In today's world, most people in Utah are using the internet for so many things and for many different reasons.
 One of the things they are are shopping for is health insurance.
 But like so many sites online, there are good ones that are easy to use and are very helpful and there are others that are not quite what they seem.
It seems easy enough during the search.
You enter your personal info and some carriers pop up.
 Then the fun begins.
 Your phone starts to ring incessantly and you are bombarded with emails.
 What happened? The thing that you need to be aware of is that many of the sites that pop up when you use a search engine, are actually not in Utah and not actually insurance agents.
Many of them are just marketing sites for out of state lead generator companies.
When you type in your information on one of these sites, your information can be sold to as many 15 people over the next week.
What that means is a nonstop flow of emails and a barrage of phone calls from people as far away as Florida.
How can they do this? When you're on their site, there is a little disclaimer and in the fine print it states that they will sell your information as a lead, and when you hit submit, you authorize them to do it.
    So how can you avoid this? By just a couple of extra clicks, that's how.
What you should be looking for when on the site is checking in the "about us" or the "contact us" section and seeing if they are a local Utah agent.
You can also check to see if they have a disclaimer on their site about matching people with insurance professionals.
 That is a tell tale sign that they are about to sell your information.
  You should also check to make sure that the site you choose to do your quote with offers all of the main carriers in Utah.
Those carriers are SelectHealth, Humana, Altius, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield and Assurant.
If they don't offer those, you aren't going to know what all of your options are for coverage and may not find the lowest price on the best plans.
The site should also provide useful information and get into some specifics on the insurance companies that are in Utah as well as the different types of plans that are available.
 It should not just be simply trying to get you to do a quote so they can contact you and try to sell you? If it has all of this, then you should be able to try for the quote online with confidence through that site since it is trying to earn your business through trust and education.
By taking these easy steps, you can enter your information onlinewhile shopping for health insurance in Utah with confidence and know that you are going to get the best quotes and information for you.
And in doing so, you'll leave the barrage of phone calls and emails to someone else!