Insurance4carhire.com, the award winning online excess insurance provider, constantly urges consumers to be savvy with their car hire insurance choices and to be aware of both products in the car hire market that may be able to save them cash and of the potential ‘bumps in the road’ that can be found when hiring a car. New research from Which? Holiday clearly demonstrates the potential problems and highlights Insurance4carhire.com as a possible way to protect excess charges across an annual period.

The Which? Holiday research, released on January 13th, emphasises some of the pitfalls that can occur through the loss of car keys and how customers can be out of pocket should they not be fully covered. However, Insurance4carhire.com provides annual cover for excesses on damage and loss of car keys. For those aged between 21 and 74, valid for 31 continuous days in any one rental period, policies are available from £49 for Europe and £65 for Worldwide - ultimately protecting the customer against excess charges whenever they rent a car.

Dan Smith, Managing Director, Insurance4carhire.com

commented: “Customer confusion can easily be avoided with a little research and information found on the Insurance4carhire.com website. We have guides available taking customers through the car hire process step by step and also provide information about driving in another country. I’m delighted that the Which? Holiday research credits Insurance4carhire.com in a positive light that is undoubtedly beneficial to the car hire customer.”

Founded in 2002 Insurance4carhire is an innovative online excess insurance provider whose core business is the provision of car rental Excess insurance. The business was born out of the high costs being charged by the car rental companies for Excess cover. Insurance4carhire strives to bring customers annual Excess insurance products offering customers convenience, peace of mind and significant savings when they rent cars. The business has grown rapidly selling more than 350,000 policies..

In 2005, for the second year running, Insurance4carhire received the accolade of “World’s Leading Innovative Ecommerce Travel Product” from The World Travel Awards. These annual awards celebrate achievement in the travel industry and are based on votes cast by travel industry professionals throughout Europe. To reflect the increasingly global reach of its products, Insurance4carhire changed underwriters to AIG UK Ltd, a member company of American International Group, Inc., (AIG) in December 2007. AIG is one of the worlds leading insurance companies with operations in more than 130 countries. Insurance4carhire is now part of the Towergate Partnership the largest independently owned insurance intermediary in Europe.

Information supplied by insurance 4carhire.com - April 2010