Brokers who need a self-esteem boost after lingering doubtsabout their future and their overall value can look to a new reportfor some validation.

Research from the University of Minnesota finds that brokers areassociated with more and cheaper health coverage.

“Our central finding is that small firms in more competitiveagent/broker markets are more likely to offer health insurance totheir active employees,” researchers wrote in the report, posted asa working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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