Price Comparison Watch

What is iGO4 price comparison watch?

“A valuable and independent review of price comparison sites.”

iGO4 have drawn up an extensive set of profiles, which reflects both the overall profile of consumers that are visiting price comparison sites, but also considers those consumers who are most likely to arrange cover through this route. This is then manually put through all price comparison sites on a monthly basis generating over 500 different quotes

The resulting data gives us an index comparing the top 3 prices across the major sites and enables us to spot trends, and with our understanding of the market, provide accompanying commentary.

Trade Commentary

Quarterly results and commentary published in Post Magazine

PDF document download   January 2012 (PDF, 672KB)
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PDF document download   October 2009 (PDF, 102KB)
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PDF document download   Feburary 2009 (PDF, 658KB)

 

Latest Headlines:

January 2012: Relatively Calm

Although competition remains fierce in the aggregator arena, the rush for volume has slowed as the motor market moves closer to break-even point

  • Rate of decrease reduces to 2.6% in the last quarter as market stabilises
  • Best price moved up 40% in 18 months but has fallen back 5% in the past six months
  • 300% increase in aggregator motor quotes since January 2009
  • Money Supermarket strengthens its leading position on motor
  • Telematics the headline for 2012
  • No sign of the ‘big four’ becoming the ‘big five’ just yet

View Article (PDF, 550KB)

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