About
Chris Goodbaudy. Health insurance broker since 2001.
I founded Chris Goodbaudy Insurance to give Oregon individuals, families, and small businesses something the call-center model doesn’t: a broker who knows your situation, picks up the phone, and stays your broker year after year.
Twenty-five years of small-business and family health coverage
I started writing health insurance in 2001, originally focused on small-group employee benefits, expanded over the years to cover individual and family plans on and off the marketplace. My book is concentrated in Oregon, with clients ranging from self-employed professionals to small businesses with up to fifty employees.
When you work with me, you’re working with one broker, not a team. I prefer it that way, and so do my long-time clients.
How I work
Independent, not captive
I don’t work for a single carrier. I run quotes across every carrier I’m contracted with, then recommend the plan that fits your situation, not the plan that pays the most commission.
One broker, every renewal
The person who first quoted you is the same person handling your renewal in year three, year ten, and year twenty. No reassigned reps, no rotating account managers, no warm hand-offs to junior staff.
Health insurance is the focus
I’m fully licensed, but my book is built around health, dental, accident, and disability: the lines I work with every week. For Medicare, I refer to a trusted partner specialist who works that line exclusively.
Modern tools, traditional service
I lean on modern tooling to make renewals faster and recommendations clearer, but the relationship still happens on the phone, by name. Tooling sharpens the work; it doesn’t replace it.
Ready to compare your options?
Pick the path that fits. Both lead to a real conversation.