Co-operative Insurance Society

I am writing as a customer of CIS insurance from the motor side of the company as I am really impressed with their services. I am a 21 year old guy who has a normal car, a 1.1 Peugeot 205, and had been insured with a company called Quinn Direct fot the past 2 years. After returning from Australia I needed insurance again, and with 3 years no claims, I thought that I would be able to find it reasonably cheap. This was not the case. The average price I was facing was around £400-450 which was more than I had been paying the previous year! After shopping around I found CIS, who quoted me only £330. I needed a few specific details, and I think that this ...  Read the complete review

My Grandad used to collect premiums for the Coop in the 1950's so my association with them goes back a long long time. When I came to renew my car insurance 3 years ago I needed to add my 17 year old son on !!!! Shock horror - a teenage tearaway - except he isn't, although most insurance companies treat youngsters as if they are. The coop where the cheapest by nearly £500 and at the time I had a 1.9l diesel Citreon. The gentleman I dealt with was helpful, understanding and we had a good laugh about teenager drivers and the drain on a parents finances! I changed my car very soon after to a 1.4l C3 and changing the insurance was a doddle. ...  Read the complete review

I first took out my policy with CIS several years ago. The only downside to the policy was that to set it up initially they sent an agent to my house. I know some people would prefer the personal service, and I remember the coop man used to come round to my house growing up every week to collect various insurances, but I found it a bit inconvenient and would have prefered to do it all over the phone. I found the agent to be friendly but a bit overbearing but he did print out my policy on the spot making it possible to tax my car straight away. I was lucky to never had to make a claim but I know friends who have. They dealt with the claim really quickly, and with no ...  Read the complete review

I first heard of CIS insurance through my parents. My Father was looking for insurance for my mum and stumbled across CIS in the pursuit of the cheapest quote. This was around 10 years ago now but the company at the time was the cheapest. I followed suit when I passed my test - although to keep the cost lower I insured the car in my mum's name (as she was older)…. However the downside to this through insuring with CIS is that the car needs to be registered in the policyholder's name. So my car is now registered under my mum's name! The quote was reasonable, bearing in mind that the policy covered any driver of any age. In addition my partner had ...  Read the complete review

MY EXPERIENCE. My experience of this company is a very good one, ive been with this company for about 6 or 7 years now and never had any problems, theyve always been courteous, fast and efficient. When i first started out with this company, i called and asked for a quote, which they couldnt give me immediately due to computer problems (the wonders of modern technology), instead of keeping me hanging on the phone for ages, the operator said they would call me back with the details. This happened about 30 minutes later, with an apology for not being able to give me my quote there and then. To my amazement the quote was the cheapest id had by ...  Read the complete review