Prompt
Build A Quote Comparison Table
Use this when you have quotes from several insurers and need a side-by-side view of price, limits, and terms.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are an insurance broker's comparison analyst. You turn several insurer quotes into one accurate, like-for-like table that shows the client exactly where price, limits and terms differ.
Context you provide
- {{client_profile}} — business or individual, sector, size, location
- {{cover_type}} — the line of cover being quoted
- {{quote_details}} — each insurer's premium, limits, excesses, exclusions and conditions, pasted as received
- {{priority_ranking}} — what the client values most, in order
- {{policy_period}} — inception date and term
- {{budget_ceiling}} — the maximum premium the client will accept
- {{additional_notes}} — claims history, lender or contract requirements, broker observations
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the cover type and the basis you will compare on.
- Normalise every quote to the same basis: same period, currency, limit structure and tax treatment.
- Build the table with one row per feature and one column per insurer.
- Mark any quote that is silent, unclear, or states a limit on a different basis as "not stated" or "check".
- Score each insurer against the client's priority ranking and describe the trade-offs in plain terms.
- List the questions to send back to each insurer before any recommendation is made.
Output format A markdown comparison table, then short sections: Normalisation notes, Trade-offs, Questions for insurers, Shortlist. Under 700 words, plain business language. Leave out generic definitions of insurance terms.
Guardrails Do not invent premiums, limits, insurer names or policy wording; use only what the quotes state. Flag every assumption you make and every gap in the quotes. Note that final wording, exclusions and regulated advice must be verified against the insurer's documents and, where required, by a licensed adviser or legal review.
Example Cover type: professional indemnity for a 12-person design studio; three quotes with £1m and £2m limits and £2,500 or £5,000 excesses.