Online Insurance Shopping

Car insurance searches soar at the expense of home and travel

The number above is according to the latest report ‘ Insurance Sector Report – Issue 11 ’, by leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, which profiled consumer search behaviour on Google UK for home, travel and car insurance products in January.

Three in four motorists put price first when buying car insurance



A whopping 76% of motorists are putting price before quality as they desperately strive to save money and beat rising car insurance premiums, according to the Moneywise Consumer Opinion Survey 2012.

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Putting the 'Insurance' Back in Health Insurance

We understand that it would make no sense to buy auto insurance after we’ve already crashed our car. We appreciate that it would be strange to buy homeowner’s insurance after our house has already burned down. And yet, when it comes to health coverage, many of us think that it makes perfect sense to wait until we’re sick to buy health insurance. If we really want to make health insurance ...

3.5 Million UK Homeowners Don't Have Adequate Home Insurance Cover

CHESTER, England, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --3.5 million homeowners are missing out on some form of home insuranceA third of those renting their homes have no home insurance cover whatsoeverNearly 3.5 ...

comparethemarket.com Welcomes Peoples Choice Car Insurance Panel

LONDON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --comparethemarket.com, one of the UK's leading price comparison websites, has announced that Peoples Choice, part of Hastings Insurance Services Limited, is joining its ...

Over Four Million Brits Consider Fraudulent Home Insurance Claims

Britain's number one comparison site found 4.3 million people with home insurance, (11 per cent), are willing to consider making afalseclaim on their home insurance. Of these people, four per cent (or 1.5 million) admit they'd consider making a false claim - or had already done so - regardless of the economic climate. Worryingly, almost 780,000 people have already defrauded their home insurer by ...

Nine Out of Ten People Support Clampdown on Whiplash Claims

CHESTER, England, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Many believe the compensation culture is getting out of controlNine out of ten people (93 per cent) welcome the government's clampdown on car insurance claims ...

Insure2drive and Good Girl Join comparethemarket.com Car Insurance Panel

LONDON, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --comparethemarket.com, one of the UK's leading price comparison websites, has announced the latest additions to its car insurance panel, Insure2drive and Good Girl, underwritten ...

Safety unit probes Fisker plug-in car fire

(Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators are trying to determine the cause of a Texas garage fire that destroyed three vehicles, including a luxury plug-in sports car built by Fisker Automotive. The Fisker Karma, which sells for more than $100,000, was parked in the garage of a newly built home in Sugar Land, Texas, when the fire broke out earlier this month. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...