Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Car insurance sorted - happy days!

I've finally got my car insurance sorted out, so that's a big relief. I posted about my renewal notice about a week or two ago, and I've been comparing quotes on and off since then.

I've used all of the top comparison sites - confused, moneysupermarket, comparethemarket, gocompare and tescocompare - with mixed results. The thing is, I'm really specific about what I want from my policy and whilst price is an important factor it's not the only factor.

There are things I like and things I don't like about each of these sites. The best one, for me, was gocompare.com. This was because it offered a clear way of comparing policies not just by price but by policy features too. That made the whole process a lot easier and a lot more credible. What I didn't like about gocompare is that I got phone calls from two companies almost immediately, even though I had opted out of the marketing bumph. Overall, if you want to compare car insurance but you are not just looking to compare by price i.e. looking for the cheapest quote, then this site is one I would recommend.

Having said that, I suppose what's good for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander - so the real recommendation is to use all of the comparison sites. Like me, you'll probably find yourself a cracking deal - I shaved £97 off my renewal price without compromising my cover.

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