car insurance

With the emergence of live online insurance comparison websites, many people are flocking to the internet to get their car insurance quotes. So with this convenience of comparing quotes easily online, do traditional insurance brokers have a role to play in today’s society?

The short answer is yes, it is important to get a car insurance quote from an insurance broker as well as a comparison from a live quote online car insurance comparison websites. The reason is because each method offers you a different range of companies and underwriters to compare from. You are hard pressed to find an insurance company in Australia offering commissions and their product through both online comparison websites and through traditional brokers.

Some of Australia’s largest insurance names only go through traditional offline brokers. Many of the insurance companies offering their product to affiliates are either newer companies to the Australian market, such as Budget Direct, or a new product from an existing company such as Bingle which is part of AAMI.

It is impossible to say which method will provide you with a cheaper car insurance quote as for some situations traditional car insurance brokers will be cheaper and other time the comparison websites will offer you a better deal.