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What’s the Difference Between an Insurance Agent and and Insurance Broker?

September 23, 2009 By : Doug Gulleson

An Insurance Agent is usually the representative of one company. Good agents focus on helping clients understand the insurance products of their company.

An Insurance Broker represents the client and not a specific company. Brokers, because they have contact with many companies, can offer a wide variety of products. This helps clients find the best plan for their specific needs.

The good news is that it does not cost you any extra to use an agent or broker!  There is no surcharge, and you would pay exactly the same price if you went directly to the company. You never pay an extra penny for using a broker.

Good Neighbor Insurance is a broker.  We are contracted with ten different international health insurance companies.

What does this mean?  Two things:

1. We have a large array of insurance plans to offer you.
2. It costs you no extra money to go through us.

Doug Gulleson

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Buying Health Insurance is Like Buying a Car

April 2, 2010

Bells and whistles on a car increase the cost. So it is with health insurance. Adding benefits only increases your premiums. One way to lower premiums is to increase your deductible and decrease the amount of benefits.

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Pre-existing medical insurance for overseas coverage

August 8, 2016

Pre-existing medical insurance for overseas coverage can be an obstacle for someone living or traveling outside the United States. Those residing in the U.S. now have great health coverage that covers all pre-existing conditions, albeit for a higher premium. What is a pre-existing medical condition? A variety of definitions are floating around but here is one […]

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I hate insurance but…

August 7, 2015

Our owner recently said, “I hate insurance” in a training meeting for our staff. He also said “I don’t think I’m unique in feeling that way.” Since we offer travel insurance and overseas medical insurance for those working and living abroad, it got my attention. After he said “I hate insurance”, I furiously wrote down […]

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Disability by the Numbers – 2010 figures

August 6, 2010

Good Neighbor Insurance, www.gninsurance.com , provides disability insurance for individuals and families here in the U.S.  Here are some important reasons why disability insurance should be part of your insurance portfolio. 16%: The chance that most people believe that they will become disabled during their working years 71%:  The amount of American employees who live […]

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International Term Life Insurance

February 10, 2015

International term life insurance is available through Good Neighbor Insurance (GNI) at https://www.gninsurance.com/health/supplemental/term-life/. We have two term life insurance plans that will work perfectly for those who are residing outside the U.S. for 12 months or longer. Our guests who are expats have really enjoyed knowing that GNI provides. What happens if a spouse does […]

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About Medical evacuation – Bridgetown, Barbados

November 28, 2012

Good Neighbor Insurance, Inc provides top-notch international travel insurance benefits that include medical evacuation. You may view one of our best evacuation travel plans at www.onlineglobalhealthinsurance.com/global-rescue.asp and some of our other travel medical plans  here at www.gninsurance.com/travel-A/international_travel_insurance.asp. All of our travel medical insurance plans have medical evacuation cover that is vital to have on any […]

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