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4.74
Based on 22,423 reviews, last reviewed 26th Feb 2026
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Latest highest rating:

5

Jess, the customer service representative makes my day Last year, I purchased a one-year car insurance policy for my brother-in-law, who just relocated to the UK, through Admiral car insurance, using my ow... Read more Reviewed on: 26th February 2026
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Not recommended Got this insurance provider for my car and after for my home- since beginning I have problems to log in in my policy- few calls to technical support- ... Read more Reviewed on: 16th February 2026
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About this product

Admiral provide third party car insurance policies and four levels of comprehensive cover – Admiral Essential, Admiral, Admiral Gold and Admiral Platinum.

Admiral offer vehicle insurance policies for vans, young drivers, new and learner drivers, temporary drivers and delivery drivers. It also has a MultiCar insurance option.

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Admiral Car insurance reviews (22423)

Love the multi car offer

5
been with Admiral for a while and love the multi car cover. Easy to deal with and no issues. Reviewed on: 23rd March 2023

How on earth is Admiral car insurance 4.8/5

1
My first, and definitely the last, claim I will be making through Admiral car insurance is an ongoing disaster. Car is off the road after an accident and I have been on the phone for 3 days with them trying to get them to assign the repair to a garage. Twice already they have assigned it to garages who cannot do the work, they will not give you a courtesy car until the car is assigned for repair and they have no idea how long it will take to find a garage, days, months they couldn't care less. I had to tell them that the garages they assigned rejected the jobs as I decided to phone the garages directly. Totally incompetent and as the titled says, how they have 4.8 /5 is frankly a joke. Reviewed on: 22nd March 2023

Simple multi-cover

4
Simple multi-cover of our cars and home insurance Reviewed on: 19th March 2023

Worse insurance company ever!

1
So I've been with Admiral for over 8 years. Never made a claim. Oct/Nov 2022 I made my first claim for a vehicle to be repaired.... and this was the outcome. 1 - My car was not allocated to a garage until 30 Jan 2023! 2 - I had and still have to constantly chase Admiral for an update. 3 - There was a complete disconnect between, Admiral, third party and the garage, no one knew where or what is being done with the car. 4 - You can never get hold of customer services despite the vast about of emails and contact forms I completed. 5 - I just had the vehicle delivered and the engine sounds awful plus a new dent has appeared. 6 - If you have a Landrover, they don't classify Landrover garage as an authorised garage. 7 - I did not get a courtesy vehicle until Jan 2023. 8 - Tried calling Customer Service Centre, guaranteed you're waiting for 1 hour which at that point the call is ended from Admiral. I understand delays may happen but what I don't tolerate is being ignored and not beimg valued as a loyal customers. 8 years! I spent nearly £10,000 of insurance premium to Admiral and this is the service you get back. Is the vehicle fixed? NO Have I contacted Admiral via forms, emails, calls? YES Has anyone contacted me back to fix this? NO This is an absolute nightmare. I would never be with Admiral insurance ever again and I strongly recommend - DO NOT USE ADMIRAL INSURANCE. Reviewed on: 18th March 2023

Mrs

4
Yes please help me and let me frica the money Reviewed on: 15th March 2023

Would score lower if I could

1
Claim went in on the 24th January. Car not collected until 20th February, received the car back on 3rd March. Car still founf to be un-drivable. Admiral won't even look at the car now. We are having to put this into our local garage at our own expense. Complaint has gone in and will follow up with the financial ombudsman/down the legal route. Reviewed on: 8th March 2023

Disguisitng customer service

1
Promised over 10 call backs and simply never happened. I have been without a car now for 3 weeks. I have spent 8 hours on the phone chasing this company up and am currenlty still wiuthout a car. They do not care. If you are reading this review avoid taking insurance out with Admiral. Reviewed on: 8th March 2023

DO NOT USE ADMIRAL- 18 weeks and the car is in the same place, no call backs no progress.

1
DO NOT USE ADMIRAL They will not recover your car, they don’t assess your car they don’t pick it up from the garage and most of all they will not fix or pay out the car. They won’t asker the phone and the will NEVER call you back. On the 24th of October 2022 My Volvo rs had an ABS cut out and the vehicle collided with a wall. I contacted Admiral to be told they couldn’t recover the car. I had to then pay myself to have the car towed to a garage. 18 weeks later my car is still in that garage. I have called admiral, emailed admiral, left messages, stayed on hold and even had the car assessed myself to see the damage. I have no car and as of 3 weeks ago now no job as I couldn’t drive to my contracts. Now my mortgage is at risk and my house. I have tried every avenue to contact admiral but to this day my car has not been recovered or assessed by admiral. If I call them they either promise a call back which never happens or they make you stay on hold for an hour. The person after an hour then claims they have no knowledge of what stage of the process the car is in but they can get me a call back from the correct team. 5x and so far no call back. They do not ever call back and they don’t tell you what is happening with the car. 4 months. No car no courtesy car and now no job. Thank you Admiral for taking my premiums and stealing them. The best part was when they filled to arrange a company to collect the car from the garage the company was so far away they refused. When another was organised the person collecting it was threatening and totally refused to collect the car after seeing it. Admirals response? Have £50 as a cheque for this incident of threatening behaviour and near violence from them. The cheque then bounced. Awful company and the worst insurance company I have ever dealt with I have a car with them and my house. It makes no difference they don’t do anything they are supposed to. 4 months and nothing. I would still be sat on the side of the road if I hadn’t done all the work myself so far. RUN!! DON’T GO NEAR THEM!!! Reviewed on: 1st March 2023

Awful! Do not use them

1
Delt with a Rena Higgins. Showed no remorse for my policy being cancelled without even being called via telephone. They allow me to take out a policy with a black box and marked me down for driving at night. They have left a dent on my perfect driving record, with no claims or accidents, since they deleted my policy…. Proceed at your own risk! Reviewed on: 28th February 2023

!!!!!PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!!!

1
In July 2020 a car crashed into my car while I was stopped. The other driver admitted liability straight away. Thankfully my 4-year-old was not in the car at that time. Admiral took my car away and carried out shoddy repairs using a third party. My car came back a different colour and the boot didn’t close properly. I was concerned about the car going on fire as there was are electric sensors in the bumper. Admiral sent an independent inspector that failed the repairs. New parts were required. I was asked to submit two quotes for the repairs myself which I did on Dec 2021 and February 2022. After calling, emailing and raising many complaints, I have found out they have now closed my case. Another driver ran into the back of me and I have been left with a bill of £4,500 for repairs and been ignored and swept under the carpet as if I don't exist. I kept my monthly payments as I need my car fixed. My car insurance runs out today. !!!!!PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY, THEY DO NOT PAY!!!!! Reviewed on: 28th February 2023

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