Canstar

Looking for travel insurance. When I saw it was Canster accredited I believed it will be a secure & honest insurance company. Obviously, it has great reviews to get this recognition. I had confidence taking out the policy.

I wanted to renew House and Contents insurance as current offering had increased by 42% By using Canstar top five enabled me to find a good deal with minimum of fuss. Current policy is in fact cheaper than previous years policy.

A good and informative comparison service for consumers in a cost of living crisis. Our politicians would not know what a cost of living crisis is.

Found this product full of useful information, however, the website and app don’t always respond to requests from the program. This can be frustrating especially with house and content insurance, etc. That aside, Canstar is excellent in providing great information on a number of issues and products, I use it regularly.

Excellent help from Shannon Fuller with finding a new health insurance policy to switch to with my wife. He was able to help breakdown what we were looking for in a new policy and present us with great options that met our expectations regarding inclusions and cost.

Jake was great! Helpful, patient and explained details of health insurance when I had questions or didn’t understand. He made the whole process of shopping around and changing policies and providers easy.

I love the Canstar emails, they provide excellent information about all sorts of interesting and relevant things which are very helpful in making important decisions and helping to save you money

More of a Critic: Consistently leave out relevant facts (or at least options) in reviews. Doesnt seem to be able to accept feedback on most articles. Doesnt canvass the entire market (in the sector being reviewed)

Wouldn’t recommend switching health insurance with these guys. There’s better places that are obsessed in switching you over and actually helping you out. I spoke with a gentleman who used to work here who now doesn’t unfortunately did the whole exercise with someone else and to cut it short I hung up. I wish I remembered who I spoke with.

I had Canstar arrange and quote in Health Insurance (which was a good price), but then I got a reminder that the upcoming account for and extra $500 from the Health Insurance provider was due 6 days later. I tried to call the Canstar representative… Read more

with no answer (guess he had my number come up on his phone). I then emailed him 2 times without a reply. I finally rang the "general 1300 number" and explained the problem, and she said that she had sent him a message to call me back within 1/2 hour - that was 4 days ago and I'm still waiting. I tried several times on the 1300 number again and never got answered. Great to get a good price for the policy I need - just don't get the policy for that price!

After reviewing the Canstar about the quote, I received a message from Canstar informing me that they would contact me and sort it out. The following day, I was contacted by Canstar and was informed that the quote was correct, and they had raised a "ticket" for a refund from AHM for the overcharge. It has now been over 1 week with no further contact or refund. I have attempted to contact Canstar via phone and email without success. It is now almost 1 month since the insurance was sorted, and there is no response as to how they have quoted a price, and I have been charged $500 more. I was under the impression that this company had a good reputation!

Since writing the previous review, I have been in contact with AHM. The AHM representative reviewed the policy and price and has refunded the extra money and was more than helpful resolving the issue. AHM have told me that there was a mistake by Canstar on the quote but have kindly honored the quote and also given me some extra benefits. The Canstar representative has only recently contacted me wanting more (irrelevant) information - Sorry, that was too late. If Canstar had admitted that there had been a mistake initially, I could've accepted that and continued comparing the other quotes. Considering that there was no contact or reply from Canstar for weeks, and the policy amount had already been deducted from my bank account, this left me no option but to contact AHM and try to sort it out. This also left me in the position of having to either cancel the policy and pay the extra 5% premium with other insurance providers (after 1.4.26) or keep the AHM policy. Thankfully AHM has competent people that have made my choice much easier - thanks AHM.

i like that Canstar direct me to the company's website and i was able to get a quote or not. unlike some other website that wants you to leave a phone number and then they do not stop calling!

Alex is efficient and professional, he tailored his advice for specific situation, rather than reading out the policy itself. Alex ' service has been spot on. I only wish all the service industry personnel would learn this from Alex.

I hadn't checked my credit rating or score since 2023 and was curious to see if there had been any change since then. I chose the Canstar service and was pleasantly surprised as to how easy it was. I just needed to supply my Driver's License and Medicare details to get what I needed.

Cheyenne was very helpful and kept all the overwhelming details in an easy to understand format whether it was via conversation, text or documentation. She also was very patient with my husband who wasn't quick at making his mind up.

Searched for house and contents insurance as i had received an unfavourable renewal notice form my present insurer, approximately 25% increase from previous year. Unfortunately all of the results were higher than the original quote so will be staying with them.

Canstar gave us a great comparison of travel insurance available at competitive rates, with the Canstar rated companies we had every confidence to go ahead with our choice.

The advisor I spoke, Jack with was very courteous , pleasant and enthusiastic. He was knowledgeable. He explained things clearly and was very good in his a polity to understand what I was looking for. I have opted to purchase Health Insurance based on the information he gave me. Unfortunately through no fault of his I didn't use Canstar to… Read more

change my Insurance as I was able to take advantage of an offer being made through the recommended company's website.. Perhaps Canstar should look at negotiating these offers for their clients when doing comparison offers.

The easiest place to find a better deal and sign up to a new provider. Unlike the commission sites, they don't bombard you the marketing messages as soon as they have your email address.

I looked for travel insurance and was given a quote which I think was outrageous 886 bne >nfkisland Then I discovered your website which led me to a different website and found a quote for 1/4 price. Thank you

I have used Canstar to ensure I have the best options for me to choose from. It makes the process of elimination easier. I also like that the website has great and easy information to assist me when deciding what I which items to be covered for, such as cruising - or returning home in an emergency who is covered etc.

Spoke with Stephen Lee today about comparing private health funds. Very polite, unbiased, and professional. Outcome, we are staying with our original Fund but fine tuning extras out that we don’t need and didn’t realise we could remove to make it cheaper. It was a free consult, they get paid by the provider if we decided to move to a different Fund. Excellent free service and highly recommend.

I found the feedback process very helpful in assisting me to sign up for health insurance. I had not signed up with other agents previously due to poor communication and lack of clear explanations. I’m very grateful to have come across Dylan, who explained everything to me in great depth and helped me understand how health insurance works. His… Read more

communication was clear, professional, and informative, which made the whole process much easier.

We need more people like Dylan bertherton

The representative Jack who was assisting me with getting health insurance was great. As we have never had private health insurance of any kind, he was very knowledgeable and made sure we were able to get the correct cover we needed and with the correct health insurer, so we would not have to pay a lot in out of pocket expenses. Thanks for all your help Jack.

Your input system does not allow for a couple who have only one mobile and therefore access, in my case, was denied. As a result we had to telephone you to provide an amended account number and waited on the phone for 45 minutes to do so. The staff member who answered the phone was, however, first class.