What Ever Happened to Using the Yellow Pages to Get Your Car Insurance?

By Ann-Marie Price

If you are old enough to remember trawling through all the car insurance providers in the big yellow book, its likely that you passed your driving test over six years ago.

With a phone, pen and note pad at the ready along with all of your details it would not only be a very time consuming process but when your phone bill came through you could find that it was also a costly one.

Having to call several insurance providers and go through the same information each time could also be very frustrating. But years ago it was the only way to do it if you wanted to get a competitive quote.

Since then technology has come a long way with most people now searching for their car insurance through a comparison site online. Using the internet is something of the norm nowadays with people of all ages using it. Even Children and the older generation (nicknamed "silver surfers") are using it to shop, research, chat and download.

Comparison sites (also known as shopping comparison or price engine) allows individuals to see lists of prices for specific products. Most price comparison services do not sell products themselves, but source prices from retailers from whom users can buy. All comparison sites generate money from click thru's and advertising.

There are all kinds of comparison sites available, the most common ones compare utilities, loans, credit cards and car insurance.

The internet boom of the 1990's has made Price Comparison sites very profitable and with the current recession that the country is going through at the moment people are even more conscious of getting the best deal available.

With our busy lifestyles, saving on time can be just as important as saving money for most of us. With just a few clicks you can see what deals are available determining which is best for you

Say for example you wanted to compare car insurance; you could narrow your search by searching for cheaper car insurance, women's car insurance, classic car insurance, young driver car insurance and more. By doing this you will be helping save even more of your valued time.