An American educational organisation is putting forward the suggestion that millennials are far keener to forge a career in the insurance industry than they are given credit for. Gamma Iota Sigma, an international business fraternity for students of risk management, insurance and actuarial science have discovered through their own research that students are unaware of their options in the industry, and thus unlikely to be aware of what a positive and affirming experience a career in insurance can be.
“What we find is that students are enthusiastically choosing a career in insurance once they know that it is an opportunity,” offered the organisation’s CEO, Noelle Codispoti. “Where we see the challenge is a real lack of the industry sharing opportunities with students.
A broad range of interests is cited as a real pull for pursuing a career in insurance, and given the wide range of products that we offer at West Craven Insurance to make sure that you’re protected, from personal car to travel, commercial property to cyber, it’s not hard to see why.
“If you are interested in entertainment or construction or cyber or digital mediums, there is a spot for everybody to be an expert in those types of areas, while at the same time providing the benefit of insurance or insurance resources to individuals,” said Codispoti.
“Everybody knows you can be an accountant, or an economist, or an investment banker, but I think that it’s quite easy for us to get to the point where students are choosing careers in insurance based on how wonderful we think that the careers we’ve had in the industry have been.”