Compensation Glossary
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Agency System
A distribution system whereby insurance companies use their own commissioned agents to sell and deliver insurance policies. The agency system is the most common system for distributing individual life insurance products and includes the branch office distribution system and the general agency distribution system. Also called the ordinary agency system. See also branch office distribution system, brokerage distribution system, and general agency distribution system.
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