insurance brokerage

Coverage sales firm

An insurance brokerage is a business that connects clients with insurance companies, helping individuals or organizations find and purchase appropriate coverage.

Unlike agents who represent specific insurers, brokers work on behalf of the client, shopping across multiple carriers: She went through a brokerage to compare health plans.

The term also refers to the industry or practice itself.

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role in insurance transaction

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Company providing coverage

insurance company · insurer · reinsurer · underwriter · policyholder

risk management approach

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Assuming risk personally

self-funding

financial services model

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Private investment partnership

venture capital

Family

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