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Insurance Blog Week In Review February 6-12, 2007

This week in the Insurance Blogs I have focused a bit on the Business of Insurance, including some of the Career paths insurance has to offer. Next week I will be expanding on some of interesting things a person might do with an Insurance License. I have also started a series of Blogs about shopping and quoting my own personal insurance portfolio. A project I have put off for far too long. Yesterday, we were given notice that my husbands employer is phasing out the retirement pension they offer. So, now we need to add retirement options to our personal … Continue reading →

Insurance Careers: Entry Level

In the old days an “Entry Level” career position meant a person with a high school diploma could apply and expect a good chance for the opportunity to build a career from the bottom up. In the business world today “Entry Level” usually means after earning a college degree. This is true for the Business of Insurance, there are many careers that require a four-year college degree. However, there are still paths where talented and motivated high school graduates can work their way up. In the first part of this series, Insurance Careers I outlined the overall workforce and some … Continue reading →

Insurance Careers: Part One

A career in the insurance industry might be something to consider. In 2004 an estimated 2.3 million people earned a wage or salary working in careers that support the Business of Insurance. Insurance companies offered 62 percent of jobs, and insurance agencies, brokerages, and other insurance providers and insurance-related services made up the balance of 38 percent of jobs. The insurance industry also offered nearly 151,000 workers to be self-employed during 2004. The majority of these careers were mostly insurance agents. Insurance companies generally employ 250 or more workers and tend to have home or regional offices located in or … Continue reading →

Insurance Careers: Intro From Top to Bottom.

If you have been following my Insurance Blogs, I’m sure you can tell Insurance is a certain kind of “Geek Thing.” People who are successful working in an Insurance Career have a strange way of viewing risk and planning for disasters. Insurance is defiantly a way of thinking most people can understand insurance and how it relates to their own lives and personal finances. Some people can enjoy a career within the Insurance Industry. Within the business of insurance there are amazing and a wide range of opportunities for talented people. There are entry level positions for high school graduates … Continue reading →