A new website that compares solicitors by price, location and customer ratings has begun offering clients a free legal expenses insurance policy for road traffic accident (RTA) claims, it emerged last week.

Legalcompare.com, which launched in August after 18 months of testing by consumer panels, is one of several comparison sites to enter the market in recent weeks.

The site matches consumers with law firms performing: RTA; employment; personal injury; family; wills and probate; criminal; property; and commercial. Firms signed up to the service pay 10% of their fee to the website, which vets them for quality. Ten firms have joined so far.

Legalcompare.com began offering free legal expenses insurance for RTA claims last week in a bid to attract additional clients to the site.

Legalcompare.com claims to be the only site to compare firms in all three categories of price, location and customer feedback.

Earlier last month, Hull solicitor Nick Miller launched comparison site Wigster.com. Bid4fees.com, which allows solicitors to bid for work, was also launched recently.