Elephant.co.uk

My Experience Of Using Elephant.co.uk (511 words)
by - written on 26/10/09 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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I've used Elephant for a couple of things: Car insurance and travel insurance. They've been pretty good to me on both occasions. With travel insurance I've found them to be pretty cheap and easy to arrange. I did it at short notice last time and as well as posting the documents out to me which I wouldn't have been able to get in time anyway, they emailed them to me so I'd have the certificate and points of reference should I be able to call on them. I haven't but it's nice to know they went that one step further to know that I was able to use it should I have needed to. I use them mainly for car insurance. Again I've never had to rely on them as I ...  Read the complete review

Elelphant.co.uk are a bunch of cowboys - AVOID AVOID AVOID (362 words)
by NOT IMPRESSED - written on 07/10/09
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The problems we had with Elephant have been numerous - my advice is do not insure with them, they may be cheap but if you have a claim you will regret it. I would go so far as to guess that the positive reviews on this site are not "genuine". I have a friend who has also had a nightmare with them. My accident was witnessed by two police officers, it took place in May and involved someone driving into my car whilst I was stationary so it would be a no-brainer from an insurance point of view, or so you might think... Elephant made the minimum effort to pursue the claim, did not contact the police as it costs them money to request a police report, the £20 we ...  Read the complete review

Elephant.co.uk: Good 10 month policy but high excess (513 words)
by - written on 08/09/09 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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I have been driving for 3 years now but because of my age 24, my gender (Male) and my circumstances of not being rich (living in a not so good area), i find it very hard to find decent priced insurance. Ok, so i dont help myself wth having a 2 litre car. I unfortunately had an accident that was my fault within 3 months of passing my test, but fortunatly started a job that i was given use of a company car with. This was great un until leaving the job a year later. All the other insurers were coming up with quotes for no less than £2000 for the year fully comp, and most wouldnt insure me at all. Elephant quoted at £1200 but because i paid over direct ...  Read the complete review

Elephant.co.uk, value for money (831 words)
by - written on 11/06/09 (Very useful, 286 readings)
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Being a young driver (23) I dread the yearly week's worth of scouring the length and breadth of the internet and phonebook to try and find a better deal for my car insurance. I spend hours filling in online forms, listening to Lionel Richie down the phone, and generally getting fed up of people telling me I'm paying too much then failing to offer me anything better. However one way or another for the last two years this process has resulted in me choosing Elephant.co.uk as my insurer. A lot of good and bad reviews have been posted on here that either rave about the price or complain about the service should something go wrong. I personally have never had a ...  Read the complete review

Elephant.co.uk: A warning to anyone considering buying from Elephant, especi ... (937 words)
by Alan - written on 23/10/08
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I've used Elephant twice, the first time with no problems, and the second (and current) time with significant difficulty. First off, Elephant's prices are reasonable compared to other insurers on the market. The first time I used them I had no problems, but I think that was largely because I did not have to use them beyond organising cover. This time I again took breakdown cover, which is where the problem started. Elephant outsource breakdown cover to a third party - Call Assist, who in turn use local garages and recovery companies. One morning in August, my car (a Mercedes 190E in generally good condition, which are typically pretty ...  Read the complete review