ALL IN for the future of the business

ALL IN. An all industry project in which the Insurance Advocate is involved,  was launched with great success in October as more than 250 people met in Chicago for our first recruitment event, bringing people into the insurance business directly and with no special reference other than our encouragement. Kudos to Business Insurance and its Foundation’s Executive Director, Debbie Hamilton.

The idea here is quite simple: promote the industry to all comers interested in risk and all of the opportunities it imports. Be sure that considerations of fairness and hiring are observed, while emphasizing merit and opportunity with no borders or boundaries.

We were delighted to see the enthusiasm of inner-city students and applicants for work in the sector; and the support and dedication of many major insurance companies who were there to interview those interested in entering the industry. A special note of thanks is owed to Teresa Chan, Director of Professional Studies in Insurance Management at Columbia University and to Hank Watkins, President of St. John’s University School of Insurance for their participation and enthusiasm. We are planning our next recruitment efforts representing the best in the insurance business to its sorely needed jobseekers.

Our goal is to motivate high school students and college students to consider risk transfer, risk management and risk financing fields. We are finding that there is precious little in the way of education available to them institutionally, so we are undertaking to address this by offering standardized, basic curriculum in risk in applicable formats, possibly aligned with math, business or career opportunity classes. It is a job that must be done and we are delighted that so many insurers and other sponsors are “all in” with us.

SA