Hugh Wilson

REVIEW Excellent financials and customer satisfaction make Northwestern an easy provider to recommend.

REVIEW A well-established mutual with a good product portfolio and strong financials but room for improvement on customer communication.

REVIEW A large and well-established provider with a wide range of insurance options that gets most things right.

REVIEW Mutual of Omaha is a very good provider with a clear, jargon-free approach which may be attractive to new customers.

REVIEW An innovative provider with impressive products, let down by underwhelming customer satisfaction scores.

REVIEW America's largest auto insurer also offers comprehensive life insurance products and is well-liked by customers.

REVIEW A solid, reliable life insurance provider, with an excellent range of policies and a decent record of keeping customers happy.

Review Erie Insurance offers excellent all round home protection, as long as you live where it's available.

Review Liberty Mutual is a familiar name with some innovative homeowners insurance solutions.

Review Travelers allows you to protect the environment while protecting your home.

Review State Farm is the biggest of the homeowners insurers and, in many respects, one of the best.

Review Allstate is ideal if you're buying your first homeowners insurance policy, offering a great all round package and excellent customer resources.

Review Amica Mutual is a natural first choice for ordinary consumers looking for exemplary customer service.

Review Nationwide is a dependable national provider with some out of the ordinary features.

review Zoho Books is a heavyweight contender when it comes to full-featured accounting packages, and remains more affordable than many rivals.

This easy to use solution is the best free accounting software around, even if it is a little light on advanced features.

Xero is sophisticated, full-featured and a rival to anything on the market.

The inexplicable lack of a mobile app mars what is otherwise a very capable and user friendly bookkeeping and financial management solution.

Sage is an accomplished package at a decent price, though not quite as comprehensive as the best in its class.

Kashoo is good at what it does, but for some small businesses that might not be enough.

QuickBooks Online does everything you expect of a small business accountancy package well, and features an incredible range of integrations.

review More a financial organizer than true accounting software, QuickBooks Self-Employed is limited but may be enough for its target freelancer market.