Anyone tried hunting for insurance online recently?, I've just been through some of the more obvious sites (Churchills, Tesco, RAC) and they *ALL* have the same set of questions, even the same design web-page / form entry (from the order of questions, through to whether boxes are pull-downs, string entry, and the same bloody opt-outs for spam). Looks very stepford-wives of the insurance world, they're all the same.

Or am I just getting paranoid?

(Hmmm, Churchill = £760, Tesco's = £480... still, having seen what Tesco's did for a colleague who parked in my boot, I'm not so sure...)

I tried the AA, they came up with Churchills (I was already with Churchills) at about £80 more than I was paying.

Been with Churchills for years now, every time they put the premium up I threaten to go somewhere else.

Haven't had an increase in the last 5 Years.

I'm with Direct Line, and very happy with them. I've had three claims in four years and they've been very helpful. OK, they were all people running into me, so I don't know how they'd be if the accident was my fault.
The strange thing is, when it came up for renewal, I got some more prices on the internet, and found that I could take a new Direct Line policy for £60 less than the price of renewing my existing policy.
I queried this with D L, and was told, "You get a 10% discount for doing on line".
My wife is also with D L, and she's just this week, saved over £80 by taking a new D L policy instead of renewing the old one.
It's crazy, but that's the way it is.

Try http://www.moneysupermarket.com/motor/

I was very impressed with the quotes I got.

I use BUDGET and my wife uses DIAMOND. She gets a discount because of her 'sex'
I've been pleased with the price of Budget over the last 3 years but have got full no claims. It's around £350 per annum fully comp.
Doug

Well what I did find out is that there is no such thing as an overall low cost insurance company. The premium differs greatly depending on various parameters such as location, off-street parking, business use etc… So one of you guys may have gotten quotes from companies A B and C, and company A was the cheapest, but for my circumstances company B could turn-up to be the cheapest.

I am currently with Tesco because I use my car for work and they were the only ones from those I asked quotes that allow business miles to be included at no extra cost, so they worked-out cheapest for me.

(The other nice thing about Tesco is that they are one of those companies that provide third-party only to cover you if you are driving a mate’s car, though I never actually needed this so far)

The quotes I got ranged from £2,300 from Vauxhall Motors (through my local dealer), through £1,200 from Direct Line, and down to £700 which is what I am paying now to Tesco.

I was told by one broker that the high premiums are because I live in central London (‘high crime area’ according to the insurers) and the car is parked in the street. One insurance broker actually told me (after asking many questions and clicking away on his computer for a while) that his insurers do not provide fully-comp cover at all to cars parked in London streets!

short and simple from me

Tried all the various online brokers
tried confused.com

blah blah

best price by a mile ( or £300) was from admiral. Used to manage an insurance call centre ( years ago)so believe me i have scrutinised the small print and it doesnt uncover any issues either ( good excess/ hire car etc etc)

Admiral here. Really cheap if you pay up-front.