Have you considered a career in insurance? If you haven’t, then you’re possibly missing out on the opportunity of a lifetime!
Why? Well, let’s look at the facts:
- Actuary, an insurance profession whose practitioners compile and analyze risk, is ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s “100 Best Jobs in 2026.”
- Employment of insurance sales agents is projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035. The occupation is expected to increase from approximately 572,600 jobs in 2025 to 591,400 jobs in 2035, with about 43,100 job openings per year projected over the decade.
Insurance careers span an incredible range of skills and talents—from actuaries and analysts to data scientists and marketers to drone pilots and engineers… and the list goes on. Insurance is the backbone of the global economy. Without insurers and the thousands of different professions in insurance, businesses wouldn’t be able to build factories and offices. Concerts, sporting events, the film industry, even universities, libraries, and parks—all are made possible in part by the careful management of risk—and that’s what insurance does: It makes great things happen.
Working in insurance or one of the many related fields offers opportunities that extend far beyond the bottom line on your paystub, or the walls of your workplace. Whether you’re interested in serving your community, or experiencing different cultures around the world, or choosing a career path that offers real opportunities to grow and learn every day, a career in insurance can help bring your goals and dreams within reach.
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Insurance career resources: giving, learning, doing, growing
- Find your insurance career path: https://www.insuremypath.org/start-your-path
- Learn more about insurance in the real world: https://www.investprogram.org/students/insurance-in-real-life/
- Insurance gives back. See how insurance can help communities. The insurance industry charitable foundation: https://www.iicf.org
- Learn, grow, do—insurance scholarship programs: http://www.investprogram.org/students/scholarships
- Insurance career planning resources: https://www.insuremypath.org/resources
- A stable foundation on which to build your career? Insurance does that: https://www.monster.com/resume/templates/insurance-agent
- Average salary range, insurance careers: https://www.salary.com/research/insurance-salary
- Jobs and Internships: Which insurance career is right for me? https://www.investprogram.org/
- IIABA (Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of America) career center/job listings: https://www.independentagent.com/agency-management/hiring-recruitment/
