Admiral Reviews

Name: Admiral
Rating: 2.58

2.6 Rating 1,634 Reviews

39 %

of reviewers recommend Admiral

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2.6

Based on 1,634 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver
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Communication Channels	Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.3 out of 5

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Admiral 5 star review on 5th January 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“My car has been insured with Admiral for a number of years and more recently I have taken out Home Contents Insurance. I have never had to make a claim, but I have on occasions had personal and on line contact with them and they have always been courteous and very helpful.”

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(Home Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“They do not care about the customer, not listen and they lie people what to do after something happen. They don't want to solve the problem.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“have not read a good report on them was going to insure with them seems a good price but the reviews no thanks why do these firms never go skint”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I wanted a new insurance company for my car as Sainsbury's had been an absolute nightmare. Admiral provided a good value for money offer and I went for it- simple as that!”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“My father cancelled his renewal policy as it was too expensive. Unknown to him the customer service lady debited his account at over £1,000! He only noticed when checking his bank statement. Admiral were quick to resolve the issue after obtaining phone records and confirmed that he did request the policy to be terminated.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“not ant loyalty with customer”

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Posted 7 years ago

“nothing rubbish company”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Had an insurance with them almost a year at 900£ per year.Last month i bumped into someone,literally running 3 miles /hour.The stupid idiot claim personal injury as I have taken photos of her car and the car was just fine.I called admiral and inform them and they were nice and so on, however my renewal policy came back at 1900£.called admiral customer service and they told me then that the actual idiot has claimed but they could not be bothered to inform you hence the increase , however they did not dispute the claim as the lady was also their customer :) so cheaper for them to settle.I have not even been asked questions etc , no photos to send , they just decided to give her the money.No medical expertise required. Anyway they drove down my no claim to 3 years from 7, and offered me lastly 1300 ~£ per year. I went online submitted all the information and got a new quote at 680£ providing my 6 penalty points and the claim for which the amount is still secret ( they did not want to tell me what they decided to settle in my name.)”

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Posted 7 years ago

“It's nice and easy to do everything.”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“I I would never use them again And my father was with them as well And he will never use them again Told us lies”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“I have been with Admiral insurance for 10+ years and had always been happy with the package offered with their multi-car policy. However this year has not been a good year and I certainly will be looking around for another insurance company when our renewal is up. Firstly this year when our renewal was up they put our price up by £250 which we managed to get down to an £200 but when asked why it has gone up so much they stated that our type of car had high level of claims or was being targeted by thieves in our area. We had never made a claim and have over 15 years no claims, so were really disappointed that our premium had been increased through no fault of our own. Unfortunately in August this year I had an accident and did go through the claims process which I have to say is appalling, this company do not speak to their customers and you feel that you are just a number. I initially phoned to give the details of the accident to the customer service agent and I was asked to take my car to a local bodywork garage for assessment. I took the car in and discussed with the garage how much the potential damage was going to be. They informed me that they were self assessing and that the insurance company would not write off a car with only 45,000 miles on the clock also it didn't have that much damage. A week later I booked my car in with the garage to get the car fixed and picked up a courtesy car expecting to just be notified when the work was completed. Three days later I picked up an email which was a letter from Admiral informing that they had instructed a salvage company in Bedford to come and collect my car (I am in West Sussex), shocked did not cover this revelation. I phoned Admiral and gave them some constructive feedback with regards to the fact that a letter with that information should not just be sent that surely a discussion should be had with regards to the fate of my car, I was not even offered an option to take the car home given that it was drive able. I went to collect my personal belongings from my car and drop off the courtesy car and due to the bumper not being put back on I couldn't have driven the car home even I was given the option. I was then informed by Admiral that I would be given a link to a portal which I would then need to complete all my details and the claim would then be assessed. I had to chase for the link to be sent to me as this took about 2 days. Once the portal link was received I completed this and again it took 3 days (with chasing) for them to even look at the claim and then ask for further information. A commitment was then made that we would receive the settlement figure by the end of the day this was not received and I had to chase for the outcome the next day. You are given the name of your dedicated claims handler and I can honestly say that I was not able to speak to them once and that every time an inquiry was made referring to the claim you were referred back to the portal. Once you have processed all the information on the portal this does not provide you with any further information or updates. I found the way that they dealt with the claim was devoid of customer service or satisfaction - What is wrong with picking up the telephone and discussing the claim by talking, the world has gone technology mad but this is to the detriment of good customer service !!!!! The whole process has taken 2 weeks to get to the settlement figure and payment in my bank and I have been without a car the whole of time trying to organise lifts to work so that I didn't have to take time off. I feel that there was no urgency and that they don't care how these situations affect people's lives and that a snap decision is just made without discussing all the options and certainly disregarding your situation. I have been a good and loyal customer over the years and the claim process has left a bad taste and they have now lost my business going forward which is a shame but they obviously don't care as insurance companies are never going to lose.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Unfortunately quite expensive.”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“Kept giving me run around about my no claim s discount promised 5 years then ended up having 3 . A total disgrace”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Shocking Shocking company. Just the worst. I would never recommend to anyone We have been customers for many years and obviously loyalty doesn't pay with this dreadful company. Our renewal tripled. Admiral made a mistake on advising us an incorrect policy amount we paid last year and admitted to the mistake. Our renewal was based on last years premium. Admittedly they did reduce the premium when we rung but because it was based on an extortionate incorrect amount for last year our renewal premium was outrageous I wouldn't rate them any stars. In fact minus would ge appropriate”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I have a smart box fitted which is supposed to judge my driving. I can drive in exactly the same way and yet sometimes get rated as gold and other times as silver. there is a time lag of about two weeks for the ratings to appear on the website dashboard so it is not easy to challenge them. I smell a rat.”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“Very helpful friendly support with telephone queries.”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“Rip off company who like to threaten you.I would never recommend to anyone not even my worse enemy”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“Been great. Mate a few amendments, been very helpful”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“Good thank you”

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(Car Insurance) - Posted 7 years ago

“Admiral Insurance should be ashamed of … Admiral Insurance should be ashamed of their underhand tactics. They have broken any trust I thought I had their company. Their insured driver Michael Wheeler killed my beautiful daughter Sophie Taylor and she will never ever be replaced. Admiral, David Stevens CEO and the whole company ADMIRAL INSURANCE voided the policy AFTER the policy holder Wheeler was convicted of causing the death of my beautiful daughter so you wouldn't have to pay out. I cannot believe Admiral would stoop so low to do this!!!!!!! Please please please do not take out insurance with admiral as if if you have an accident don't be 100% certain you'll insured. It's all money and games with them. #brokenpromises #shameonyou #admiralinsurance #takeresponsibility”

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Posted 7 years ago

Admiral is rated 2.6 based on 1,634 reviews