“Refreshingly easy to organise; no hidden costs; genuinely friendly, and cheaper than the competitors. Almost enough to stop me hating insurance companies. But not.”
“Hi I had an accident with a admiral insured customer who admitted liability Admiral sorted out my car I was told by Admiral my insurance will go up and now I have changed my car and got new insurance my insurance has gone up an extra £74 I've spoke to Admiral on the phone who would not reimburse me this £74 it's an expense there telling me I have to put up with I recommend to stay away from Admiral Car Insurance ASDA Crookes they are expensive and the repair shops they use on not that good Lexus GS300”
“1) Awful Awful Awful company. Took my cheque for 900GBP when i moved from ireland to UK. I changed car to UK reg. On returning some months later to ireland on a breakdown they would not do temp transfer to dealer car because it was not UK registered.
2) Window chipped. Called and reported, took three days to call and arrange repair. In that time the window cracked all the way across. Glass repair company told me due to complexity of car systems the replacement needed to be done by Audi but Admiral would not agree and insisted the glass company did the repair. The technician for the glass repair in the end caused almost 2000 of damage to the car systems and the car had to go to audi in the end for 1 week. Despite being warned, admiral failed to listen.
3) to top it all off, a lorry ran into me recently, and admitted liability, there was CCTV footage. I was in the process of changing my car, and the repairs were estimated at almost 10k. The car wasn't written off, so i asked for a cash amount so i could sell the vehicle for less. They refused and would only pass it over to a third party called auxillis who would only repair the car taking 5 weeks, and loosing the new car deal I was getting. On top of this, even if the engineer did decide to write my car off, that would have to go under my own insurance policy despite the third party clearly being in the wrong, and admitting it.
The biggest stress caused in the whole accident process was caused by my own insurer.”
“Quite good all in all. I was a bit unhappy when i requested green card, after checking online and asking the county i wanted to include I ended up arriving there and I was not covered because they didn't include this country”
“NEVER use admiral... they charge you a HUGE amount for the box instalment even if you have been away or didn't receive the email or they had a wrong number even though I had called them off my new one!! It's the last I have anything to do with them!”
“The worst insurance company for me so far. No price structure, poor customer service, and never inform them when your car is crashed by other driver, they will kick your butts! Only interested in exploiting customers, especially if you use them as first insurance company.”
“I have had my car insurance with Admiral for two years and was just about to renew for my third year.
Last year I upgraded to a new car and paid around £800-900 for my car insurance. Halfway through the year Admiral asked me if I wanted to plug in a black box in my car and drive with it for 3 months to see if I could get additional discounts. I accepted the offer and three months later I received an e-mail saying "Congratulations, you are one of our safest drivers" and that I would receive a discount in my renewal.
The renewal came, and shocked me with an invoice of £1800! Instead of giving me a better price after yet another claim free year together with the black box discount, they bumped up the price with almost £1000!
I went on to a comparision site to see if I can find a better price elsewhere. Admiral once again came up as the cheapest and the quote was now £888 (around the same as I paid last year, before driving with the black box). The customer service agent at Admiral added this quote to my account but was not able to help me with any information on the black box discount. At e-mail conversations with customer service later they simply told me "the black box discount is already included" despite me telling them over and over again that this price is one that I found myself online and it has nothing to do with my black box.
So to re cap: I left Admiral due to their unreliable pricing structure, them wasting my time with the black box and their very poor customer service. I found an even better deal with Aviva (that wasn't visible when I compared the market).”
“Absolute rip off.We have insured our car with them and they have renew our policy without our consent. They haven't sent anything by post and didn't call us. We don`t have access to internet and they took advantage of that saying that they did give us notice through e-mail and their online portal. We still are being charged £87 even though we sold the car.”
