Of the two routes to
breakdown insurance cover as listed above - that is, use of a breakdown
insurance comparison service or going direct to a top UK
provider - the former route is the more popular.
There's nothing unusual in that, of course. The UK uses price
comparison services widely for many different types of cover. It seems
as if we can't get enough of them; so, now you can get breakdown
insurance through them as well, it was always likely to be a popular
service and it is.
But is their popularity justified? Is it a good idea to get breakdown
insurance in this way? Well, if you want a bargain price for
your cover, then clearly to compare breakdown insurance
packages has some merit and an automated system is the only
convenient way to powerfully achieve this. So, a breakdown
insurance comparison system is good for finding a cheap price but what
about the quality question? You pay for what you get, don't
you?
Indeed, and, broadly, there are two issues that evolve from this.
First, while there are no absolute reasons to avoid the routine use of
a comparison system to find breakdown insurance, it's
certainly important to check carefully what kind of cover you're
getting when you use them. With the cheaper policies, there may be some
exclusions that considerably reduce the utility of the policy when you
apply not uncommon scenarios to the cover you might need in the real
world.
Second, if you do want better quality control when you identify the
best breakdown insurance, often using a price
comparison system is a more cumbersome way to find it rather than
simply going direct to the UK's market leader, Green Flag (link above).
In a nutshell, that is why we list both of these routes to breakdown
insurance cover here. There's the popular choice - price
comparison - and there's the more quality-driven choice - going direct.
With regard to pricing, if you do decide to go direct, you need have no
great concerns on this issue. The market leading provider of breakdown
insurance is, just about by definition, highly competitive on price
when you compare like with like.
If it would be your usual preference to use a breakdown
insurance comparison site, why not check out our direct
provider as well and draw your own conclusions about what you would
feel most comfortable with for your own motoring circumstances, needs
and wishes.