Multi Award Winning Car Insurance

We are extremely proud of the various awards Budget Direct has won and we thought you'd like to read more about the various accolades we have picked up.

5 Star Rating – Cannex Car Insurance Star Ratings

According to CANNEX, in recognition of our "broad and deep value offer to consumers" Cannex awarded Budget Direct's Standard Comprehensive Car Insurance policy the highly sought after, National 5 star rating in their September 2007, Car Insurance star ratings report. The independent report is the largest Car Insurance comparison study ever conducted in Australia. It included an exhaustive shadow shopping exercise, covering 23 comprehensive policies and obtained over 11,000 individual quotes across all six states, excluding the Northern Territory. CANNEX is Australia's premier researcher of retail finance information. For more info about CANNEX click here.

2007 Australian Business Awards: Best Value

The 2007 Australian Business Award recipients were chosen from 140 short listed entries who were selected from 800 entries overall. Budget Direct entered the Best Value category and our Standard Comprehensive Car Insurance won the Best Value award in the General Insurance section. According to the judges – 'The achievements of Budget Direct in providing value comprehensive car insurance without compromising on quality or service has led to success in achieving profitability and consistent growth in a competitive field.' To read more about the award click here.

Winner Best Car Insurance Award 2007

As part of Money magazine's sixth annual Best of the Best awards the publication crowned Budget Direct's Standard Comprehensive Car Insurance as the 2007 Best Car Insurance category winner. According to the magazine – "The Winners were scored on a combination of features and price....Money gave Cannex the profile of our average reader and chose two suburbs – Parramatta in NSW and Glen Waverly in Victoria – where there's a concentration of readers. Cannex then got comprehensive quotes for two different cars – a 2004 Mazda 6 Sedan and a 2004 Holden Commodore Acclaim Sedan – for each of the two suburbs." Some insurance providers were excluded from the award because they did not offer products in these suburbs. To read more about the award click here

Golden Award of Montreux 2007

Budget Direct's 'Smart Choice Challenge', a highly engaging online competition promoting our Car Insurance, was presented with a 'Finalist' award in the multimedia/web/CD-ROM – Financial Services category at these prestigious awards. The awards feature an international jury from 19 countries evaluated entries in 8 main categories: TV/Cinema ads, print ads, poster, direct mail, interactive media, radio, best use of media, events. Budget Direct was the only Australian financial services brand to be recognized at the 2007 awards. To read more about the award click here