**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**INSWEB CORPORATION**

**CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

 
| I, Hussein A. Enan, Chairman of the Board and Chief  Executive Officer of InsWeb Corporation, certify that: |
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| 1.                                                                                                          | I have reviewed this annual report on  Form 10-K of InsWeb Corporation; |
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| 2.                                                                                                          | Based on my knowledge, this report does not  contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material  fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the  period covered by this report; |
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| 3.                                                                                                          | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,  and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in  all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash  flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| 4.                                                                                                          | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I  are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))  for the registrant and we have: |
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|                                                                                                        | (a) | designed such disclosure controls and  procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed  under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the  registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by  others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this  report is being prepared; |
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|                                                                                                        | (b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and  procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such  evaluation; and |
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|                                                                                                        | (c) | disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during  the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably  likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial  reporting; and |
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| 5.                                                                                                          | The registrant’s other certifying officers and I  have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over  financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of  registrant’s board of directors: |
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|                                                                                                        | (a) | all significant deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|                                                                                                        | (b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that  involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the  registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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|   | /s/ HUSSEIN A.  ENAN                                                                                 |
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|   | **HUSSEIN A. ENAN** 

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 

Dated: March 25, 2005 |
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