Second Annual Insurance Careers Month Kicks Off as Initiative Goes Global

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- - The second annual Insurance Careers Month kicks off Feb. 1, 2017, rallying young insurance professionals around the world to share pride in their careers and stimulate interest in the industry among their peers. First organized in 2016, the objective of Insurance Careers Month is to encourage carriers, brokers, agents and industry associations to plan their own outreach to young people to help spread awareness of the diverse career options that insurance offers.

Last year's inaugural event saw hundreds of companies participate. Momentum has grown significantly and the monthly observance has transitioned to a year-round campaign called the Insurance Careers Movement.

This past December, Hamilton Chairman and CEO Brian Duperreault was joined by other industry CEOs in a virtual town hall in which they called on young professionals to take an active role in spreading the word to friends and relatives that insurance is the "careers trifecta: stable, rewarding and limitless." Industry representatives from 10 countries joined the call, a development that Mr. Duperreault called "unprecedented."

A survey conducted among Town Hall participants found that 73 percent of respondents have already taken some action to convince peers to join the insurance industry. Ninety three percent said they were proud to work in the insurance industry.

Fifty seven percent of respondents cited lack of awareness and understanding as the main issue preventing high school and university students from considering insurance.

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