A recent article in insurancejournal.com stated that “Of the 1,700 agencies in Massachusetts, about 900 represent only one car insurance company.” I was shocked.

Insurance brokers have been around for a long time and you’d think by now they’d be a bit clued in as to how they can offer customers the best car insurance quote. 900 car insurance agent’s in just one state doing this adds up to a whole lot of customers that are probably not receiving the most affordable car insurance quote they could be.

It’s a pretty sweet deal for the agent’s though, imagine the time and effort they are saving by only using one company for quotes, sounds like pretty easy money to me. I’m amazed that customers are not demanding better service from their insurance agent or looking elsewhere to obtain more quotes.

With so many car insurance companies now online, it’s extremely easy and quick for consumers to obtain their own quotes and do a comparison. There are even online services which will compare car insurance quotes for you like insurance.com. All you have to do is fill in the form, click submit and quotes for up to 12 different car insurance companies will be displayed for you to choose from with savings averaging around $451. As consumers are becoming increasingly tech savvy I believe these agent’s days are numbered.