Swinton Car Insurance - Nice and Easy

Advantages: Price, Local Branch, Claims
Disadvantages: None so far

...back. *Finally looking online, Swinton sounded very positive and from what I could read many customers were happy with the service they provided. Applying for the car insurance! Just like many companies there are many ways for you to obtain quotes and subsequently take up the policy. Swinton appear on all the comparison websites such as Confused, Money supermarket, Tesco etc. I would always recommend going through all these sites and then do a full quotation with the top company on their own website as often that can be cheaper. Swintons website is very easy to follow and within 3 minutes you can have a price which will be guaranteed for 30 days. It?s always worth while checking what offers Swinton have on, just now they offer £40 cash back per motor insurance policy. You can call Swinton on free phone number 0800 138...

marcellep2 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Swinton Insurance Services

WORST INSURANCE COMPANY-AVOID BUDGET

Advantages: NONE
Disadvantages: EVERYTHING- YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THEIR MISTAKES

...i too had a bad experience with this firm and as a result did not want to renew my insurance with them. I too never received my insurance certificate etc and after several phone calls where they told me it was in the post, it suddenly clicked to them that they had the wrong address for me..can you believe this they forgot to put a door number. However much to my disgust i was charged £10 for the extra policy they sent me as a result of their incompetence. I did not renew with them this year but guess what - they sent me an email saying they have deducted £290 from my card for renewal. i called them up to complain & they told me as I had not called them to cancel renewal they will 'automatically renew the policy'. I never heard of this before and told the call center guy who said its their company policy and that i should read...

katty73 09.08.2008 · Read review
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Swinton Car Insurance

Advantages: Easy to contact, good website, good value
Disadvantages: None whatever

...and prompt and courteous customer service. Reading the other comments here I hope this good beginning lasts. Also hope I never have to claim from any company, but will certainly let you know the outcome if I do! Summary: Easy processes, clear website, easily contactable. Slightly more excess than I wanted but this helped keep the costs quite low. Overall - pretty good so far! ***** Update ***** Unfortunately I had cause to call Swinton last week - not my fault may I add - so it was time to put my Swinton insurance to the test! Swinton were the brokers for my policy rather than the insurers themselves, so when I got in touch they were quick to point me in the right direction and offer me support should I need it. As things got more complicated (as these things often do, so I'm told) I called my local office back and they were...

Vixterbelle 16.01.2009 (21.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Swinton Insurance Services

An average car insurance company

Advantages: Quite cheap, good customer service
Disadvantages: Big premium for a few months after moving

...I am now into my third year Churchill Car insurance. I\'ve never really had any problems with them and they are always competitvley priced. My renewal this year was expensive but I rang them up and they got it down by £50 so I stayed with them. My second year they gave me 30% no claims discount for one year and my thrid year they have given me a discount of even more. However, when I moved house I was charged a £150 premium for three months because I was living in a worse area, but I understand that it can\'t be helped. This year I am paying in installments for the first time and I am quite impressed that the APR is only 10%. Some other companies do it for free, but as it works out it's only around £60 for the convienience of paying monthly for me, which I think is worth it. They also gave me discount on my Green Flag...

beany_spoon 05.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Churchill Insurance Company Limited

Zurich connect - woeful service

Advantages: good insurance package, clear information, reasonable cost (but not renewal quotes)
Disadvantages: poor customer service

...I've been with Zurich, Eagle Star then Zurich again for both home insurance and car insurance since the mid 1990s. I claimed on my car insurance in 1997 when my car was written off after someone tried to steal it.. The service was excellent and the cheque arrived swiftly. I had a similar positive experience when I claimed on my home insurance for a leaking water tank (ceiling replastered and room redecorated) in 2003. To say that they have gone downhill would be an understatement. The last couple of years renewal quotes have been high and only came down when presented with alternative prices from price comparison websites. I find the fact that insurance companies seem to put all their efforts into attracting new customers whilst taking existing customers for granted highly objectionable but stuck with Zurich because of their past...

