While life insurance brokers are responsible for servicing clients after a policy is sold, the reality is few people need ongoing advice after they purchase the product.
Not exact matches
A Mutual Fund Company that is involved solely in the manufacture of mutual funds tend to distribute their funds through mutual fund representatives, investment advisors, financial planners, mutual fund dealers and
life insurance agents,
while the banks, credit unions and their Quebec counter part caisses populaires distribute their fund products through their retail branches as well as via independent advisors and
brokers.
While many agents,
brokers, and insurers argue in favor of permanent
life insurance policies like whole
life insurance, these products do have their critics, including popular financial personalities like Dave Ramset, Suze Orman, and Clark Howard.
Life and health
insurance can be transacted through both agents and
brokers, though most states only allow for the licensure of
insurance agents,
while brokers are more common with property and casualty
insurance.
Both
life insurance agents and
brokers will help you assess your
life insurance needs; arrange for the purchase of a policy; provide ongoing support (say you want to change your beneficiary, renew, convert or change your coverage amount); and help your beneficiary submit a claim should you die
while the policy's in force.
Both
life insurance agents and
life insurance brokers work on behalf of
life insurance companies to sell you a policy, but agents are more limited in the number of carriers they work with
while brokers aren't beholden to any single carrier.
While there can be a large variation in premiums and coverage offered between
brokers and agents in the property or
life insurance lines, car
insurance doesn't vary much between the two types of sales personnel.
While we recommend direct consultation with an experienced, independent
life insurance broker, the following provides a handy guide with some helpful basic triage.
While dividends are not guaranteed, Eric Palmer, chief marketing officer of
Brokers Alliance, an independently owned distributor of
life insurance cites dividend payment consistency as a sign of a good product and
insurance company.