articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . january 2014 activequote ltd type limited company industry price comparison service founded 2009 headquarters cardiff united kingdom area served united kingdom website activequote.com activequote.com is a price comparison service which sells in health and protection insurance and technology to gocompare.com confused.com uswitch and moneyhelpline . 1 contents 1 business model 2 company history 3 awards 4 references 5 external links business model edit activequote s comparison services have been developed by softswift 2 to create a free to use service for uk customers . activequote makes profit by earning commission from the insurer for each customer who takes out a policy via their website and broker service . activequote is fully authorised by the financial conduct authority to sell non investment insurance products . 3 company history edit the company was founded in 2009 as activequote health ltd and then later renamed activequote ltd in 2014 4 trading as activequote.com . 5 the comparison technology has been white labelled for confused.com 6 gocompare.com 7 uswitch 8 and moneyhelpline 9 under their own respective brand names . in 2012 activequote launched their income protection insurance and life insurance comparison in april and november respectively . 10 this led to an office expansion at their premises in cardiff bay to facilitate the growth of the business . 11 in 2014 activequote was awarded a grant of 600 000 from the welsh government to assist with a job growth scheme involving the recruitment of an additional 70 staff . 12 awards edit activequote was nominated for the start up company of the year award in 2012 at the western mail iwa business awards . 13 at the 2014 fast growth 50 wales awards activequote was named the fastest growing firm in cardiff and the 6th fastest growing firm in wales . 14 activequote were named the most promising growth business at the 2015 welsh business awards run by the south wales chamber of commerce . 15 in september 2015 richard theo managing director of activequote was named entrepreneur of the year at the 2015 cardiff business awards at cardiff city hall . 16 references edit activequote about us . activequote.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . softswift . softswift.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . the financial services register activequote ltd . financial conduct authority . retrieved 2015 01 21 . companies house web check service 1 company number 06765845 access date 21 january 2015 . activequote . activequote.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . confused.com health insurance . confused.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . gocompare.com health insurance . gocompare.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . uswitch health insurance . uswitch.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . moneyhelpline guide to health insurance . moneyhelpline.com . retrieved 2015 01 21 . activequote launches new life insurance comparison service . financial reporter . retrieved 2015 01 21 . activequote health expands space . wales online . retrieved 2015 01 21 . activequote finance firm creates 70 jobs at cardiff bay . bbc website . retrieved 2015 01 21 . young achiever finalists hoping for success at annual business awards . wales online . retrieved 2015 01 21 . activequote health cardiff . fast growth 50 . retrieved 2015 01 21 . welshpool technology firm invertek drives crowned welsh company of the year . wales online . retrieved 2015 03 09 . iqe named inaugural cardiff business of the year while the huge economic contribution of henry engelhardt recognised . wales online . retrieved 2015 09 21 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title activequote & oldid 682067741 categories companies based in cardiffcompanies established in 20092009 establishments in waleshidden categories orphaned articles from january 2014all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2015 at 09 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view