This may be common knowledge but it was a first for me.
I recently took out a policy for new insurance. At first I used a comparison site, in the end I went direct to the company because I could benefit from topcashback.
Anyway, during one of the searches on the comparison site I changed the address to another location as a family member wanted to know, out of interest, what the difference was where they lived. I did so and thought nothing of it.
Got a call from the insurance company today asking about that address, if the vehicle was linked to any other address as they spotted this search (all I did was update the address, saw the quote, then change it back). Little bit of confirmation and proof of address later and i'm all good.
So tip - save yourself some headaches and if you're going insurance shopping and may have a reason to put another address in (second home, interest) - they can see this stuff (more so if you give the license plate of the car as I did).
They saw these searches on a comparison site even though I didn't actually use the comparison site to buy.
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Something I didn't add to the OP.
I did actually have to pay more. Long story short when they asked if i'd been a resident at my address since birth I said yes but I'd spent a few years overseas (traveling). Apparently they count this as time away if more than 6 months so I had to pay another 60 quid....just for them to edit my details. All they did was change my 'time lived at address' from birth to a few years after. Naturally this had a charge s which was over £70 but I asked for a requote and it came out about £60 more expensive afterwards anyway.
Robbing gits.
They seem to be wise to you checking their site because when I tried to do a quote with her on the phone it said sorry we can't give you a quote at this time (even with hidden number plate). When I tried just now using random names, numbers and close details it gave me a quote 4x the original quote and also said they cannot offer direct debit option, so clearly they are running credit checks at the same time.
I recently took out a policy for new insurance. At first I used a comparison site, in the end I went direct to the company because I could benefit from topcashback.
Anyway, during one of the searches on the comparison site I changed the address to another location as a family member wanted to know, out of interest, what the difference was where they lived. I did so and thought nothing of it.
Got a call from the insurance company today asking about that address, if the vehicle was linked to any other address as they spotted this search (all I did was update the address, saw the quote, then change it back). Little bit of confirmation and proof of address later and i'm all good.
So tip - save yourself some headaches and if you're going insurance shopping and may have a reason to put another address in (second home, interest) - they can see this stuff (more so if you give the license plate of the car as I did).
They saw these searches on a comparison site even though I didn't actually use the comparison site to buy.
Edit:
Something I didn't add to the OP.
I did actually have to pay more. Long story short when they asked if i'd been a resident at my address since birth I said yes but I'd spent a few years overseas (traveling). Apparently they count this as time away if more than 6 months so I had to pay another 60 quid....just for them to edit my details. All they did was change my 'time lived at address' from birth to a few years after. Naturally this had a charge s which was over £70 but I asked for a requote and it came out about £60 more expensive afterwards anyway.
Robbing gits.
They seem to be wise to you checking their site because when I tried to do a quote with her on the phone it said sorry we can't give you a quote at this time (even with hidden number plate). When I tried just now using random names, numbers and close details it gave me a quote 4x the original quote and also said they cannot offer direct debit option, so clearly they are running credit checks at the same time.
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