Principal Insurance Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Looking at 418 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the support staff for being exceptionally helpful, polite, and professional when managing policy questions and adjustments. Many consumers also appreciate the competitive prices, clear advice, and the overall smooth purchasing process. However, some customers also noted issues with very long telephone wait times on hold and difficulties reaching support. A few other people also felt that unexpected administrative fees and expensive quote updates during policy changes were quite frustrating. Reviewers mentioned that trying to sort out documentation or make adjustments sometimes led to additional unexpected financial costs.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I recently took out a new policy on a camper van but had an issue validating my ID as I don't have a photocard driving license, which is one of the 3 required forms of proof. Today I contacted custome... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great price for the cover. Only rayes 4 stars and not 5 as I find their online portal/website difficult to navigate, and I am fairly tech savvy. Sending a pdf on an email is no help as the link within... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

So easy to use got what I asked for did have questions about insurance but was resolved by customer service staff member was great very helpful

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Phoned up customer services today to amend estimated mileage and ask questions about endorsements. Adijat was extremely polite and helpful (and patient!) with all my queries.


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A specialist motor insurance broker founded in 2011. Now over 40,000 people now trust us to insure their story...what's yours?


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service and help from Ashley

Excellent service and help from Ashley. Would highly recommend Principal. Needed to make a change, Ashley was amazing at getting this sorted, very clear in speaking and an all around polite chap. Great service Principal and great job from your customer services too.

6 July 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing helpful and informative staff at principal insurance

I had to call principal insurance today regarding my policy, and I was met with a very lovely well spoken person called queeny, who helped me today with my inquiry and helped me resolve my problem. She was very patient, respectful and incredibly helpful over the phone today and I appreciate how quickly and smoothly she was able to resolve my issue and she represented the company very well 10/10 experience would definitely get insurance from principal again , friendly staff, quick response, helpful and informative ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

4 July 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Almost impossible to make contact with…

Almost impossible to make contact with them once you have a policy. Every time I call they say 'they are experiencing an unusually high call volume'. When you try webchat you get 'We currently have no available agents, please contact us during office hours on 0330 024 1730.'
Will definitely not be using them again!

3 July 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Renewal

It took a very long time to answer my call, well over a hour.

But Ashley Croft did a great job, and good price.

Cheers

2 July 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Outrageous cancellation fees

I took out a motorcaravan insurance policy which started on 1.5.26. I then cancelled it 49 days later. I paid £460.41 for the policy and this was the cancellation fee breakdown:

Return Premium (GWP Inc IPT): £310.02
Insurer Canx Fee: £16.80
Addon Refund: £0.00
Nominal Fee Refund: £0.00
Discount Clawback: £53.45
Commission Clawback: £45.81
Broker Fee: £62.50
Refund Due: £131.46

So I paid £328.95 for 49 days cover. That's extortionate, immoral and unjustifiable. I'll be speaking to the insurance ombudsman about this..

If there's any possibility that you may need to cancel your policy mid term, don't use Principal insurance, or you'll get robbed, like I did..

18 June 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I assumed the call centre was winding me up

The insurance and price is adequate. Just thought I'd comment of the ironic phone experience. While you wait (wait time estimate grows rather than shrinks... unusual) there are endless messages reiterating the exceptional personal human contact you can expect from such a caring company. Sounds good. But then when the call is answered, the response is quite the opposite; charmless, blunt, patronising, machinelike. I even wondered if I was speaking to AI. I kept checking around the room for TV cameras. I thought it had to be a wind-up. Nobody could be so intentionally unhelpful. It was laughably bad

30 June 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The price for my bike insurance was…

The price for my bike insurance was cheaper than most which had i not had to contact them would have been given 5 star, however IF you need to contact them book a day of work as calling them expect over an hour in the que, its like Insurance Alton Towers

29 June 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No no no no no no no no no no no no no…

No no no no no no no no no no no no no do not use this so called company. They unsolicited me and gave me a really cheap price. I paid and then it started they wanted photos of my drivers licence ??? Had insurance for for vehicles for years im 71 been driving over 50 years never had this before. They said that they would cancel the policy I said yes cancel it.same emails 5 times told to cancel it.oh I did try to phone them but they didn’t answer, you try it , eventually they did cancel it and robbed me a pensioner of £55.if you read this review please tell anyone you know not to use these parasites. Jeff Nelson. York.

29 June 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

CHANGE OF VEHICLE SCAM

TOOK OUT INSURANCE ON 3RD APRIL 2026 FOR A COST OF APPROX £140
CHANGING MY VEHICLE ON 25TH JUNE 2026, SO ASKED FOR A NEW PRICE, CAME BACK WITH A TOTALLY UNREALISTIC QUOTE - TO ENSURE YOU WONT CONTINUE THE INSURANCE
CANCELLED THE POLICY,THEN TO BE TOLD DESPITE HAVING USED LESS THAN 3 MONTHS OF THE POLICY THERE WAS NO REFUND DUE.
PERSONALLY AVOID IF YOU COULD CHANGE YOUR VEHICLE MID TERM
THEY HAVE EFFECTIVELY CHARGED ME OVER £100 TO CANCEL THE POLICY
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE

24 June 2026
Unprompted review

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