{"id":152,"date":"2016-10-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2016-11-20T01:30:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T01:30:22","slug":"benefits-of-hiring-an-independent-insurance-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/benefits-of-hiring-an-independent-insurance-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Hiring an Independent Insurance Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An independent insurance agent isn&#8217;t affiliated with one specific company.&nbsp;It gives drivers in Canby, OR, and the surrounding area a unique experience when compared to going through an agency. In fact, hiring an independent insurance agent has&nbsp;a lot of benefits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Can Save Money<\/strong><br \/>\nHiring an independent insurance agent rather than going through a specific insurance has the potential to save the driver money. The agent will offer the customer a wide variety of policies rather than focus on just the ones provided by the company the agent works for, meaning the agent won&#8217;t pressure the driver into purchasing the best policy. Moreover, most of the policies are less money than most of the ones from a specific company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. An Unbiased Opinion<\/strong><br \/>\nDrivers want the agent&#8217;s opinion on the best policy for his or her needs. Unfortunately, an agent working for an agency works for a company is giving advice based on the fact that they must keep the company&#8217;s best interests at heart. They may even work on commission, so the car owner&#8217;s best interest doesn&#8217;t come first. Independent agents don&#8217;t work on commission and have no preference over one company or another, allowing the driver to reap the benefit of an honest unbiased opinion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. More Personalized Experience<\/strong><br \/>\nThose working for large insurance companies tend to rush a customer into selecting a policy and might not always address issues thoroughly since they have to work under call-time restrictions. However, independent agents have the ability to give a person a more personalized experience. They&#8217;re not pressed for time and have fewer customers to deal with each day, giving each person more time with a professional.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about the different auto policies available through Oliver Insurance, Serving Canby,&nbsp;OR, and the surrounding area,&nbsp;from a friendly independent agent, contact us today at 503-266-2715.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An independent insurance agent isn&#8217;t affiliated with one specific company.&nbsp;It gives drivers in Canby, OR, and the surrounding area a unique experience when compared to going through an agency. In fact, hiring an independent insurance agent has&nbsp;a lot of benefits. 1. Can Save Money Hiring an independent insurance agent rather than going through a specific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,28],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-canby","tag-or"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliverinsurance.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}