Firm analysis

Admiral Insurance Company Limited complaint analysis

A public analysis page covering published Financial Ombudsman decisions involving Admiral Insurance Company Limited, including outcome context, product mix, complaint themes, and representative cases.

Page summary

1,963 published decisions involving Admiral Insurance Company Limited, with product mix, upheld-rate context, complaint themes, precedent signals, and representative cases.

Published decisions

1,963

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

38.6%

757 upheld decisions

Latest published decision 08 Aug 2025

Published decisions

1,963

Firm-specific decision volume in the public corpus

Upheld rate

38.6%

757 upheld decisions

Leading product

Insurance (excluding PPI)

1,351 decisions

Leading complaint theme

Delay In Claim Handling

250 tagged decisions

Admiral Insurance Company Limited at a glance

Admiral Insurance Company Limited appears in 1,963 published decisions in this corpus. 38.6% of those decisions were upheld, which gives a public view of how often complaints involving this firm ended in a fully upheld outcome in the final published set.

Insurance (excluding PPI) is the firm’s clearest product exposure in the published decisions, with 1,351 decisions and an upheld rate of 39.1%.

  • Latest active year in the published data: 2025 (2 decisions)
  • Most common complaint theme: Delay In Claim Handling
  • Most common precedent signal: Disp

Volume and outcome trajectory

Admiral Insurance Company Limited's decision trail runs from 2013 to 2025. That range gives enough public history to see whether complaint exposure has been broad-based or concentrated into certain years.

In the latest year represented here, Admiral Insurance Company Limited appeared in 2 published decisions with an upheld rate of 0.0%.

  • 2025: 2 decisions, 0.0% upheld
  • 2024: 9 decisions, 66.7% upheld
  • 2023: 11 decisions, 45.5% upheld
  • 2022: 194 decisions, 36.1% upheld
  • 2021: 250 decisions, 39.2% upheld

Themes, products, and precedent signals

Delay In Claim Handling is the strongest complaint-theme signal tied to Admiral Insurance Company Limited in the published decisions. In this corpus, those themes are the most stable public proxy for complaint “type”.

Disp, Icobs, Fsma, and others are the most visible precedent signals in the firm’s published decisions. That gives extra context on the rules and fairness arguments appearing most often around the firm.

  • Insurance (excluding PPI): 1,351 decisions
  • Second complaint theme: Non-disclosure Or Misrepresentation
  • Second precedent signal: Icobs

Representative cases

Recent published decisions in this slice

5 examples shown

DRN-554324208 Aug 2025Not upheld

Admiral Insurance Company Limited · Insurance

DRN-5543242 The complaint Mr C’s complaint is about trade public liability insurance cover with Admiral Insurance Company Limited. Mr C is represented in this complaint but for ease, in the main, I will refer to Mr C only. What happened Mr C took out the policy with Admiral in September... (7 pages)

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DRN-538699617 Apr 2025Not upheld

Admiral Insurance Company Limited · Insurance

DRN-5386996 The complaint Mr E complains about how Admiral Insurance Company Limited (“Admiral”) removed a discount from his car insurance policy which used a telematics device to gather data about his driving. What happened Mr E had a car insurance policy with Admiral. The policy requi... (3 pages)

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DRN-519004630 Dec 2024Upheld

Admiral Insurance Company Limited · Insurance

DRN-5190046 The complaint Ms M complains about the settlement that Admiral Insurance Company Limited offered her for the theft of her car following a claim made on her motor insurance policy, and about the upset this caused her. She wants a higher settlement and for the policy excess to... (3 pages)

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DRN-515335718 Dec 2024Upheld

Admiral Insurance Company Limited · Insurance

DRN-5153357 The complaint Mr H complains about damage to a wheel on his vehicle while it was in for repair under a claim to Admiral Insurance Limited (Admiral) on his motor insurance policy. References to Admiral in this decision include their agents. What happened In October 2023 Mr ... (4 pages)

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DRN-503043119 Sept 2024Upheld

Admiral Insurance Company Limited · Insurance

DRN-5030431 The complaint Mr B complains that Admiral Insurance Company Limited have provided poor service when dealing with his claim following an ombudsman’s decision directing them to proceed with settlement of the claim. What happened Mr B had two cars high performance cars insured... (4 pages)

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