Risk Management and Insurance is a versatile degree that can lead to jobs and careers in many different areas. Visit the department website, watch the videos below, or scroll down and select an option under Related Career Fields to see more information about potential careers you can pursue.
Risk Management and Insurance
Related Career Fields
Select a career field below to see some of the various areas it encompasses, types of employers, and some sample occupations.
Risk Management
Employers
- Government Agencies
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Big/Small Business
- Financial Institutions
Sample Occupations
Insurance
Career Areas
- Claims
- Underwriting
- Risk Management
- Sales
- Loss Control
Employers
- Insurance firms
- Banks
Sample Occupations
Personal Financial Planning
Career Areas
- Sales
- Customer Service
- Operations
- Portfolio Management
Employers
- Brokerage firms
- Trust companies
- Financial partnerships
- Multi-line insurance firms
- Sole practitioners
Sample Occupations
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Being active in both student and professional organizations can help boost your career. You'll have the opportunity to network with and learn from peers, mentors, and professionals. Working within these groups helps build leadership, teamwork, and communication skills. You'll gain hands-on experience, showing employers your proactive attitude and commitment to growth, making you a stronger job candidate.
Student Organizations
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General Guidelines and Strategies
- Cultivate high levels of competency in communication skills, attention to detail, people skills, cross-cultural skills, critical thinking, analyzing data, and problem solving.
- Develop good teamwork abilities.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to work with people of various backgrounds and educational levels.
- Complete an internship with an insurance agency.
- Talk to professionals in the industry to learn more about claims, underwriting, and risk management.
- Many entry-level positions exist in these areas.
- Initiative and sales ability are necessary to be a successful agent or broker.
- Gain experience in sales.
- Demonstrate a highly motivated and entrepreneurial personality.
- Research how one obtains the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.
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