Do not fill in your information on the website.

Do not share information on the Hippo site.... Against my better judgement I filled out my information on their portal. I have been pestered for 3 days solid by literally hundreds of car insurance sales people, life insurance salespersons and investment companies. I wanted comparative pricing to the insurance I already had, the pricing that I received from Hippo and then the phone calls confirming exactly the information filled out was completely different. With every phone call lasting in excess of 26 minutes each. It seems that the information I filled in on the website was sold to everyone and their dog. With one insurer, whilst I was on the phone with one of their agents I recieved 18 phone calls from the same company while I was confirming what I had filled out on the Hippo site, as well as other incoming calls from other insurers. Then at the end of the discussion, the premium quoted was over R600 more than what was initially quoted on the list sent by Hippo..... What a total waste of time. One of the so called great insurers increased the premium by more than R200 pm just because of the colour of the vehicle I was buying. If I remember correctly on the Hippo questionaire there was no mention of colour of vehicle anywhere. I do not believe that Hippo actually gives you the best deal, they are driven by money... all the insurance companies that quoted are the mainstream heavy marketers that spend huge amounts of money on marketing, none of which were even close to the insurance company I signed a policy with. So much for the POPI Act.