From Classroom to Career Insurance Education
Where will the insurance professionals of the future come from? Without promoting interest in insurance as a career, our profession is due to lose 40% of its workforce in the next 5 to 10 years. How do we generate interest in insurance? InVEST is one way to do that.
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InVEST develops a diverse pool of insurance professionals and informed consumers by educating high school and community college students on careers in insurance, financial services, and risk management.
 
InVEST, a school-to-work insurance program, teams with high school and college educators to provide a useful insurance curriculum for students. With the help of InVEST liaisons (insurance professionals), students could have the opportunityfor job shadow days, internships or even careers after graduating from InVEST.
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InVEST provides all materials necessary to launch your first InVEST program, specifically created to appease the millennial generation, including lesson plans, textbooks, activities and more. Best of all, its totally free.
 
Opportunities for insurance professionals to interact with students are established by InVEST working with educators and school systems across the country. InVEST volunteers, agency and company representatives; work closely with teachers so students get real-life perspective of the insurance industry. Through field trips, job shadow events and internships, students are able to see and experience firsthand what it is like to be in the insurance world. Through these efforts, InVEST is able to spread the message about insurance and become a resource for educators.
 
InVEST Benefits the Insurance Industry:
 
  • Trains work force and brings new talent for carriers, agents and brokers.
  • Reaches a diverse group of employees, such as urban and minority students.
  • Gets insurance professionals involved on a local level.
  • Promotes positive public relations, positioning the industry as a respected liaison between the academic and business worlds.
  • Produces knowledgeable insurance consumers.
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