Walmart is partnering with AutoInsurance.com to offerauto-insurance quotes from multiple insurers online.

Walmart says its customers will be able to access theAutoInsurance.com service directly from its website at www.walmart.com/autoinsurance.

AutoInsurance.com, operated by New Jersey-based insurance agencyTranzutary Insurance Solutions LLC, says customers will be able toobtain multiple quotes from carriers such as Progressive, Esurance,Safeco, The General and others. The service is availableimmediately in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, “with plans to beoffered nationwide in the coming months.”

Joshua Kazam, founder of AutoInsurance.com, says, “Today, nearly90 percent of people comparison shop online for products andservices like airline tickets, but our survey data shows that onlyone in five comparison shop for auto insurance. We want to makecomparison shopping for auto insurance much simpler and faster foreveryone who wants to save money on their premiums.”

According to a statement from the two companies, customerslogging on to the website provide their name, address, date ofbirth and contact information, with an option to have the siteretrieve their current auto insurance policy. “This allowsAutoInsurance.com to automatically fill in most of the necessarycoverage information and provide a direct apples-to-applescomparison,” says the statement.

Customers will be able to either purchase the policy onlineimmediately, speak with a licensed agent or save their informationand make the purchase later.

The companies say the service is launching after “a successfulpilot that took place in Pennsylvania last year.”