Car Insurance
A good friend of mine, who we’ll refer to as ‘Bob’, mentioned he’d just renewed his motor insurance for a 2006 Audi S Line for £648 from a household name specialising in insurance for older persons, I suggested that was a little high in my opinion and asked if he had used a comparison website, he replied he hadn’t, I also mentioned he had 14 days ‘cooling off’ period before his renewal was confirmed.
Bob is reasonably computer literate but did admit to never being bothered with comparison sites so I suggested we tried to see what results we might get.
We tried the ‘Meerkat’ one and the ‘Opera Singer’ one, both came back with results from around £300 to £1100(!), a good average to include all the usual benefits - Motor Legal, Breakdown Cover etc, and with an excess of £500, was around £420.
I suggested Bob went back home and talked to his original insurance company, and to mention other well known branded companies were quoting around £420 and that he had the documentation in an email to prove his point, within seconds his original quote was reduced to £420 with a refund of £228 on it’s way.......!
Bob is reasonably computer literate but did admit to never being bothered with comparison sites so I suggested we tried to see what results we might get.
We tried the ‘Meerkat’ one and the ‘Opera Singer’ one, both came back with results from around £300 to £1100(!), a good average to include all the usual benefits - Motor Legal, Breakdown Cover etc, and with an excess of £500, was around £420.
I suggested Bob went back home and talked to his original insurance company, and to mention other well known branded companies were quoting around £420 and that he had the documentation in an email to prove his point, within seconds his original quote was reduced to £420 with a refund of £228 on it’s way.......!
