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What is better ?  a Broker or dealing direct with the insurance company?

When shopping for car insurance in South Africa, a consumer have basically 2 ways to go when you start shopping around for household insurance or household and car insurance.

One option is to go with a insurance broker and the other is to go with a direct insurance company.

What does an insurance broker offer?

This  is insurance companies like: Santam, Mutual and Federal, SA Eagle, AIG and Unity Insurance.

?Personal contact

?Expert advice and assisstance to make the best decision.

?Technical and practical advise due to experience in the open market

? Purchasing power (muscle) with insurers in the event of a disputed claim.

? Can offer more than one insurance product

? Customers come first -  a loss will not affect the their profits

What does a direct insurer offer?

This is insurers like: Outsurance, Dial Direct, Auto and General etc...

?Quick and convenient service, but not necessarily what is best for the client

?Their operators works on a basic salary plus commission , so they want to sell their only product to you and earn commission. They cant offer you a variety and their specific product might not be the best product to satisfy your needs, but whether it suits your needs is irrelavent  to them.

?No forms to fill in, but most brokers nowadays also use voice recordings.

?Direct insurers claim that they can offer cheap car insurance, but in practice they are not necessarily the cheapest. Cutting out the middleman is not the best option.

 

 

Interesting Fact : Santam Insurance is the biggest insurance company in South Africa.

Santam has made a clean sweep of the South African Financial Services Intermediaries Association (SAFSIA) awards (for the year 2005) by being named Personal Insurer of the Year, Commercial Insurer of the Year and Corporate Insurer of the Year, all in the short-term insurance category.

This makes Santam the biggest and best house and car insurance company in South Africa.

Having car insurance with Santam makes a lot of sense !!!

 

 
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