You shouldn't have to haggle with insurers. But it works
Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New research from the consumer group Which?, published this week, confirms what many Independent readers have discovered recently: haggling or switching to a new insurer can cut the cost of home cover. Its research showed home insurance customers had the most success with LV, where seven in ten policyholders who tried haggling bartered their way to a better deal. Independent reader David Thatcher got in touch recently to report a similar experience: "Each year I question the quote offers and typically secure a reduction.
Discover Related
Insurer ASR starts paying compensation for high-interest life insurance policies
Insurers Turn to Term Insurance to Protect Profit Margins
£26 billion national insurance ‘grab’ could dent police front line, warns MP
Can you fight back against insurance hikes?
Half of people with housing costs ‘starting 2025 worried about home or finances’
Cutting costs: fewer people are opting for top-up insurance
Markets with Bertie: Wrong or early to say the best of hospitality earnings is over?
International, domestic insurers push into catastrophe-hit US property markets
Insurers must report claims data in greater detail to improve accountability
Home insurance premiums top £400 a YEAR due to record extreme weather claims
Crackdown on subscription traps could save consumers £14 a month
One in THREE young drivers have bought car insurance from an illegal ghost broker
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: The insurance market flaw that must be rectified NOW
9m people caught out by financial scams in past year, Citizens Advice estimates
Study to probe whether people who borrow to pay for insurance receive fair deals
£1.1bn-worth of bogus insurance claims detected last year
Insurance commissioner defends homeowners plan blasted by consumer group
Nutshell gave me the lowest car insurance quote - who are they and should I trust it?
Warning over ‘shameless’ moped scammers becoming more aggressive
Warning over ‘cheap insurance’ offers that could land you in court
Financial watchdog to review pure protection insurance market
Leaseholders sue over ‘scandalous’ mystery insurance fees taken by freeholders