general agent
noun
1
: one employed to transact generally all legal business entrusted by a principal
2
: an insurance company agent working within a specified area
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The company’s general agent — which can execute complex, multi-step tasks — previously operated exclusively in the cloud, and was typically accessed through a web interface.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Opened up as well would be records of transactions between insurers and any of their affiliates, including fees, commissions, payments, or profit sharing agreements with managing general agents, claims handlers, reinsurers, or third party administrators.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Honeycomb is available in 20 U.S. states and acts as a managing general agent (MGA), underwriting insurance and handling claims but not taking on any of the financial risk, which is assumed by reinsurers.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Conifer's business is now focused on personal lines, specifically homeowners insurance in Texas, Illinois, and Indiana, with significant reliance on a single managing general agent for premium generation.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Business be damned, Whitney’s still bringing it as a general agent of chaos.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2021
His father was general agent in the Far East for insurance companies, including what was then Occidental Life, and for a time Mr. Lee thought that that was probably his future as well.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
When an agent performs well on a wide variety of tasks, as general agents do, they're considered intelligent.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Opened up as well would be records of transactions between insurers and any of their affiliates, including fees, commissions, payments, or profit sharing agreements with managing general agents, claims handlers, reinsurers, or third party administrators.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Honeycomb is available in 20 U.S. states and acts as a managing general agent (MGA), underwriting insurance and handling claims but not taking on any of the financial risk, which is assumed by reinsurers.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
Conifer's business is now focused on personal lines, specifically homeowners insurance in Texas, Illinois, and Indiana, with significant reliance on a single managing general agent for premium generation.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Business be damned, Whitney’s still bringing it as a general agent of chaos.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2021
His father was general agent in the Far East for insurance companies, including what was then Occidental Life, and for a time Mr. Lee thought that that was probably his future as well.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
When an agent performs well on a wide variety of tasks, as general agents do, they're considered intelligent.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2020
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“General agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20agent. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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