Kwik Fit is more commonly associated with car maintenance garages, which have typically done well in the British motoring market. Their diversification into the insurance arena seems to have don’t them no harm either, ensuring that they are likely to be a household name for some years to come. 

The search for car insurance was previously conducted over the phone, and meant that the consumer had to ring round lots of different insurers to find a good deal. Internet brokers and insurance websites have made this task a lot easier and allowed insurance companies to reduce the number of staff required to man the phones, which has brought the cost of insurance down.