Activequote

ActiveQuote Ltd
Limited company
Industry Price comparison service
Founded 2009
Headquarters Cardiff, United Kingdom
Area served
 United Kingdom
Website ActiveQuote.com

ActiveQuote.com is a price comparison service which sells in health and protection insurance and technology to Gocompare.com, Confused.com, uSwitch and Moneyhelpline.[1]

Business model

ActiveQuote's comparison services have been developed by Softswift[2] to create a free-to-use service for UK customers. ActiveQuote makes profit by earning commission from the insurer for each customer who takes out a policy via their website and broker service. ActiveQuote is fully authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to sell non-investment insurance products.[3]

Company history

The company was founded in 2009 as ActiveQuote Health Ltd and then later renamed ActiveQuote Ltd in 2014[4] trading as ActiveQuote.com.[5]

The comparison technology has been white-labelled for Confused.com,[6] Gocompare.com,[7] uSwitch[8] and Moneyhelpline[9] under their own respective brand names.

In 2012, ActiveQuote launched their income protection insurance and life insurance comparison in April and November respectively.[10] This led to an office expansion at their premises in Cardiff Bay to facilitate the growth of the business.[11]

In 2014, ActiveQuote was awarded a grant of £600,000 from the Welsh Government to assist with a job growth scheme involving the recruitment of an additional 70 staff.[12]

Awards

ActiveQuote was nominated for the Start-Up Company of the Year Award in 2012 at the Western Mail/IWA Business Awards.[13]

At the 2014 Fast Growth 50 Wales awards ActiveQuote was named the Fastest Growing Firm in Cardiff and the 6th Fastest Growing Firm in Wales.[14]

ActiveQuote were named the Most Promising Growth Business at the 2015 Welsh Business awards run by the South Wales Chamber of Commerce.[15]

In September 2015 Richard Theo, Managing Director of ActiveQuote, was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2015 Cardiff Business Awards at Cardiff City Hall. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "ActiveQuote - About Us". ActiveQuote.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Softswift". softswift.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  3. ↑ "The Financial Services Register - ActiveQuote Ltd". Financial Conduct Authority. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  4. ↑ Companies House Web Check service , Company number 06765845, access date 21 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "ActiveQuote". ActiveQuote.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  6. ↑ "Confused.com - Health Insurance". Confused.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Gocompare.com - Health Insurance". Gocompare.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  8. ↑ "uSwitch - Health Insurance". uSwitch.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  9. ↑ "Moneyhelpline - Guide to Health Insurance". moneyhelpline.com. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  10. ↑ "ActiveQuote launches new life insurance comparison service". Financial Reporter. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  11. ↑ "ActiveQuote Health expands space". Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  12. ↑ "ActiveQuote finance firm creates 70 jobs at Cardiff Bay". BBC website. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  13. ↑ "Young achiever finalists hoping for success at annual Business Awards". Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  14. ↑ "ActiveQuote Health (Cardiff)". Fast Growth 50. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  15. ↑ "Welshpool technology firm Invertek Drives crowned Welsh Company of the Year". Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  16. ↑ "IQE named inaugural Cardiff Business of the Year while the huge economic contribution of Henry Engelhardt recognised". Wales Online. Retrieved 2015-09-21.

External links

Official website

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