I refer to your item entitled "Silly Seekers" (Backchat, 24 February) wherein some research was attributed to motor-insurance.co.uk.

The research was actually carried out by www.motorinsurance.co.uk, part of A Quote, in turn part of my beautifully forming Highway Retail division.

We are proud of the plethora of fine domain names that we own which are, in addition to motorinsurance.co.uk, houseinsurance.co.uk, contentsinsurance.co.uk, buildingsinsurance.co.uk, and holidayinsurance.co.uk.

We were pleased with the overall research findings but surprised by the bizarre nature of the search terms used by surfers looking for motor insurance - "insurance companies that specialise in convictions", "cheap women insurance", "fast cars girls", "insurance for young ladies who have just passed their test cheap" and perhaps strangest of all - "the full monty lady only insurance". Perhaps they didn't want cover at all.

Paul Cosh
Managing director
Highway Retail

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.

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