“After being crashed into whilst stationary at traffic lights you would think this is quite a straight forward case for an insurance company to sort out. Whilst the repair and payment for my car went well and was dealt with reasonable quickly it all went wrong when my case was handed over to the injury specialists! My case handler was like a ghost, impossible to pin down by phone and completely ignorant when it came to answering emails!! Letters and documents lost, a battle over 11 months to get anywhere and now a settlement has been agreed, after complaining about said handeler and recovering another I might add the figure was half of what I was told I would receive! No consideration has been given to me for my injuries and the stress it has created for me and my family not only physically but mainly mentally and I have had to constantly phone and email nearly twice a week for almost a year to even get information on what stage we are at! Now admiral law have my compensation but have still not transferred it into my account. I have been given 5 dates in which the funds will be cleared and still there has been nothing! Every time I contact admiral another latent lie is given to me! I will never use this. Implant for anything for as long as I live! An absolute shambles with no care or consideration to the customer who pays their premium every year without fail. Steer well clear!!”
“Having worked in insurance for 3 years I was very impressed with the service I received from Admiral. I have not made a claim with them so cannot comment on that aspect of the policy. However, I called them up to discuss the renewal as I received a competitive quote elsewhere and the friendly lady I spoke to managed to reduce the premium by £367 by applying a 20% discount to legal cover and breakdown cover, making personal injury cover free, applying a discount to the overall premium, and told me that removing additional drivers/ increasing the excess would save money. They were still £100 more expensive than the competitor however I decided to renew with Admiral as it was less hassle than going elsewhere. I checked my documents straight after the telephone call and they were updated straight away with the new information and premium, I was very impressed with this.”
“30 mins to get through on the phone is unacceptable. Prehistoric phone queueing system.
Rude, uninterested advisors.
Yes, they'll be cheap, but just pray you never need to contact them during the policy.”
“I was a victim of a hit and run crash and all Admiral have done is make things 10 x harder. I rang Admiral instantly after the crash and despite the fact they were quick picking up my car and towing it away, they told me my car was written off (there was only damage to the rear bumper and exhaust) they tried to only give me £1,900 for it!!! After a long time arguing with them over the phone I got them to agree to give me £2,500 but I still feel that's a unfair price for my car.
Even though the other car went straight into the back off me, drove away AND I HAVE TOLD ADMIRAL THE REG NUMBER, they have put this claim on my policy. Meaning I have lost 2 years no claims and have to say I've written off a car. They also cancelled my policy (which had 7 months remaining and I paid it in full at the start of the year). They say "the accident is your fault until the other driver admits responsibility". I find this service a joke, it is completely unreasonable.
Every time I ring I get passed around 8 different departments, spend about 45 minuets on hold and have to explain my whole situation to every person I speak to, they all ask me things I've already told them and most the staff contradict other members of staff, their service would probably be something I'd laugh at if it wasn't at my expense. They have been no help at all, caused arguments between me and my family and there's nothing I can do.
I have no regrets in life apart from opening an insurance policy with Admiral. I believe they also own Diamond and Elephant insurance. Please chose another company.”
“I would not have insurance with this company ever again they rote my with wife car off,
After a police officer run into the back my wife car. They told me that it would be a write off without take in for inspection.
1, no curticy car
2,4 times told thay would ring back but didn't
3,made at least 6 call to them
And to add insult to injury thay are trying to charge £49.97p for my speed awareness course i told them about when taking out of the policie.
If you are thinking of taking a policy please don’t for your own sake.”
“With having DD on my licence my premium was through the roof... was receiving quotes of around £2500 and I only have an 59 plate golf. Went to admiral and they quoted £900. Spoke to customer services and they were amazing, sorted out my policy issue there and then. Cannot fault them at all.”
“I would definitely recommend Admiral to anyone. Was rear ended a few months ago and you never appreciate a good insurance provider until there really needed.
Communication was always quick and clear with them, and their online portal for accessing insurance documentation and relaying claim information was easy to use and informative. Arranging the garage assessment, valuation and a courtesy car where all quick and the car provided was nearly new.
Will be with Admiral for a while yet.”
“Ive got my both cars insured with this company, they cancelled one policy, but left other one, canceled because of adress confirmation which i send to them, sent everything, accepted for one policy but declined for second, thats shame, and i needed to insure my car and price gone up twice...”
