Choosing a good insurance agent is crucial. A good insurance agent will help you get the right insurance solutions and make your insurance experience enjoyable. Remember that your relationship and your family with insurance company long term, even beyond the age of your life. Insurance agents are intermediaries who represent you in front of insurance companies and representing insurance companies in your presence.
Here are three tips to choose a good life insurance agent:
1. Choose an agent with integrity
Integrity an insurance agent is much more important than everything else. Many features of the insurance policy is quite complex and not all are equally important. Some agents recommend certain products for no other reason except to get a higher commission. Not a few insurance agents who "hit and run", only good when selling but not so concerned with after-sales service.
Find someone who will act as your partner, to provide additional information, propose alternatives, and not force you to buy the product. If you get too much pressure to buy quickly, move on to someone else.
One of the best ways to get a good agent is to ask for references from friends, family members, colleagues or other professionals who have worked with you (tax consultants, bankers, notaries, etc.). When the insurance agent who came to you, ask for references of customers who have served. You can check the track record of the agent of their customers.
2. Choose a professional agent
You need to ensure that the agent you choose has the expertise to meet your needs:
* Check the licensing agent. Life insurance agents must be licensed from AAJI (Life Insurance Association of Indonesia) to be able to sell insurance products. Agents who sell unit-linked insurance products must have additional special license. To obtain these licenses, an agent must pass a competency exam in number in the field. Agents are not licensed to deliver product information that is inaccurate or misleading information to customers.
* Know specialized agents. Some insurance agents specialize in traditional life insurance, while others might better explore the field of unit-linked life insurance, group insurance or health insurance.
* Know qualified agent. Professional titles such as Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF) indicates that the agent has completed advanced training, pass a rigorous exam and serious with the development profession . An agent who becomes a member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) means has entered the elite ranks of top agents. They must have had a long list of customers, experience a long and follow a strict code of professional conduct.
3. Choose from several agents.
If necessary, see a direct at least two insurance agents in order to do the comparison in terms of qualifications and character of the agent and the suitability of the products offered. Nothing can replace direct contact in judging a person. A good agent will diligently listen and ask questions about your situation and help arrange the right insurance solutions for your specific needs. If you are not comfortable with your agent after face to face, or you're not sure she provides the services you want, find another agent.