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Insurance Category

Whilst there are many Insurance companies providing cover within the UK, it can be extremely difficult to know which ones can be trusted and which are actually competitive to start with. As a rule of thumb, any insurer which is not authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority(FSA) should be avoided since this is a legal requirement when providing cover inside the UK. The FSA have strict quality controls and rules in place which are meant to ensure consumers are always best advised and treated as fairly as possible. Likewise the FSA provides a level of protection to insurers by forcing a high level of disclosure and logging meaning if an insurer is in the right there should be no doubt or argument.
 
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The old way of getting an insurance quote would be to walk down your local highstreet and go into each insurance companies building or to pay for quotation from a broker who would look around for the best deal. As the internet has taken off you now see less traditional highstreet broker operating and those that are rarely charge for quotes now days since competition is so high. Now days the easiest way is to use an online broker to find the cheapest deal which offers the level of cover you require or go direct to an insurer. There are overheads associated with running a call centre which is why you'll usually find the chepeast quotes on the internet rather than telephone.