Confused.com adds new partners to insurance panels

Confused.com is delighted to welcome the addition of five new partners, to its already extremely comprehensive list of providers for home, travel and motor insurance.

The new partners joining the home panel will be ASDA, Hastings Direct, and InsurePink. Both ASDA and Hastings Direct will be exclusive to Confused.com.

ASDA offers a wide-range of cover options to its customers including ‘new for old' cover, accidental damage and cover for wedding and Christmas gifts. Hastings Direct also offers accidental damage and ‘new for old' cover, as well as a massive £500k cover for credit cards and a 30% no-claims bonus. InsurePink, part of the Equity Insurance group, will be donating £5 to the Pink Ribbon foundation with every home insurance sale, and Confused.com will be matching it.

FirstAssist has recently joined the travel insurance panel, with its getMY brand. getMy.com is particularly competitive for insurance that includes cover for pre-existing medical conditions.

1st Central will be joining the motor insurance panel. 1st Central is a new company, which has been established with a very clear focus on providing the right cover for its customers; its products will be exclusive to price comparison sites.

Confused.com currently has a panel of 60 home insurance providers, the largest of any in the price comparison market. Typical customers can save £186 on their annual home insurance policies. Confused.com also has a panel of 80 motor insurance providers, with its typical customer saving up £208 on their annual car insurance policy.

Peter Ablett, commercial director at Confused.com, said: "The addition of the new partners to our site is wonderful news and with our new website now live, our customers will be able to find the best policies at the right prices from one of the largest panels of providers in the market today. As a result of an influx of new partners in 2008, our average motor customer now has the pick of 40% more prices than they did at the start of 2008, and home customers get a massive 90% more prices to choose from."