As the trend grows for companies to take their customer service call centre departments offshore, many car insurance providers are following suite. Although this may hold a saving as having call centres offsure can reduce cost, the current research suggests that this is driving customers away. Specifically the customers are prefering to use the insurer’s website to get the car insurance quote for their car.
This research shows that having offsore call centres does not really mean it can lead to an improvement of customer service and in the long run would make it more expensive for the company.
Buying car insurance online does have its advantages such as perhaps not feeling as pressured to ‘buy’ if you were on the phone with a sales person. It can also be done at you own leisure, give you quick results and time and space to consider your best options. One oif the best online insurers out at the moment is insureyourmotor.co.uk. With great deals always on offer, it is the place to start with your online insurance needs.
The research also says that buying car insurance premuims over the phone will not dissapear all together and many people want to continue to use this method and prefer ‘talking to another person’ rather than using a keyboard. The car insurance providers will need to shape up and re-train their offsure staff to more efficeint at the jobs.