Car insurance needed

andygb

I have managed to cancel the auto renewal on my car insurance, so am looking at insuring our latest purchase. I have had good quotes from the following - Go Skippy (never heard of them before), Churchill, Direct Line, Sheila's wheels and Tesco. Would anyone recommend any of these?

flaneurs_lobster

Well, I've used two from your list to insure my car, reasoning was that they were the cheapest quote from a company that I had actually heard of.

By recommend, do you mean from people who have actually made a claim on a policy from one of these companies?

andygb

flaneurs_lobster said:

Well, I've used two from your list to insure my car, reasoning was that they were the cheapest quote from a company that I had actually heard of.

By recommend, do you mean from people who have actually made a claim on a policy from one of these companies?

Just ease of using the sites, value for money, easy to contact (One Call Insurance were not easy to deal with), because like your self, I will go for the cheapest quotes. All the ones I mentioned, were within £10 of each other. Cheers for replying.

MyRealNameToo

andygb said:

I have managed to cancel the auto renewal on my car insurance, so am looking at insuring our latest purchase. I have had good quotes from the following - Go Skippy (never heard of them before), Churchill, Direct Line, Sheila's wheels and Tesco. Would anyone recommend any of these?

Go Skippy is a broker, the other four are direct insurers. Churchill and DL are both brand names of UK Insurance these days (they used to be sister companies but many such firms consolidated to reduce regulatory burden). 

There are those that hate certain insurers, some rationally and others less so but mainly based on a single personal experience but realistically everyone messes up occasionally and a single incident really isnt really how you should compare a massive corporation. 

I've been insured by 3 of them, never made a claim on them so can only really comment on their pricing and thats a very personal thing. 

flaneurs_lobster

andygb said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Well, I've used two from your list to insure my car, reasoning was that they were the cheapest quote from a company that I had actually heard of.

By recommend, do you mean from people who have actually made a claim on a policy from one of these companies?

Just ease of using the sites, value for money, easy to contact (One Call Insurance were not easy to deal with), because like your self, I will go for the cheapest quotes. All the ones I mentioned, were within £10 of each other. Cheers for replying.

OK, Tesco website is easy to deal with, think there's a small discount for Clubcard holders. Direct Line trouble with registering online, maybe linked to long-ago policy - call centre sorted OK.

sheramber

Had write off claim with Tesco . Easy to deal with and happy either way pay out.

Eve n better was the fact that renewal next year for replacement car that was newer model, so worth more, was cheaper than the previous year, despite the claim. 

Don't know how they are to deal with now but you can make changes online with no charge.