Decides whether an insurance company should cover a person or business, and at what price.
You review applications for business insurance: a bakery, a roofer, a daycare. You check their history, decide which ones to cover and set prices.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's degree; CPCU designation helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Risk Management & Insurance, Finance, Business Administration.
Shrinking (about -3% over 10 years). Declining as automated underwriting software spreads.
High risk for 10 years. Software already underwrites most personal and small business policies; fewer underwriters, mostly for complex cases.
Classes: AP Statistics, Business class, Accounting class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2053.
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