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Rating: 1.84 (297 reviews)

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Based on 297 reviews, last reviewed 14th Feb 2025

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Thaigo was an amazing customer service agent. Thaigo was an amazing customer service agent. He understands my issues very quickly and helped me. His explanation was really good. Reviewed on: 14th February 2025

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1

Never use Marshmallow I was more or less forced to use them when moving from Somerset to Buckinghamshire. The entire experience was fraught & expensive. They have no proper... Read more Reviewed on: 13th February 2025

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Check out the Marshmallow car insurance reviews on Smart Money People, left by genuine customers to help you make an informed decision when choosing your new provider.

Marshmallow was founded in 2015, dedicated to providing affordable insurance to those often hit with outrageously high quotes, like students and expats. Marshmallow designed its own systems and writes its own policies, claiming to provide cheaper car and van insurance for all.

Perhaps you have a low credit score and find many insurers penalise you for this,or maybe you’re an expat without a UK driving licence, again, paying extra for your insurance? Marshmallow claims to have affordable policies for all, regardless of factors such as these. Read the Marshmallow car insurance reviews on Smart Money People to see how well the company lives up to these claims.

Have you had an insurance policy with Marshmallow? Did you find your premium cost reasonable in comparison to other quotes? Was the level of cover suited to your needs? How did you find communications with Marshmallow: was the customer service team friendly and helpful with fast response times? Did you have to make a claim on your policy, and if so, how well was it dealt with? Whether positive or negative, leave a Marshmallow car insurance review today to help us increase trust and transparency in financial services.

Marshmallow Car Insurance reviews (297)

Review of the Marshmallow, Car Insurance:

Great help always look out for there customers

Great help always look out for there customers Reviewed on: 11th November 2024

They wont give me my money back

I have sold my car and ask for a refund. I told them not to sent the money to the previous account as I closed it. They did it anyways and I can’t get my money back. Lloyds has bounced it back as the account is closed and they don’t give any solution at all. Reviewed on: 31st October 2023

Avoid Marshmallow insurance

Had this company for 2 years and decided to not renew as the quoted premium is too expensive. Spent an inordinate amount of time on the app and off the app and going around in circles. Not easy to cancel, impossible to get through to a person, keep answering the same questions over Now i find they have taken the money early and i still can't get through. Beyond angry! Reviewed on: 31st October 2023

Ridiculous policy , and unfair cancelling process

The company serves you well at the beginning, however they have cancelled the policy due to lack of proof of address. If you are an expat or just arrived person to the UK, beware of this company. They cancelled the policy , and also cut a £100 as a cancelling penalty, I am not the one who is cancelling the policy. Modern scamming way of this century I guess. Reviewed on: 31st October 2023

Bunch of Animals

A bunch of animals working on the other side! It’s an app based insurance company that is ridiculous. When speaking to these things online you have to repeat everything 50 times as they have numerous animals trying to answer one question. Don’t waste your time with this company and go with British companies who have a real person to talk to when you need help Reviewed on: 27th October 2023

They cancelled my policy

They cancelled my policy for “not uploading documentation” when I’ve tried multiple times on their portal and they didn’t receive it. I have then sent them my licence on their chat and then the next day they have cancelled my policy as I didn’t upload my documentation. The worst insurance company I have ever seen in my life Reviewed on: 27th October 2023

stay away

terrible company they were cheap but you cant speak to a person the live chat takes at least a day to respond .the app doesnt work properly stay away from them.They asked for paperwork via the app i sent it 5 times they kept saying they didnt have it then they sent an email link and asked for hmrc letter i did that and the next morning at 9.39 they asked for an invoice of my work and by 3.20pm they had cancelled my insurance because i didnt see the email or respond in a few hours because i was at work. So my insurance runs out tonight they wont refund for days my van is my living and now i cant use it because i havnt got the insurance money they have. Reviewed on: 20th October 2023

Marshmallow is making hell for me to claim my policy and its been a month and I am still chasing

I have tried to claim my policy and this is what has happened. It took a whole week for the marhsmallow team to collect details from me. They have asked me about 40 questions on the call I first made, then they have sent a form to describe the incident. And then another team called to confirm the details. The next week I got tired and called the recovery team which was Egertons in this case and I could not figure out the station where my car was stored. It turns out they have used a third party called Mansfield to recover and store my car and their number is unavailable to reach out. I had to travel all the way to Slough where this Mansfield is located only to know that I have to call Egertons as they are the ones handling this one. Fair enough. I had to call Egerton and they have asked me to contact my insurance team which is Marshmallow as they are the ones who are handling the claim. Meanwhile the insurance team has asked MRN ( motor repair network ) to asses the repair costs and after a week they come back saying that this MRN is taking too long to assess. Now its been another week that they have changed the company from MRN to E2E. Their chat service takes hours and hours to reply and sometimes they dont even reply for an entire day. Its been a month, I do not have a courtesy vehicle, I do not have a car and My family is struggling to go anywhere. You cannot contact them through any other platform than chat. You cannot TALK to them and how can a service run like this? Date of experience: 17 October 2023 Reviewed on: 17th October 2023

Can't cancel renewal without speaking to them... but they don't respond!

Can't cancel renewal without speaking to them... but they don't respond! Shocking Reviewed on: 13th October 2023

Terrible customer service

I have been with marshmellow for a year. Had built up 5 years NCD over (through previous insurances and vehicles) but protected them. They automatically renewed my policy, making my monthly payments go from £67 a month to £263 a month for the same vehicle!!!!! When i questioned them on this, which by the way is an absolute pain (they have no phone number to speak to a person so you have to speak to a robot on the app), they then offered me a £175 discount ?! I declined and said can i cancel, they say yes you can cancel but you will not have your NCD protected and will have to pay a cancellation fee. Disgusting service. Do not go with this company. Reviewed on: 11th October 2023

Extremely Poor Service

I have had a marshmallow customer hit my car an getting to 3 months now my car has not been fixed, you call they never pick up even after an hour wait. horrible customer service especially Najma she's too rude to be in customer service. Hung the phone severally. please keep away from them Reviewed on: 9th October 2023

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