{"id":1418,"date":"2023-04-18T06:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T06:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamsurety.com\/uncategorized\/is-it-more-expensive-to-buy-a-policy-through-a-broker\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T19:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:08:51","slug":"is-it-more-expensive-to-buy-a-policy-through-a-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamsurety.com\/en\/knowledge\/is-it-more-expensive-to-buy-a-policy-through-a-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it more expensive to buy a policy through a broker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1418\" class=\"elementor elementor-1418 elementor-241\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a887432 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a887432\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it more expensive to buy a policy through a broker?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44deec0 split-breadcrumbs-y elementor-widget elementor-widget-the7-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"44deec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"the7-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"assistive-text\">You are here:<\/div><ol class=\"breadcrumbs text-small rcrumbs\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siamsurety.com\/en\/\" title=\"Home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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This department supervises, promotes and controls insurance business, including insurance agents and brokers. Its recommendation is documented as:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<\/span>Consult a lawyer when making a contract. Consult an agent when buying an insurance policy. Buying a policy means entering into a legal contract. A policy, like a legal contract, should not be bought with carelessness and have any loopholes. One word in one sentence can determine whether the buyer will receive millions of compensation or not. Nothing is more regrettable than buying an insurance policy that has less coverage as intended or does not pay compensation in full. Therefore, a decision to buy which policy, which coverage, which type, with whom, for how much, should not be made solely on your own. 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