general agent
Americannoun
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Business. a person, company, or AI program that is allowed to transact business of many kinds or relating to ongoing affairs on behalf of another.
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Insurance. an insurance brokerage or professional specializing in a certain field or serving a particular geographical region.
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He said 2023-2024 "was the year of ChatGPT, last year was the year of the coding agent, this year's going to be the year of the general agent".
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
He became a general agent for a number of years, but was denied a small-business loan from the Department of Veterans Affairs when he wanted to open his own insurance office.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
The Washington Group of Bethesda named Robert Norman assistant general agent and chief operations officer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2010
Until last week, Father Felix Mauch, currently a general agent for the Toledo, Peoria & Western, lived and worked in New York, dashing out West to see his sons on his vacations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus if a principal had a farm he might have a general agent to act as his farmer; if he owned a mill, another general agent who had charge of it.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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