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Hastings Direct — website check
British insurance broker, founded 1997, based in Bexhill-on-Sea. Hastings Direct’s website (www.hastingsdirect.com) runs on Next.js. Email from the domain is protected by an enforced DMARC policy.
70
Brand Web Indexout of 100
Share of 26 technical checks the site passes: security, speed, email and SEO. A measurement of the website — not a popularity ranking.
89
Security
40
Speed & delivery
75
Email & domain
64
SEO & markup
Official siteChecked 23 Oct 2026
About the brand
Founded1997
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersBexhill-on-Sea
IndustryInsurance
Official websitewww.hastingsdirect.com
Facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Built with
Hosting & delivery
Network (AS)Imperva
HTTP versionHTTP/3
TLSTLS 1.3
CertificateGlobalSign nv-sa · valid until 2026-12-26
First response4,671 ms
Homepage weight234 KB
IPv6no
Email & domain
Mail providerMicrosoft 365
SPFyes
DMARC policyp=reject
BIMIyes
DNSSECno
CAAno
Verified servicesApple (domain verification), DocuSign, Meta Business (domain verification), Figma, GlobalSign, Google Search Console, Stripe
SEO & social
Title47 characters
Meta description138 characters
Canonicalyes
Structured datano
Language versions0
Open Graphno
Social profiles linkedInstagram, Linkedin, X, Youtube
AI crawlers & robots
AI crawlers blockednone
llms.txtno
ads.txtno
security.txtno
Checklist
Security
- HTTPS by default
- HSTS header
- TLS 1.3
- Content-Security-Policy
- X-Content-Type-Options
- Referrer-Policy
Speed & delivery
- HTTP/3
- IPv6
- First response under 1.5 s
- Homepage under 1.5 MB
Email & domain
- SPF record
- DMARC record
- DMARC enforced (quarantine / reject)
- BIMI logo record
- DNSSEC
- CAA record
SEO & markup
- Title tag 10–70 characters
- Meta description
- Canonical link
- Exactly one H1
- Structured data (JSON-LD)
- Open Graph title and image
- All images have alt text
- XML sitemap
- robots.txt
- security.txt
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