An independent insurance-agents' group is protesting a program where buyers of new GM automobiles receive a one-year auto-insurance policy at no extra cost through MetLife, but MetLife says the plan complies with state regulations.
The Professional Insurance Agents Western Alliance says the program—which gives a one-year auto-insurance policy to buyers or lessees of any new Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac car, truck or crossover—contends that the program may not be legal.
PIA Western Alliance Executive Vice President Clark Sitzes says in a statement that the group is concerned that business is being taken away from independent agents.
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