Insurance: Links & Resources

Career Information, Company Profiles and Contacts

The Road Less Traveled,

Best's Review, December 1999.

Industry consolidation has slashed jobs, but some people are blazing their own trails to career advancement.

Opportunities in Insurance Careers

By Robert Schrayer, VGM Career Horizons.

"An Exciting Actuary: Well, There is One"

Michael Gulotta," Wall Street Journal, December 5, 1994. Describes the career of Actuarial Sciences Associates (part of AT&T). Aren't actuaries just accountants without the charisma? Not.

Actuary Career Opportunities

Good online brochure on what life as an actuary would be like.

Bests Insurance Reports

A. M. Best Co., (908) 439-2200. Covers life, health and property-casualty insurance companies. Gives extensive background and ratings of insurance companies. Not a bad place to learn who's who in the business.

Consider a Career as an Insurance Agent

Brochure from the Profesional Insurance Agents (PIA) - [703-836-9340] offers career information and advice for those interested in becoming an agent.

Careers for Financial Mavens & Other Money Movers

By Marjorie Eberts and Margaret Gisler, NTC Publishing Group, October 1998.

A good overview of career possibilities for those with an interest in investing and Wall Street.

Insurance and Financial Services Careers

Publication gives career guidance about the insurance industry. Wallace Witmer Co., (901) 276-5424.

Insurance Career Center

Can help in locating an insurance career opportunity.

Insuring Your Career

$8.95, (908) 225-2727. Videotape from the Insurance Information Institute shows the range of jobs in insurance and features people in the field talking about what their job involves.

Jobs In the Money

A service focused on the needs of those interested in finance jobs. You'll find job postings, info and a place to post your resume.

There is a Career for You in Insurance

Free pamphlet available from the American Institute for Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, (215) 644-2100, x8250; 720 Providence Road, P. O. Box 3009, Malvern, PA 19355-0709.

Underwriters Handbook

National Underwriter Co., (513) 721- 2140. Costs $39.50 per state volume. Lists insurance agents and agents, consultants, appraisers and insurance groups by state. A key tool to locate job opportunities in your area.

Organizations

ACLI Directory

Produced by the American Council of Life Insurance, (202) 6l2-2000. Lists life insurers in the United States.

American Academy of Actuaries

1720 I Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington DC 20006. Can provide you with facts about actuarial careers. American Society of Pension Actuaries, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 820, Arlington, VA 22203. Can provide you with facts about a career as a pension actuary.

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

An important regulatory body. Helps set limits on risk-taking on the asset side for insurance companies.

Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS).

The main society for risk managers. Check out their Roster of Membership. Call (212) 286-9292. Provides list of risk managers. Good for a job search in risk management.

Ideas and Know-How

Capital Ideas

By Peter Bernstein. Vaishno Rajesh, MBA at the University of Michigan Business School writes: "I found this book extremely rich in providing background in all the modern financial theory in a lucid fashion. I think anyone who wants to consider a career in finance will find it useful."

Demand Persists for Insurance Executives

Story in Careers.WSJ.Com, October 1998.

Finance Site List

An online compendium of web sites of interest to students and those who follow finance. Courtesy of the Journal of Finance.

Insurance Facts

Describes the insurance market, loss categories, historical loss experience and financial results for leading insurance firms. Available from the Insurance Information Institute at (800) 221-4954 or III, 110 Williams St., New York, NY 10038.

Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? An Examination of the Past 20 Years of Life Insurance Marketing, What Went Wrong, and How It Can Be Fixed

LIMRA Report, 1998.

Sourcebook of Health Insurance

Health Insurance Association of America, (202) 223-7780. Need background on health insurance facts for a job in the field? Start here.

Magazines and Newspapers (Online and Off)

Insurance News Network

A key online source of information about the insurance industry.

Risk Management Magazine

Risk Management Society Publishing, (212) 286-9364. Button #5. This magazine covers issues of interest to corporate risk managers and those involved with employee benefits. Good background reading if you are interested in a risk management career.

Wall Street Journal.

The most widely read business periodical in the world. And it's on the net! You must register for the net version. Great way to keep up with what's going on in the markets and the world. Following tombstones and ads is also a good way to see which banks are involved in what types of activity this year. You may also be interested in Careers.wsj.com.