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Hastings Direct: Car insurance reviews

Name: Car insurance
Rating: 3.13 (651 reviews)

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2.96

Based on 651 reviews, last reviewed 10th Aug 2025

100% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

600% increase in 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

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Latest highest rating:

5

Great experience recently when renewing Great experience recently when renewing Reviewed on: 21st June 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Their systems are an absolute mess. Their systems are an absolute mess. I received a quote for 493. They asked me whether I want to “check the price to protect my NCB”. When I did, the b... Read more Reviewed on: 10th August 2025

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Hastings Direct provide award-winning car insurance.

You can get a Hastings Direct car insurance quote online and manage your policy via the mobile app. There are three levels of cover, Essentials, Direct and Premier. They're available as an online product which is a lower cost, self-service policy that you manage yourself.

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Hastings Direct Car insurance reviews (651)

best premium

go compare showed this as the best premium which was a lot cheaper than my renewal. It was easy to buy online and the website was easy to use Reviewed on: 30th August 2015

good value

found this company to be one of the cheapest on a price comparison site. Their website was easy to use nad all documents received quickly Reviewed on: 26th August 2015

Helpful and competative

I have had my car insurance with Hastings for about 8 months now and during that time changed my car. This process was easy to follow (there was a fee, i think £25, to change my details but unfortunately that tends to be standard now). The revised quote was still competitive and i got the new documents through by email very quickly. Reviewed on: 26th August 2015

Amazing Customer Service and most competitive on the market.

I have been a customer of Hastings Direct for 3 years now. I cannot fault their insurance policies, nor can I fault their contact centre agents. Each time I have renewed, I have managed to phone them and reduce the renewal premium they had sent to me, as well as the premiums as stated on comparison sites/independent insurers. Hastings Direct are very customer focused, ensuring their customers have their policies suitably tailored to their wants and needs, in an affordable fashion. I had contacted them in relation to a change of personal situation as well as finding out what my premium changes would be with a change of career. The agent was extremely helpful and gave me all the information I needed. I do not think I will change insurance providers, given the outstanding service and customer loyalty rewards I have received. Reviewed on: 19th August 2015

always check your renewal quote...

I took car insurance with ?Hastings Direct last year after they proved to beat the Tesco renewal quote we had received. I was so impressed with the extras you could add and the flexibility of the policy, tailor making the policy to our exact needs. They also offered a great cash back rate through an online cash back site. So a year on we receive our renewal quote which had increased significantly so I did a little shop around on a comparison site and found if I returned to Hastings but as a new policy holder then I could get a cheaper rate, protect my no claims, tailor my cover and get cash back! I love how easy the website is to use and the additional extras you can add to make your policy work for you! Reviewed on: 10th August 2015

Simple and easy

Hastings direct were easy to deal with both online and also on the phone when I had a query before buying. The online process took 5 minutes and was easy to complete all the information with no questions to catch you out. I got the cover I wanted and the policy documents were ready quickly and emailed to me. Would recommend. I haven't had to claim (hoping never to) but from speaking the customer services prior to buying the insurance I would hope they would be just as good. Reviewed on: 9th August 2015

Top cover

Took out cover for my daughters first car,having passed her driving test at the first time of asking. For the same cover could have easily paid up to an eye watering £5000 but thanks to Hastings I managed to get excellent car insurance for a more manageable £930. Reviewed on: 9th August 2015

Excellent customer services and price

excellent price considering ive had a fault claim.. beat all other insurers by miles Reviewed on: 9th August 2015

Best price for young drivers

Hastings has offered the cheapest price for my car insurance for the past two years. Good range of benefits included. Reviewed on: 9th August 2015

Amazing Service and Amazing Products

I cannot recommend Hastings Direct Car Insurance enough. I received a renewal from them, which was for more than my previous premium, however there were no changes or claims made in the period so I felt it should have been similar or less. I did an online price comparison to see if I could get a better deal. I received cheaper quotes and one was a quote from Hastings Direct for around £50 less than my renewal quote. I decided to call Hastings to discuss. The representative was very helpful, comparing the quotes etc and even applied a loyalty discount bringing it down to less than my previous years premium. They were really helpful as well as patient. I would highly recommend them as I have been a customer for 3 years now and their customer service has always been fantastic. Reviewed on: 21st April 2015

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