{"id":737,"date":"2018-11-05T05:38:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/?p=737"},"modified":"2018-10-30T08:57:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T14:57:56","slug":"insurance-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/insurance-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Broker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insuringky.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-687 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/zzz-Tackling-Football-Terminolgy-Blog-Sizwe-1.jpg\" alt=\"Insurance Terminology\" width=\"209\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><strong>Insurance sales professionals come in many forms.<\/strong> They go by various names and have different strengths and weaknesses. Agents can be classified\u00a0by their\u00a0relationship with the insurance company, the customer or both.<\/p>\n<p>The term insurance agent is used widely by the public. But, the term agent is most often used when referring to an employee of the insurance company.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance broker, independent agent and non-captive insurance agent are often used interchangeably.\u00a0 Each of these classifications describes insurance sales professionals that represent multiple companies.\u00a0 The level of autonomy varies significantly between agencies.\u00a0 The same is true regarding the options that they can present to clients.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insuringky.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-638 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018-HD-300X150-Trans-PNG-300x150.png\" alt=\"Insurance\" width=\"220\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Logically, more options are better.\u00a0 But your search for a top insurance agent needs to go a few steps further.\u00a0 In your quest to find the best insurance agent for you,\u00a0consider the benefits associated with an unbiased agent.\u00a0 To reveal an insurance agents biases, it might be wise to understand how much of the agency\u2019s premium is placed with their top insurance company.\u00a0 How about the top three?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insuringky.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/click-to-return-to-home-page-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Return to TruePoint Home Page\" width=\"175\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/click-to-return-to-home-page-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/click-to-return-to-home-page.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insurance sales professionals come in many forms. 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