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Hastings Direct: Car insurance reviews

Name: Car insurance
Rating: 3.15 (688 reviews)

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3.15

Based on 688 reviews, last reviewed 17th Jul 2026

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Latest highest rating:

5

Always been Very helpful with the queries I have had Always been Very helpful with the queries I have had Reviewed on: 17th July 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Absolutely TERRIBLE. Absolutely TERRIBLE. Do not waste your time or money on this company. AVOID. Reviewed on: 25th June 2026

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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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Best legal team I ever met

I had a car accident in end of May and it was a fault of third party. I had been hit from rear. I had suffered with whiplash and Hastings offered me free legal cover to claim my personal injury claim. Their legal team is very efficient and processed my claim very quickly. I highly recommend them. Reviewed on: 12th November 2015

Expensive, un helpful and not co-operative

Charged me £100 for switching street's when moving for updating details. Apparently post code was 'more of a risk for accidents' Reviewed on: 11th November 2015

Disappointed

They don't write clear notes constantly got to repeat yourself and they don't do as you ask Reviewed on: 11th November 2015

excellent

Quick and easy form to fill out to recieve quote. Quote was clear and quick to process with payment. Very helpful and low deposit to pay. Reviewed on: 9th November 2015

good customer service and price

hastings direct were easy to deal with,great price,when i had to claim they were really quick for courtesy car .The rest of the claim and my car were fixed within 3 weeks.I would use them again,and was impressed by them Reviewed on: 6th November 2015

Excellent

Excellent service from Hastings direct. Staff are always available to help over the phone or by email. Insurance comes down by half price after the first year of being with the company. Very cheap insurance company including extras such as courtesy car. Overall great insurance company. Reviewed on: 4th November 2015

So far so good

Got a competitive deal when insuring our Fiat Punto with Hastings Direct. Soon afterwards we traded the Punto and bought a Vauxhall Astra. Switching the insurance to a different vehicle was very straightforward. A small administration fee was involved but the agent we dealt with was friendly and helpful. Reviewed on: 30th August 2015

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

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