YES, You DO need to phone around! (AA Car Insurance)

Name: carlossp

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Product:	AA Car Insurance
Date:	23.01.01 (86 review reads)
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Disadvantages: Misleading advertisements, pay commission on top of the cheapest possible policy.

A good friend of mine recently passed her driving test and can’t wait to get behind the wheel. The problem is because she is only 22 years old without any claims bonus or independent driving experience, it’s impossible to get a reasonably cheap quote.

I helped prepare a long list of insurance companies to phone around, quotes ranged from around £650 to well over £1000 for 3rd party insurance. One of the last companies we rang was AA Insurance Services. After going through the usual questions my friend was quoted around £100 more than her cheapest insurance quote, however the quote still fell into the top 5 cheapest quotes. On examining the quotes, to our surprise the AA were providing cover through the same company as my friends cheapest quote.

In conclusion the AA were adding £100 commission in pure profit for themselves. This proves how misleading their advertisement is on TV that emphasizes the time and money saved by just phoning the AA.

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