Gone are the days of trawling through phone directories looking for taxi insurance companies to get a cheap quote. With the advances in technology and over 90% of UK homes now with fast internet connectivity the taxi driver has a faster and better way of obtaining cheap taxi insurance quotes. With a few mouse clicks taxi drivers can quickly and easily compare taxi insurance quotes online from a myriad of different companies.

Off course the internet is not just a tool for obtaining insurance quotes but also it’s a great tool to connect to family, friends and colleagues all over the world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are many online forums for taxi drivers that provide a wealth of information and allow the taxi driver to post their thoughts, views and rants.

Finding taxi insurance companies on the web is very easy. A simple term such as ‘private hire insurance’ or ‘taxi insurance’ in a search engine will throw up 10’s of thousands of results. Usually the results in the first page will get you the required information that you are looking for. Sometimes you may have to go a few pages deeper.

Most taxi insurance companies have implemented some form of a web solution. Some have basic static websites, others offer online taxi insurance quotes. Some also allow full user interaction where a taxi driver can participate in a live chat with a taxi insurance advisor. Any questions the taxi driver may have will usually be answered instantly by the advisor at the taxi insurance company through this online chat facility.

Another great place to look for taxi insurance quotations is via a taxi forum. There are many discussion forums available online. Some of these are setup up by individual taxi drivers, others by taxi organisations and taxi companies. These are great sources to interact with other taxi drivers to find out where they have obtained their taxi insurance policies from. This way you are able to get first hand information about the price and service of a taxi insurance company.

More and more taxi blogs can be found on the web. These are great sources of information for taxi drivers. Not only will you we able to find information on taxi insurance companies but also information on taxi vehicles, taxi meters, security and other useful industry related articles. Currently there are not many taxi insurance comparison websites available that offer instant online quotes. The main reason for this is the complexity of this type of insurance product.

The most important source of information for the taxi driver is the specialist taxi insurance brokers. They usually have access to most of the largest taxi insurance companies and thus are able to offer some of the cheapest taxi insurance quotes available.

With these online options available to the taxi driver it is easy to find a great deal by simply shopping around online from the comfort of your own home. Not only can you compare taxi insurance quotes from multiple sources but this can be achieved relatively quickly.

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