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- Wed May 22, 2013 4:35 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Online Competition
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31405
Re: Online Competition
Jack, until you present policy wording backing your interpretation, I'm going to strongly disagree with you. I know you are busy with making a living, but when you have time, I would appreciate you (or anyone else) posting Geico's other insurance clause, and from which state & Geico subsidiary's...
- Fri May 17, 2013 11:06 am
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Online Competition
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31405
Re: Online Competition
I'm sorry, Jack, I didn't see your other replies. Yes, the coverage for Water Back Up can differ a lot from company to company. There are sometimes important differences among the policies of different insurance companies. But you need to be careful, when you are talking about how coverage works for...
- Fri May 17, 2013 10:52 am
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Online Competition
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31405
Re: Online Competition
Jack, I've been licensed since 1990, spending most of my career selling & servicing personal lines. I now run a web site providing information to help consumers shop for insurance. Rather than questioning my experience, why don't you post the "other insurance" clause(s) to which you re...
- Fri May 10, 2013 7:45 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Online Competition
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31405
Re: Online Competition
I make it a habit to collect insuring agreements from competitors, the 'Other insurance' clause is most certainly in the policies I mentioned in Ohio. When insurance agents decide to become educators and understand the policies that they are selling The type of client that they attract to their age...
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:02 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Online Competition
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31405
Re: Online Competition
"I believe you are incorrect in your assumption. Clients do want value. You just need To take steps to educate them on why they need value. To give an example, how many people Feel irritated when they call to ask a question on The cable bill, phone bill, credit card To be connected to an indivi...
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:50 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Online Competition
- Replies: 27
- Views: 31405
Re: Online Competition
Particularly among auto insurance shoppers, price is almost always the deciding factor leading to the purchase. It seems every auto insurance company now markets showing the large amount of money saved annually by customers switching to their company. Even Amica, a direct company always emphasizing ...
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:50 pm
- Forum: Hard-to-Place Accounts
- Topic: Insurance directories??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15244
Re: Insurance directories??
I agree you're not likely to get decent business from online directories, but getting your name, phone number, and address in directories can help your website, assuming you have one, rank better with local search. A free listing with yellow pages, and other free or very low-cost directories is wort...
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:34 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Signing up for an insurance directory
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21826
Re: Signing up for an insurance directory
Thanks for your input, Beatrix. I've decided against the directory, but I appreciate your interest.
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:58 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Reliable Car Insurance Quotes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 44588
Re: Reliable Car Insurance Quotes
I'm looking to get car insurance, which unfortunately, I don't know too much about... I'm trying to do research, but it seems like I get a bunch of sites such as this . How reliable are these quote-type sites in giving me good rates? Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks! I would avoid quote-t...
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:37 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Progressive Weasling?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17821
Re: Progressive Weasling?
This article discusses the issues determining fault regarding this Progressive auto insurance claim:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/your- ... y_20120820
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/your- ... y_20120820
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:42 am
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Do you use online leads services?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 137678
Re: Do you use online leads services?
Rodgwag, You should check that...I can name 12 offering direct rates, and those are just the big boys online, in the USA. If you can't find more than 8, I suggest you use this new-fangled thing called G-o-o-g-l-e search. I work with several more that are under $100M written premium that also offer ...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:10 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Do you use online leads services?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 137678
Re: Do you use online leads services?
I tried quotewizard myself for my auto insurance. Within minutes of my online request, I had quotes in my e-mail inbox from Geico & Esurance. If I was not already with Progressive, I'm sure they would have had a quote to me in minutes, too. Its hard for agents to compete with the technology and...
- Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:40 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Signing up for an insurance directory
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21826
Signing up for an insurance directory
I'm interested in agent feedback. My website provides consumer information on insurance companies & auto, home, & life insurance. When it comes to life insurance, I think the public is best served if they include an independent agent specializing in life insurance, before they buy a policy. ...
- Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:35 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: Do you use online leads services?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 137678
Re: Do you use online leads services?
My website has affiliate marketing ads for hometownquotes. Does anyone have any experience with them? A few years back, when I was doing personal lines P&C sales at an agency, I spent a lot of time working Internet leads for prospects unwilling to reply to me. We used netquotes & quotewizard...
- Thu May 31, 2012 12:59 pm
- Forum: Opinions
- Topic: 1-800-Car-Insurance
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27531
Re: 1-800-Car-Insurance
I checked out your website, and your idea is interesting, though I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for the reasons I mentioned above. What works for other types of businesses may not work for insurance agents. I wouldn't put advertising money into branding a phone number I don't own. Agencies can do...