One-fifth of Equity's cash transactions are done through agents, according to company statements.
He admits that bancassurance works in countries such as Belgium, where insurance is not sold through agents tied to insurers.
German consumers buy their traditional life insurance policies through agents like Allianz's, but they tend to buy mutual funds and other equity products through their bank branches.
The traditional channel of selling insurance products through agents is also struggling as online and direct sales to customers become a more viable alternative for insurance companies.
You can also call health insurance companies directly to ask about their child-only coverage, because in some states, health insurance companies may not sell child-only plans through agents.
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Like many other financial product firms, Guardian works through agents and brokers who have their choice of products such as life insurance and annuities to offer customers in addition to a proprietary channel.
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Imagine if all travel were still booked through travel agents and Expedia, Hotwire, Priceline, etc. did not exist.
Under the Travelers brand, the company is also a leading underwriter of homeowners and auto insurance through independent agents.
Could it have been through MI5 agents within the UDA (and there were several) being fed with ideas and information?
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Ms Suzuki says Jetstar Japan will allow its passengers to book through travel agents, which are still ubiquitous, as well as online.
Enterprise Holdings vehicles may still be booked through the company's brand websites, other online travel sites and through travel agents, Enterprise's statement said.
Although this is certainly possible, it is very difficult to gain serious traction in the Chinese marketplace by pursuing a purely export strategy, or by contract manufacturing and selling through sales agents.
But there may be a quiet glimmer of holiday joy at OSU. Although the NCAA acknowledged that a university acts through its agents, OSU did not receive the bulk of the penalties.
Endorsement deals for projected top picks have been disseminated to players (through their agents), and Tide is in the process of creating a roster that the company expects to be finalized going into the start of the 2013 NFL Draft on Thursday evening.
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Meanwhile Fifa has also admitted defeat in its attempt to regulate players' agents through its licensing system.
In the past, insurers sold their policies through their own agents.
This is because they want to reach high-value business flyers, who often make bookings through corporate travel agents which, in turn, use a GDS to compile their itineraries.
Among other things, such connections could be used to identify undercover agents, through link analysis.
They have mostly bought homes at auctions and through real-estate agents, just like their mom-and-pop competitors.
Through forensic analysis, agents determined the images were taken in the Los Angeles area.
His first big move was to broaden the company's distribution methods and sell through stand-alone agents, call centers and the Internet.
During the federal raid to reunite father and son, Dalrymple tried to hide Elian in a bedroom closet before agents broke through the bedroom door and seized the boy from Dalrymple's arms.
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The case against Ms. Berger, a mortgage broker with her husband at Steel City Mortgage Services near Pittsburgh, PA, had its start when FBI agents went through the trash of real estate appraiser Kenneth Cowden.
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He's the owner of both Secure Call Management and SCI At Home (now branded SCI Live), the latter of which is marketed as providing call center sales through home-based agents while it also focuses heavily on psychic hotlines.
Today's crop of players still employ traditional agents to negotiate contracts, but myriad stories of players losing money through investment managers with ties to agents have them spreading the wealth to separate accountants and investment advisers.
British agents move furtively through alleys, glancing over their shoulders.
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In December 2006 and October 2007, Customs and Border Patrol agents inspecting shipments through the Chicago O'Hare International Mail Facility found three parcels containing the collection of fossils.
Justice Department lawyers argued this program was part of the government's need to gather foreign intelligence, which does not explicitly require agents to go through the process of getting a warrant, as is required under the FISA law.
The mission of the SMILE Consortium is to cause a paradigm shift within education by enabling students to be active agents in their learning through an inquiry-based learning model.
Like a handful of other prognosticators here, Mr. Luck has embraced new technology, giving readings by telephone text messages and employing a stable of call-center agents to talk customers through their astrological tables.
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