Who is Hastings Direct underwritten by?

Asked by: Conner Rippin  |  Last update: August 17, 2022
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Around 90% of policies are directly underwritten by the Group's Gibraltar based insurer, Advantage Insurance Company Limited.

Who are Hastings Direct part of?

Hastings Direct is a trading name of Hastings Insurance Services Limited, and is part of the Hastings Group.

Is Hastings Direct AXA?

Insurance broker Hastings Direct has launched a new household policy that will be underwritten by AXA, Towergate and Sterling Insurance. The policy will offer cover for contents only, buildings only and combined home insurance with a new common word policy document, irrespective of the underwriter.

Who is Hastings underwriter?

Around 90% of policies are directly underwritten by the Group's Gibraltar based insurer, Advantage Insurance Company Limited.

Are people's choice and Hastings Direct the same company?

Hastings Direct, a sister company of People's Choice, offers SmartMiles cover, telematics-based policy that monitors driving through a mobile app or online dashboard.

Introducing: Hastings Direct YouDrive

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Has Hastings Direct been taken over?

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Is Hastings Direct an intermediary?

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Who acquired Hastings Direct in 2020?

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Is Advantage insurance part of Hastings?

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What is the difference between Hastings Direct and Hastings Premier home insurance?

Hastings Premier specifically offers more comprehensive insurance policies, rather than the more basic ones offered by Hastings Direct. A Hastings Premier home insurance policy includes a number of extra features, as standard, that give the customers further protection if they need it.

Where is Hastings Direct moving to?

Developer Paramount Land and Development has made an application to Rother District Council to convert Hastings Direct offices at Conquest House in Collington Avenue, Bexhill, into 86 apartments.

Who owns Churchill insurance?

We are a UK-based company and sell insurance policies by phone and on the internet. In 2003, Churchill was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, making the bank's insurance arm the second largest general insurer in the UK.

Where is Hastings Direct call Centre based?

HGCL is the ultimate UK parent company of the Group, and via its wholly owned subsidiary, Hastings Group Holdings Limited, is responsible for oversight of the Group's operations; its head office is located in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.

Is there a free phone number for Hastings Direct?

Just call us on 0333 321 9790 and we'll be happy to help.

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Are Churchill and Direct Line the same company?

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