Finding cheap car insurance can be a real pain in the butt due to the lack of comparison websites like the ones in the UK and US. Traditionally a person looking for cover would have asked a friend if they could recommend an insurance broker or look in the Yellow Pages and take a shot at finding an honest broker on their own.
Thankfully things are changing in SA. Outsurance and DialDirect have become household names in South Africa and allow motorists to circumvent brokers and theoretically save money. However this isn't always the case. The only real way to find a good policy is by shopping around. A good site for this is Car Insurance. The site allows you to at least get quotes from the 2 biggest players namely Outsurance and DialDirect.
If you don't find a good auto insurance policy this way then try contacting the following insurance companies:
XL Insurance Company Limited
Unity Insurance Limited
Unitrans Insurance Limited
Swiss Re Africa Limited
Standard Insurance Limited
SaXum Reinsurance Limited
SASRIA Limited
Santam Limited
SA Eagle Risk Financing Limited
SA Eagle Insurance Company Limited
Renasa Insurance Company Limited
Regent Insurance Company Limited
OUTsurance Insurance Company Limited
Nova Risk Partners Limited
NEDinsurance Company Limited
Mutual & Federal Insurance Company Limited
Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa Limited
MUA Insurance Company Limited
Monarch Insurance Company Limited
McSure Limited
Lloyd’s
Lion of Africa Insurance Company Limited
Indequity Specialised Insurance Limited
Hollard Insurance Company Limited (The)
Hannover Reinsurance Africa Limited
Guardrisk Insurance Company Limited
Gerling General Insurance of South Africa Limited
GenRe Company Limited
Dial Direct Insurance Limited
Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation of Africa Limited
Compass Insurance Company Limited
Cardif - Pinnacle (Pinnafrica)
Auto & General Insurance Company Limited
Allianz Insurance Limited
AIG South Africa Limited
African Reinsurance Corporation (South Africa) Limited