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Insurance aggregator websites slammed
Aggregator websites have been slammed by specialist insurance
website www.protection-insurance.com for providing inaccurate
insurance quotes.
The website has recently enhanced its car insurance service
by extending its motor insurer directory. The directory now
provides consumers with a huge range of choice as an alternative
to aggregator sites who, says Jason Hulott from the site “provide
quotes based on limited criteria and therefore give inaccurate
quotes, inevitably wasting the customers’ time and money”.
Hulott, who is Business Development Manager at www.protection-insurance.com
says: “Our enhanced car insurance directory gives the consumer
a list of direct links where they will be able to get genuine,
correct, real-time motor quotes from a range of household names.
“With insurance aggregators, although it may appear initially
that you are saving time and effort as you only need to complete
your personal details once in order to generate several quotes,
this can be confusing as the results shown are not always a
true reflection of what it will really cost with the insurer.
“This is because when you actually apply through that insurer,
the premium that you are quoted can be wildly different from
that generated by the aggregator site, who would have prepared
your quote based on some default or pre-completed answers.
“For example, our case study (see below) received a quote from
an aggregator site for £770.15 from EasyMoney Insurance.
This was the not the cheapest quote displayed and, as a consumer,
you would not have proceeded with the quote. However, by going
to the EasyMoney site via www.protection-insurance.com an identical
quote request came out at £565.16 – a massive saving of
£204.99 - and also cheaper than any displayed on the aggregator
website”.
Hulott summarises: “This shows that rates displayed at aggregator
sites cannot be relied upon when taking out insurance. With
our directory, motorists have the freedom and choice to go direct
for a quote without wasting time, effort and money receiving
one that may be incorrect.”
For more information, visit www.protection-insurance.com
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Case Study
To demonstrate how aggregator sites can provide
incorrect quotes, our case study Jason visited the website of
a leading aggregator to get three identical motor quotes for
his Alfa Romeo 147. While two of the quotes attained direct
from links on www.protection-insurance.com came in cheaper at
£29.36 and £23.18 respectively, one came in at £204.99
cheaper.
These three quotes were randomly selected from the results
displayed on the aggregator’s site against the 23 insurers on
the panel of www.protection-insurance.com
About Protection Insurance
www.protection-insurance.com launched in March 2003 and is
an internet based insurance business dedicated to giving consumers
a hassle-free way to get access to a wide range of insurance
products. Our product portfolio includes many specialist and
niche products as well as life and critical illness insurance;
car, home and self-build insurance; mortgage payment protection
insurance and income protection insurance.
For users preferring a one-to-one service, two no-obligation
insurance ‘phone lines are also available – one for general
insurance (call: 01282 417132) and one for problem insurance
(call: 0870 077 0005).
