Car and home insurance - how did you find yours?

[hazelnunhead]

Both my car and home insurance is coming up for renewal ..... and I thought I would look around to compare what I am paying at present to what is avialable.

I wondered if anyone could share any companies / websites they have used.

Our home insurance is through Halifax and is around ?80 pounds a month - does this seem relative to what others pay?

My car insurance is through Quinn, (an Irish company) that will no longer be operating from March so I need to look at this.

We also seem to have a policy for Thames water which relates to plumbing / pipes bursting on the properyt - (I must check this specificaly) but is this something that seems relevant? I think the overall policy is ?80 per annum, but I am wondering if when we received our mortgage this was bundled in!

Any advice or ideas appreciated.

[Dodo1]

Hi

Just renewed my home insurance for a lot less than last year- went through a comparison site.

[hazelnunhead]

Etta that sounds interesting, could you pass on the details of your broker? IS this something they do for others or do you have to be an existing client?