TraceyC123 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Zurich Insurance Company

Great company

Advantages: very friendly service, helpful, a delight
Disadvantages: none

...I have now been with churchill car insurance for nearly 2 yrs. Since that time whenever i have had to contact them for changing over my policy, changing car details etc etc, if i have been on a mobile depending on how busy they are at the time, they will ring you back. And they actually do ring you back whent hey say they will, mostly within minutes of ending the call. They are the friendliest company i know, and i have been with a few. They actually do their job and try their hardest to find you the best possible services that they have to offer, and 9 times out of 10 they are the cheapest as they try to beat any like for like quote. Also theyre policies dont go up!! They offer a range of policies:- Car, van and moterbike insurance which obviously depends on your no claims, new driver, type of car, vehicle, etc etc, plus online...

glenny1987 08.05.2009 (09.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Churchill Insurance Company Limited

More Than Just An Insurance Company!

Advantages: Huge Range Of Services, Value For Money, Great Service
Disadvantages: None At All

...because they have to be and I have to say for an insurance company this appears to be quite a rare occurrence. As far as their car insurance goes they are definitely worth getting a quote from, and if you find that they are around the cheapest then consider the service you will receive as well because not many companies provide the level of service they do. As well as car insurance they also provide other types of cover for your car, this includes breakdown cover, specific European breakdown cover, loans and specific car buying loans via one of their other websites www.jamjar.com which have quite competitive rates. Other than cover for your car Direct Line can be a one stop finance company if you want them to be. They now offer all sorts of finance and insurance packages. Insurance: Car Insurance Home Insurance Travel...

Andy0304 24.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Direct Line Insurance plc

Privilege Insurance - Apalling and inefficient customer service

Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Poor service generally; pedantic; lack of response to complaints; ridiculous hold times

...I had always driven Company Cars until last November when I was made redundant and purchased my own car and insurance for the first time. Privilege were the cheapest quote I found. I set up the policy on line and was advised that I could have a no claims discount if I provided proof from my previous employer's insurer that I had made no claims. I requested this via my employer but it was not forthcoming and I contacted Privilege in Jan 09 to advise them that I had not deliberately 'overlooked' this but was having difficulty due to the redundancy circumstances. They then cancelled my policy in February. At this point I was fairly sanguine as I had not provided the proof. I reinstated the policy with zero no claims on the understanding that when I managed to obtain proof of no claims I would receive a backdated refund of the difference...

nitnatnaboo 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Privilege Insurance

Car Insurance

Advantages: Cheap, quick
Disadvantages: no nodding dog

...When it comes to car insurance, i'm afraid i'm a bit lazy. Don't get me wrong, i do have insurance but i haven't got the time to shop around and find not just the cheapest quote but also value for money. I've been driving for 9 years now and even when i've bought a new car. i've just gone along with the same company. A friend of mine told me i was stupid and could be saving money by getting quotes from other companies. But i was settled with what i already had. I was paying them for insurance and breakdown cover and in the 9 years i've only had to call them out once when the wife accidently left the light on on her sunblind and flattened the battery. But it's not the wife's fault I hear you all shout! Anyway i moved last year to what i considered a better area when considering car crime and i also now had a garage to house...

bifbails 27.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Churchill Insurance Company Limited

Insurance For New Drivers? Ohhh yes!!

Advantages: Cheapest insurance for new drivers
Disadvantages: Hard to contact

...As a new driver (I only past three weeks ago), I had to shop around quite a lot to find an insurance company to cover me as a learner driver. The challenge was to find someone who would provide fully comp for a reasonable price, without having to involve parents as a policy holder. The website I used orignally was www.confused.com, an absolutely fantastic website that will help you find the perfect company for you, without taking a fee. Basically, you register by typying in all your details of the car, age, name etc on their website and they take this information to all the companies registered with them (there are lots!) and email you back with a response. The cheapest one for me came up as Churchill out of a lot of strong contenders like Diamond, a company targeted specifically for girls. The first thing I found was that...

tashat 08.05.2005 · Read review
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