A Guide to Getting into the Insurance Industry

Looking to make a career transition to a high-paying and continuously growing industry? If that’s your case, insurance must be among your options. Keep reading this newsletter edition and find out how to get into insurance, potential job roles, requirements, and more.

How-to, roles, and skills to get into insurance

The insurance industry's growth in the past decade has made it an attractive and profitable option for career changers. So, what exactly do you need to land one of the wide variety of opportunities in the market?

First, you’ll have to examine your current skill set for transferable abilities that match the responsibilities of the role you’re pursuing. Depending on how many you already have, you should invest time in acquiring the skills you need. Here are a few essential traits that will set you up to get into insurance:

• Customer service
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Analytical
• Math literacy

After upgrading your skill set, you’ll have to check the education and other technical requirements needed to perform the role. If you want to learn more about this and the different steps to get into insurance, as well as some of the most common types of jobs, check out the following article in our blog.

Highest-paying insurance jobs

If you already have a role in the insurance industry or have a solid matching profile with transferable experience and skills, you should be looking for a high-paying job.

Fortunately, due to the size, revenue, and growth projections of the insurance industry, there is a wide range of high-paying roles for different profiles, from finance and sales to adjustment or investigation. Here are just a few of the best-paying insurance jobs.

• Actuaries
• Auditors
• Insurance underwriters

If you’re interested in knowing which one is at the top of the list, as well as the main responsibilities and requirements for each one, read the following blog post with the ranking of the highest-paying insurance jobs.

Certifications to work in insurance

Let’s not forget one of the most in-demand roles in the insurance industry: insurance broker or salesperson. Although this is one of the most common insurance jobs due to its earning potential and the core skills required, which are solid communication and selling skills, it requires a specific certification to perform it.

If you want to become an insurance sales agent, even though it’s not strictly required to have a specific college education, you’ll need to be licensed by the state where you work. When it comes to selling health insurance, you’ll also need a broker certification to learn the ins and outs of this type of coverage.

Learn more about this and other certifications that pay well by diving into the following article.

If you need help with your career change, you can contact one of our recruiters and get on the right track for your next role.