Here we go!

My car insurance is due in about 10 days, since like any good little consumer these days I like to shop around for the best deal, I figured I would give this “Challenge Churchil” a try for a comparable policy to my renewal….

Oh yes, they will beat it for sure….by £1, and then ask you to pay a deposit of two months at the time of the policy setup (not from the policy start date) - I am not bothered about the deposit as this is common practice not limited to Churchill, but to expect me to pay up before my policy is due; when I have to cancel my existing policy at the same time, all for a saving of £1 seems a bit of a false saving to me.

In all from Churchill’s perspective I’d have saved LESS than 10p a month, for a policy that quite frankly is no better than the one I currently have.  “SOME” guarentee huh!

Whilst I am not going to diss Churchil out of hand, because I am sure they are a good insurer generally, I am surprised at what a miniscule guarentee they offer.  Maybe I am the exception; maybe my current policy is so good they simply couldn’t beat it adequatley in which case, I would have appreciated a little honesty.

Nevermind - methinks I’ll be stinking with my current provider thank you very much - for the personal monetary cost to me in the short term to switch, it just isn’t worth a saving of less than 10p a month.

Churchill, you have been challenged, and you have been found to be somewhat stingy in your price promises!