Who is Zippy.com.au and how does the site work?
Who is Zippy.com.au?
Zippy.com.au is a comparison website for Car, Home and Content, Travel, Business and Life Insurance. Launched in 2009, Zippy will enable Australians to find insurance from multiple brands.
Founded by Gerard Doyle, Zippy is to continue the success of similar comparison websites that are very popular in the UK.
What does a comparison site do?
Until now if you wanted to compare different insurance premiums you needed to spend hours contacting each insurance company separately or use a broker. Zippy enables you to compare prices and deals from many Australia insurance brands with a few clicks of the mouse.
You need only enter your details once and we’ll search deals from insurance companies to give you a range of quotes. It won’t cost you a cent. Just grab the right deal for you. Fast.
How does it work?
You answer a series of questions about you and the product you’re are interested in. From this information Zippy will compare insurance premiums from different companies, based on available information. You can the use these results to find the right insurance for you.
Zippy is not owned by any insurance company. Zippy earns commissions from the insurance companies and brokers used to place your insurance. This is the money we use to provide this service.
The commission Zippy is paid does not change results on this website in any way.
Zippy’s goal is to provide you with premium comparisons on a range insurance product to help you make the decision is the quickest possible time.
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Do we compare all insurance companies?
Not yet, but we hope we will soon. The list of insurance companies is expanding all the time. Unfortunately not all companies like to be compared in an open market. The more quotes we provide the more likely that we will be able to add new companies
Can we quote for everyone?
Sorry, no. Some times there are reasons we can’t provide you with a quote. Where we can’t, we will provide you with the phone number of the insurance company to call directly.
How do I take out my insurance?
Zippy does not provide or place insurance on your behalf. You need to contact the company listed on your quote results page directly. To save time, our partners have agreed that using Zippy will not require you to enter the same information again. This may not be possible in all cases and we will tell you if you wish to proceed in placing cover with an insurer.
Where possible we will provide the details of an insurance broker who will be able to provide you with a policy for a particular insurance company. Most of Zippy’s partner insurance brokers will not require you to enter your details again.
I don’t want to share my personal details.
At Zippy we take your privacy very seriously. We only ever pass your personal details to the insurance companies when you select them. We NEVER pass your details onto third party advertisers.
All the quote data used for our estimates is stored separately from your personal information.
Is Zippy an Insurance Broker or an Insurance Company?
No - Zippy is a comparison website. We provide you with as much information as we can about the product options available through the site. We do not give any recommendations. You take out your insurance policy with the insurance company directly or through an insurance broker partner – not Zippy.
Brokers and comparison sites may seem like they’re doing a similar job, as each search a number of different insurers; yet they’re radically different beasts. Think of it like searching for the cheapest loaf of bread.
Neither is better or worse than the other, they are different.