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Germany doesn't have a minimum wage either.

What are you looking for? Comparing policies in terms of what?

Yelp already has ratings for individual agents. More useful, however, are the insurance ratings published by J.D. Power, based on consumer surveys: http://www.jdpower.com/consumer-ratings/insurance/index.htm.

There are in fact only a few comparison sites in the U.S., but dozens of lead generation sites where you enter your details and then get calls from agents (often asking for the same details again). These sites are nearly worthless, as they only give you quotes from a few selected companies (usually the companies willing to pay for leads). None of them includes more than 2 or 3 of the top 5 carriers by price and customer satisfaction, based on J.D. Power surveys. That's why I built EZquo (http://ezquo.com). It's a simple website that lets you enter your details only once and get a private link that you can pass to any agent for a quote, saving you hours as well as your sanity.

There are legal reasons why the U.S. doesn't have true comparison sites, unlike the UK. Screen-scraping is illegal here, but not in the UK, so you need the cooperation of the carrier to show their quotes.

Most U.S. carriers don't cooperate with independent comparison sites, since they don't want to see their product commoditized.

Try EZquo.com to get a quote from any company, including Safeco and the other carriers rated best on price and customer satisfaction by J.D. Power. It's a simple website that I built over the last few months: you enter your insurance details and get a private link that you can pass to any agent for a quote, without having to repeat your information.