We have been with Admiral for years and, of course, it's been fine to the point where we needed to make a claim. Our car was stolen as part of a burglary. After the stress of that and the police confirming they had given up looking for it, we dealt with Admiral's claims team. I can't fault the friendliness and professionalism of the individuals I spoke with, so 2 stars for that. BUT 2 things left us angry and bitter: Firstly, it took MONTHS to settle the claim, meaning we continued to pay interest on our car finance for ages and meant we were unable to move forward in getting a replacement car. Worst of all though, Admiral use the glass guide to value the car. The Glass guide (we've used this on a tonne of specific car searches) consistently values cars at private and trade levels, under the reality of the market. Admiral don't use the valuation of the trade price, they use the lowest, arbitrary price. This means they don't take in to account the retail mark-up or, simply the reality of what a model is being sold for on the open market. I gave examples of our exact model and mileage (we had loads of extras/specs as well, but we ignored that) that were priced at at least £4,000 above what they were saying the car was worth. They moved £500, but the reality is that were left with a trifling amount of money and left feeling totally ripped off by Admiral and the industry as a whole. Surely a car, like everything else in the world, is worth what it costs to purchase in the market place - not what some random website/ single organisation says??