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sales representative -> Vertreter {de} -> Fair trader

insurance agent -> Versicherungsvertreter {de} -> fair securing fair trader

fair trade : to trade fair -> "fair handeln" {de} -> "to act fair" (always, not only when you are trading)

verhandeln {de} : "fair handeln" {de} -> "to act fair"

Monty Python's Life of Brian:

"He doesn't want to haggle?" -> "Er will nicht feilschen [1] ?" {de} -> "Er will nicht verhandeln?" {de} -> "Er will nicht fair handeln?" {de} -> "He doesn't want to act fair?"
[1] bargaining

[edit] Observations

  • insurance agents often have small businesses of their own ("being independent", although a cooperative may often be the better choice)

[edit] See also

Twoflower, who works for an insurance (inn-sewer-ants [1]) company

[1] Yes, there is a hidden meaning to insurance and it is pretty silly, only it is not this one.

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