speed and accuracy of response.

Assuming you don't want to just judge a company on one of these factors, you would also need to decide the relative level of importance you want to place on each. Your decisions on this will probably differ from those of other people - so your "best" is unlikely to be someone else's "best".

If you do decide to just consider one of these factors - cost - the problem here is that there are probably several dozen inputs that each insurance company uses to assess risk, and each of those is likely to have an impact on the cost of the premium, and each will vary from company to company. So even if you simplify "best" down to meaning "cheapest", the result of all of these variables is that the "best" cost result for one person is very unlikely to be the same for another, chosen at random.

Hasbeen

am.jovial wrote: »

My car insurance is due for renewal in 2-3 days and I have got quotes from Confused.com and also from my bankers. I am not able to decide which one to pick from these.
Can someone suggest a reliable best 10 can insurance companies ?
Currently I am inclined to pick one of these but this list is not based on extensive research though.
1. Aviva: my current insurer. £530. My current insurer.
2. direct line £509.60 . Got letter from them so thought of giving them a try.
3. Lloyds 387: My banker. Also, I had policy with them about 2 years back,

The excesses and extras I have entered are almost the same.
Appreciate any help here.

Thanks,
Am

From a certain top UK consumer Organisation, Not allowed to tell you which. Overall results. Top10

NFU 84%
Saga 77%
LV 75%
Sainsburys 75%
John Lewis 73%
Direct line 73%
RIAS 75%
Churchill 71%
More Than 71%
Age Co 71%


Personally I always go for the cheapest, that gives me all that I want plus whatever cashback is going:)

am.jovial

fwor wrote: »

You really need to define what you mean by "best", and then somehow quantify it. To some people, "best" means cheapest, but other people value the customer service interaction at the time of sale, or the experience in the event of a claim. There are other factors such as speed and accuracy of response.

Assuming you don't want to just judge a company on one of these factors, you would also need to decide the relative level of importance you want to place on each. Your decisions on this will probably differ from those of other people - so your "best" is unlikely to be someone else's "best".

If you do decide to just consider one of these factors - cost - the problem here is that there are probably several dozen inputs that each insurance company uses to assess risk, and each of those is likely to have an impact on the cost of the premium, and each will vary from company to company. So even if you simplify "best" down to meaning "cheapest", the result of all of these variables is that the "best" cost result for one person is very unlikely to be the same for another, chosen at random.

Thank you for your reply.
I think I my priority would be :
1. High claim settlement probability
2. Customer care and speed during a claim
3. Cost
Any website that helps me to filter out based on these?

Browntoa

No , because it's not data that's freely available.

You need to do your own research on review websites before purchasing

fatbelly

Carbuyer gives:

1.NFU Mutual - 92.71% ...
2.Royal & Sun Alliance - 90.78% ...
3.Zurich - 88.79% ...
4.Co-op Insurance Services - 88.30% ...
5.M&S Bank - 88.24% ...
6.RIAS - 87.88% ...
7.Quote Me Happy - 87.26% ...
8.Direct Line - 87.19%

am.jovial

Which cashback websites is good for car insurance?

fatbelly

Auto Express gives:

1. NFU Mutual - 96.01%
2. Police Mutual - 93.06%
3. Liverpool Victoria - 90.83%
4. Privilege - 89.66%
5. Axa - 89.29%
6. Sainsbury’s Bank - 89.12%
7. Quote Me Happy - 88.96%
8. Sheilas’ Wheels - 88.93%
9. Zenith - 88.77%
10. Nationwide - 88.26%

Check topcashback and quido for cashback

Hasbeen

am.jovial wrote: »

Which cashback websites is good for car insurance?

As you can see many sites give different results NFU is always tops have used them in the past for insurance especially good for horses, etc

But to me they went really expensive?

As fatbelly states Topcashback, Quidco for some good deals, but it is competitive and usually for new customers.

Just noticed you have 29 posts now and member since 2013 and have never thanked anyone for their help?

Not that you need or even have to. Sorry not had my first cup of coffee yet LOL

But some posters seem to have put a fair bit time and effort researching for you. Did you find the advice unhelpful here or in your previous threads? if not it is courtesy to some times thank people?

That is why there is a big blue button under their posts marked thanks that people can press if they think the posters advice is helpful?

am.jovial

I thought thanking in my reply message is equal to clicking the thank you. Sort of missed the thank you button. I will re-evaluate visit my posts and do the needful. Thank you for letting me know.

csgohan4

you get what you pay for as well. One call being a good example, cheap and nasty with high excessess