1st Quote

1st Quote: Terrible and unreliable (300 words)
by Ales - written on 20/02/09
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Must agree with everything already written. I've had the unpleasant experience just today. I did several on-line quotes and requested a callback from one of the companies. I received a call some half hour early and not paid attention enough to detect a call coming from 1stquote. My mistake. Still I was expecting a call and thought it was the correct one. After I've decided to go ahaid with motorbike insurance I was read the speedy disclaimer and payment taken over the phone for a credit card. I was given a reference number and customer services contact number. Moments later the real company who I requested a callback from called and it became apparent ...  Read the complete review

MAKE SURE YOU ARE INSURED EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE PAID IN FULL (230 words)
by extremely mad - written on 16/12/07
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we took out motor insurance with this company in October this year. 7 weeks later we received a letter from them which had taken 8 days to arrive saying 'they had cancelled the policy' this had been done 7 days earlier and we were driving around with out insurance during this, unaware that we were doing so. Their explanation was that the underwriters were not honerng the quoted prices and even though we had paid in full had many conversations n the phone with them, this was never mentioned. at the time of taking the initial insurance they were just £140 cheaper than the next quote. Now, they are asking for another £500!!!! on top of the original premium to insure us. ...  Read the complete review

1st Quote (Hero/MRB) Legal Expenses Insurance (494 words)
by - written on 10/08/07 (Useful, 311 readings)
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Is your broker 1st Quote Insurance? If so please check whether they have added 'legal protection' to your household policy - renewal notices will contain 1 sentence advising you that an extra £1 a month will be taken to cover this. If so, have you EVER been sent a policy for this so called legal protection? Their renewal notice advising of the so called cover will state that it is to be sent in a separate post. I have used 1st Quote as a broker for my contents insurance (Folgate) since 2003. In 2005 1st Quote added legal protection at an additional £1 a month but their letter advised that the policy would be sent in a separate post. It never was. Again in 2006 ...  Read the complete review

First Quote (397 words)
by - written on 13/05/01 (Very useful, 524 readings)
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Now there's a funny thing to call your insurance broking company. What are always told never to accept - your First Quote. Still, we did accept their quote for motor insurance. Myself and my soon-to-be wife are 24 and 23,have one-years no claims, a P-reg escort, live in Perivale in London and have no off-street parking. To the motor insurance trade we may as well just be leaving the keys sellotaped to the bonnet, judging by the premiums we've been quoted. Has anyone ever found a good and cheap London Motor insurance company? Now sadly, to First Quote, the old addage applies: GOOD - CHEAP - FAST: PICK ANY TWO. Funnily enough, this seems to apply ...  Read the complete review

1st Quote - BIG LET DOWN (235 words)
by - written on 28/09/00 (Useful, 174 readings)
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Back in may I passed my motorbike licence and bought a motorbike and got insurance through 1st Quote. Now, I have got a bit of a history driving. I was convicted of drink driving and was banned for 9 months (never done it since, and never will). A previous company (cannot remember the name) quoted £2500 pounds after originally quoting £750 fully comprehensive. So I forgot them. I phoned round a few companies and 1st quote came up with the best one at £590 third party which was a lot better than £2500. 1st point: It took about 4 weeks for the insurance certificate to come through. 2nd point: recently someone reversed into my motorbike and knocked ...  Read the complete review