Hedgehog Reviews 

3,502
TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.0

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Evaluating 60 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for being very helpful, polite, and efficient in resolving queries. Reviewers often highlight specific agents who provided quick and professional assistance, making interactions pleasant and efficient. This often led to a smooth and positive overall service experience for many consumers. However, some customers also noted significant issues with pricing and payment. People reported unexpected fees, such as charges for policy amendments or cancellations, and much higher renewal quotes. Additionally, a few other people also felt that customer service was difficult to access, with complaints about non-functional live chat, unanswered emails, and the lack of a phone line.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I had to cancel our car insurance this was done online. Nicole in customer service was very helpful. Shame cancellation fee is high otherwise would be 5*

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Chatting to Nicole who sorted my problem out within minute , she was extremely helpful and fully understood my problem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

After many problems with online insurance companies who provided quotes to comparison sites but failed to follow up I found Hedgehog who seemed to want my business at a sensible price (I'm 81 with no... See more


Company details

  1. Car and Motor Insurance Agency
  2. Insurance broker

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We are an exclusively-online car insurance company. As a modern provider of car insurance, we use the very latest data to give you the most competitive price. We strive to make our website as convenient and easy to use as possible.


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Prompt action in advising of matters…

Prompt action in advising of matters that effected the cost of your ins, i.e. not having NCD and providing costs to cover this.
Disappointed that the information you required on NCD was not asked for until a policy quoted was paid for. This should have been made clear within the documents when being filled out and no monies taken before clarification of the NCD, especially if it effected the overall cost as it did in my case.

9 December 2024
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Great service - shame about the fees

Great service, easy to do online but a £30 fee on a £3.89 named driver change is absolutely disgusting, especially given the reviews on fees and charges by the FCA at the minute and the fact there is people struggling financially!!

27 November 2024
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good Price

I was offered a good price, the questions I had to answer were easy to understand and answer a pretty strait forward procedure and way to pay.

2 December 2024
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT USE THIS INSURANCE COMPANY!

Absolute Corporate Robbers! I took out insurance with an RAC cover too. As soon as I took the insurance out, suddenly I'm getting emails from a credit company asking me to sign a credit agreement with them, I done this. So, my car gets written off in a Non Fault accident and the credit agreement is cancelled with no additional charges, so you would expect that Hedgehog is the same, No! They tell me there is a £75 cancellation charge, but I'm not intentionally cancelling, OK so I say I will pay it, next email comes, I owe £147.38, it was £75 a few minutes ago. I raised a complaint and now they have answered listing these charges in their answer:

" Premium (06/10/2024 - 27/11/2024): £47.82 • Hedgehog cancellation fee: £75 • Hedgehog new business arrangement fee: £30 • Hedgehog optional extra (RAC breakdown cover): £89 • Covea Insurance cancellation fee + insurance premium tax: £35.84 Total costs = £277.66 You have made the following payments to the policy: • Deposit: £69.40 • Monthly instalments (excluding credit interest and credit fees): £60.88 Total payments = £130.28 The cancellation balance will be the difference of total costs against total payments. By deducting the total payments of £130.28 from the total costs of £277.66 this leaves a balance of £147.38 which you have paid."

I will be making a complaint to the ombudsman and hopefully try to warn others against using them.

27 November 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not being able to speak to on agent…

Not being able to speak to on agent during a claim whilst trying to update a new vehicle and discuss it is appalling. Claims team for claim or online Webchat when it's not clearly explained the procedure or how it works is so unhelpful. Never been in this position before to know what to do. Not helpful

2 December 2024
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely poor service.

I had been a customer of hedgehog for 3 years. They then decided to put my insurance up by over £200. I got much cheaper quotes, but they refused to even budge. So I said I wouldn’t be renewing with them. So they decided to cancel my policy a month early! And refused to give Any money back saying there was a £60 cancellation fee even though they cancelled it. Will never go back to them in the future, no loyalty or value of customers.

25 November 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

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I'm new to Hedgehog, all ok so far.
Hope to have a careful, calm year of driving to my classes. Just wish there weren't so many roadworks going on especially cycle lanes. Where are the cyclists, so so few against monies being spent. Mending pot holes would would be better, less damage to my car.

26 November 2024
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wrong car insured

Online insuring car September i thought my car was insured only 2 be told today that my car i have never had for 2 years was insured not mine had to pay another £155.on top of £500 HOW CAN THIS happen.

27 November 2024

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