He was very sales-y, trying to build up a personal rapport with me, and he was bad at it. (Example: I told him that I worked for Singinst, and then later he was talking about Singularity University like the fact that he knew to mention it was a point in his favor, when it in fact had nothing to do with me.)
He also reacted in a way I found suspicious when I received third-party information to the effect that his proposed insurance rates weren’t any good and I wanted to wait and do more research.
I have insurance through New York Life, who oblige me by conducting business without any recourse to telephones. I’m not actually sure I’m getting a particularly good price, but it’s within my means and I only have to think about it once annually.
YMMV. I found him so unpleasant that I used a different insurance guy rather than continue interacting with him.
It may be helpful to others if you describe what you found unpleasant about him.
He was very sales-y, trying to build up a personal rapport with me, and he was bad at it. (Example: I told him that I worked for Singinst, and then later he was talking about Singularity University like the fact that he knew to mention it was a point in his favor, when it in fact had nothing to do with me.)
He also reacted in a way I found suspicious when I received third-party information to the effect that his proposed insurance rates weren’t any good and I wanted to wait and do more research.
Who did you end up going through? Was their service satisfying?
I have insurance through New York Life, who oblige me by conducting business without any recourse to telephones. I’m not actually sure I’m getting a particularly good price, but it’s within my means and I only have to think about it once annually.