Compare insurance quotes at moneysupermarket

The insurance section of Moneysupermarket is well worth a visit for its encyclopaedic comparison services.

The insurance section concentrates on personal general insurance, generating comparative quotations with online or telephone application in the following areas:

• Motor: car, van, motorbike and breakdown.
• Home: buildings and contents.
• Landlord.
• Travel: Single, multi-trip, long-stay; winter sports.
• Pet: cat and dog
• Health: Private Medical Insurance (PMI) and dental
• Payment Protection: sickness & accident, mortgage.

The most impressive feature is the One Search engine for car and home insurance, whereby your details are entered into a common application form and submitted to all the insurers for accurate comparative quotes. All you need to do is click on the appropriate buy button to get through to your chosen provider and fine tune your quote (e.g. change the voluntary excess, protect your no-claims bonus etc.)

Search results are extensive, embracing a wide list of product providers. However, I could not get the motorcycle and landlords insurance search engine to work.

Product guides generally have sufficient depth to assist with informed choice. Policy details are spelled out in great depth and are easily accessible.

Search results are only displayed in descending order of costs and cannot be sorted by any other criteria, although it is often possible to filter the results (e.g. motor breakdown: vehicle or named driver policies).

The most serious gripe concerns the absence of general insurance products for business, but for which this would be first choice by some distance.