BeatThatQuote.com
BeatThatQuote.com is an appointed representative of Best Value Financial Services
Limited. BeatThatQuote supplies an insurance comparison service to moneyfacts.co.uk
and has a number of other partnerships in place, including those with Thomson,
Experian, Switchwise and the Energy Helpline.
Choose Insurance
Choose Insurance is an informational site that comments on a range of different products.
The information provided on the site is purely the personal view of the writers and owners
of Choose Insurance.
CompareTheMarket.com
CompareTheMarket.com is wholly owned by the Budget group of companies. It started life
as a broker and still maintains some broker relationships with a select number if business
partners for customers to compare.
Confused.com
Confused.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Admiral Group and has other insurance
brands such as Diamond, Elephant, Bell and Gladiator. Confused.com has been around since
2002 and started the quote comparison search engine revolution.
Fool.co.uk
Fool.co.uk is primarily an information resource for all things financial. They are an
independent company offering a full range of comparison tools which are powered by
MoneyFacts. Their car insurance quote engine is powered by CompareTheMarket.com.
Insurance.co.uk
Insurance.co.uk is a trading name of Lloyds TSB Insurance Services. They offer quote
comparisons for both car and motorbikes from a limited panel of insurers.
Insurancewide.com
Insurancewide.com is a joint venture between insurance and online operators including
Harrison Son Hill & Co Ltd, NewMedia SPARK Plc and Equity Insurance Group Ltd.
Their comparison quote engine only gives customers indicative quotes based on a reduced
set of only eight questions. They can provide a full comparison for a certain number
of risks, however not everyone will get this. Their quote engine is powered by Quote
Detective.
Lloyds TSB Compare
Lloydstsbcompare.com uses the same quote engine as insurance.co.uk with a slightly
different look and feel. They offer the exact same service comparing quotes from a
limited number of providers.
MoneyExpert.com
MoneyExpert.com has partnered with Defaqto to offer a range of financial comparison
services. Now branching out into insurance comparison, their car insurance quote engine
is powered by Confused.com.
MoneySavingExpert.com
MoneySavingExpert.com headed by it's founder and figurehead, Martin Lewis has emerged
as the consumers champion for consumer rights. His website covers a wide range
financial matters but is limited to providing advice and directing consumers in the right
direction, and does not offer an insurance comparison service.
Moneysupermarket.com
Moneysupermarket.com started life as a mortgage comparison service for brokers and was
admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange in July 2007. Their revenue comes
predominantly from fees paid by providers, advertisers and financial intermediaries.
Powerseeker.com
Powerseeker is an online resource that directs users to a range of insurance
companies. They use Quotezone to power their car insurance quote engine.
Q4.com
Q4 Insure provides an online insurance quote comparison service and is a trading
style of Financial Management Technology Services Ltd.
QuoteZone.co.uk
QuoteZone compare car, home and van insurance and offer a range of other products
such as loans, mortgages and credit cards through a limited number of partners
including ClickLoans and MoneyQuest.
SimplySwitch.com
SimplySwitch.com was bought by the Daily Mail group in 2006 for £22 million before
it was closed due to poor performance. The site is now in the hands of new owners and
now offers other channels such as insurance which is powered by MoneyExpert.
Tescocompare.com
The supermarket giant Tesco have been in the financial services market for a number of
years and they now offer a price comparison service using a similar search technology
as us. Their comparison service compares policies from a number of insurance companies
including Tesco car insurance products which are also available through us.
TheComparisons.com
The Comparisons first made an appearance in 2007 with their main offering being a
car insurance comparison service using a limited number of brokers and insurance
companies.
Thrifty Scot
Thrify Scot offer a range of different products and associated information. Their
insurance offering is powered by Only Finance.
uSwitch.com
uSwitch started life as a utilities switching service, allowing customers to compare
and switch their gas and electricity supplier. uSwitch is owned by the American media
business EW Scripps and whilst they now offer a range of comparison services, their
name is still most readily associated with utilities.
Which?
Which? publishes advice on anything from washing machines to gas and electricity. Although
they are relatively new to car insurance, membership is required in order to access a lot
of the information that is available on the site.