Who is Admiral?
Admiral is a financial services group based in Cardiff and one of the major blue-chip companies listed on London’s stock exchange.
Established as a car insurance provider in 1993, Admiral now provides a much wider range of products. It began offering home insurance in 2012 and travel insurance in 2017 and has more recently branched out to offer personal loans, car finance and pet insurance.
Admiral has enjoyed rapid growth over the years and now employs over 10,000 people – when it was launched in 1993 it had just 57 staff.
Admiral won the Moneyfacts award for Highly Commended Insurance Provider 2021 & 2022 and Best Big Insurance Company 2022 at the Insurance Choice Awards.
As well as contents and buildings insurance, Admiral’s home insurance team offers landlord, tenants and flood insurance together with a range of optional home cover. Admiral’s MultiCover insurance product bundles cover for your cars and home, potentially saving you money.
Admiral optional extras
Admiral offers a range of extras that you can add to your insurance for a cost. They can be worth considering if they aren’t already included in the policy:
- Family legal protection
- Full contents accidental damage
- Home emergency cover
- Bicycle cover
Bicycle cover. The Admiral home insurance policy gives you £350 of bicycle cover as standard but you can choose to upgrade the cover level if your bicycle is worth more than £350.
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