The 2010 Shortlist - Best Customer Service

Best current account overall

  • Co-operative
  • Coventry BS
  • First Direct
  • Nationwide
  • RBS
  • Smile

Best current account for online service

  • Co-operative
  • Coventry BS
  • First Direct
  • Nationwide
  • NatWest
  • Smile

Best current account for call centre service

  • Co-operative
  • Coventry BS
  • First Direct
  • Nationwide
  • RBS
  • Smile

Best current account for branches

  • Bank of Scotland
  • Co-operative
  • Coventry BS
  • Nationwide
  • NatWest
  • RBS

Best savings account for online services

  • Coventry BS
  • First Direct
  • ING Direct
  • NatWest
  • RBS
  • Smile

Best customer service for mortgages overall

  • Britannia BS
  • Coventry BS
  • First Direct
  • HSBC
  • Nationwide
  • Woolwich

Best personal loan provider

  • Alliance & Leicester (Santander)
  • Barclaycard
  • First Direct
  • Halifax
  • Northern Rock
  • Zopa

Best credit card for ease of fraud protection

  • Asda
  • Co-operative
  • First Direct
  • John Lewis
  • Smile
  • Tesco

Best credit card for online service

  • American Express
  • Capital One
  • Egg
  • First Direct
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Smile

Best credit card for call centre service

  • American Express
  • Co-operative
  • First Direct
  • John Lewis
  • Sainsbury
  • Smile

Best credit card overall

  • American Express
  • Egg
  • First Direct
  • John Lewis
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Nationwide
  • Tesco

Best home insurance provider for service

  • Castle Cover
  • Marks & Spencer
  • NFU Mutual
  • Saga
  • Tesco
  • The Co-operative

Best motor insurance provider for service

  • Churchill
  • LV=
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Saga
  • Sheila’s Wheels
  • Swiftcover

Best travel insurance provider for service

  • Direct Travel Insurance
  • First Direct
  • Marks & Spencer Money
  • Post Office
  • Saga
  • Tesco

Best Savings provider for service

  • Coventry BS
  • Egg
  • First Direct
  • ING Direct
  • Lloyds TSB
  • Tesco Personal Finance

Best cash ISA provider for service

  • Britannia BS
  • Coventry BS
  • First Direct
  • Principality BS
  • Standard Life
  • Yorkshire BS

Best critical illness provider for service

  • AXA
  • BUPA
  • Norwich Union/Aviva
  • Scottish Provident
  • Scottish Widows
  • Zurich

Best income protection provider for service

  • AXA
  • Friends Provident
  • Legal & General
  • LV=
  • Norwich Union/ Aviva
  • Zurich

Best provider for Private Medical Insurance

  • AXA PPP
  • BUPA
  • Norwich Union/Aviva
  • Pru Health
  • Simplyhealth
  • Standard Life Healthcare