About InsureandGo

InsureandGo’s mission statement

To exceed our customers’ expectations by providing insurance solutions that offer extensive choice at unbeatable prices through exceptional service.

Company background

During the 90s the holiday, market started to evolve. With the growth of the low-cost airlines and the Internet, booking trips directly became more and more accessible for everyday consumers.

However, sales of travel insurance were monopolised by the travel agents because buying cover with them was the most convenient way open to consumers at the time. Whilst convenient, however, the travel agents often offered travel insurance that gave inadequate cover for extortionate prices.

The founders of InsureandGo, James Richardson and Perry Wilson, saw that the insurance industry just wasn’t offering consumers an alternative because the administration involved was long and laborious. They also noticed that there was no effective provision available online.

So Perry and James set about building a system that stripped away all unnecessary paperwork and which offered consumers a quick and easy way to buy low cost cover both online and over the phone.

When InsureandGo launched in September 2000, we used a bespoke sales system for both the phone and web, which asked just three questions to produce a quote – the trip length, the area of destination and the ages of the travellers. Once these details were entered, we were able to give the customer a quote which was cheap and competitive with cover that was comprehensive.

Through our simple philosophy of offering high-value cover for low prices, we have been able to drive high volumes of business since our launch and, today, we insure over two million people every year.

Jobs at InsurenandGo

Our success as a company is due to our highly skilled and motivated staff. We couldn’t have done it without them. If you enjoy a challenge and would like to contribute to the company’s future, please visit our vacancies page and check out the opportunities available.

Awards

Here are some of the awards we’ve won over the years:

• Most Trusted Travel Insurance Provider, Moneywise Customer Service Awards 2009 (winner)
• E-business Award, UK Broker Awards 2008 (winner)
• T-Mobile Company of the Year, Fast Growth Business Awards 2008 (winner)
• Personal Lines Broker of the Year, British Insurance Awards 2006 (finalist)
• Personal Lines Broker of the Year, , British Insurance Awards 2005 (highly commended)
• General Insurance Website of the Year, Insurance Times Awards 2005 (highly commended)
• Large Broker of the Year, Insurance Times Awards 2004 (winner)
• Most Effective Use of Marketing, Insurance Age Awards 2003 (winner)

Company Recognition

Here is some of the recognition we’ve received for our business successes over the years:

The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100, December 2006

Following our inclusion in the 2005 Fast Track 100, 2006 saw InsureandGo ranked again in the table as the 25th fastest growing company in the UK, with a growth in annual sales growth of 115%.

Real Business Hot 100, May 2006

In May 2006, we were ranked as the 15th ‘hottest’ company in the UK. The Hot 100 is an annual list of the fastest growing private firms in Britain compiled by Realbusiness.co.uk.

The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100, December 2005

The Sunday Times ranked InsureandGo as the 22nd fastest growing company in the UK, with a growth of 106% since 2001. We were the only insurance provider to be listed in the prestigious table.

Affinity Partners

Since our launch, we have built an impressive list of partners mainly due to our dedicated affinity team, our white-labelled solutions and our high-performing UK callcentre.

Here is a list of some of our current affinity partners:

• Castle Cover (2009)
• Epilepsy Action (2009)
• Johnson & Johnson (2009)
• Ski Solutions (2009)
• Virgin Money (2009)
• Cheap.co.uk (2009)
• Perkz (2009)
• Fitness First (2009)
• Airflights.co.uk (2008)
• Dixons (2008)
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (2008)
• Metset Travel (2008)
• Northcliffe Media (2008)
• Guardian & Observer (2007)
• Chelsea Building Society (2007)
• Find.co.uk (2007)
• International Currency Exchange (2007)
• The Insurance Surgery (2007)
• YouatWork (2007)
• Furness Building Society (2006)
• Budget Insurance (2006)
• Bennetts (2006)
• TTT MoneyCorp (2006)
• Quoteline Direct (2005)
• Travelex (2004)
• Superdrug (2003)

Are you interested in finding out more about our Affinity Partnership Scheme?

Please visit our affiliate page for further information.