The Battles On - Insurance Broker or Direct Insurer
Tuesday, October 7th, 2003Ask anyone who has a TV if they know what the little red phone or the dog who everybody loves (uugh) are advertising and they will tell you - INSURANCE. Brilliant advertising I must say but does it give the customer the best all round deal,once you have passed the initial showbiz hype - I doubt it.
Insurance brokers have always been able to compete with direct insurers but rarely can they afford the gigantic advertising budget of the direct insurers. HOWEVER - bearing in mind that insurance brokers can normally beat the premiums the direct insurers offer or at the least match it, what extra can they offer that the direct boys cannot.
MULTIPLE QUOTES - If you ring a direct insurer or company they can only quote you from the one lot of premium rates - THEIRS but guess what brokers have caught on to this thing called technology over the years and we now use the very latest hi tech gizmo s which allow us to check over 200 insurance schemes with LOTS OF INSURERS. If we can t compete with or n (more...)
