The irish Financial regulator did a survey of home insurance quotes in August 2007 . They only checked 7 of the major insurers – Allianz , AXA, Eagle Star, FBD, Hibernian, Quinn Direct and Royal Sun Alliance.
In  all the comparisons for properties occupied by the home owners  - Quinn Direct came up with the lowest quote. They used different profiles , ages, locations, house value etc – and in 5 out of 5 cases Quinn were the cheapest . In some cases the price difference was over 50% more from the other insurers.

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