INTRO TO INSURANCE
A Course for Interns – New & Reimagined!
A modern on-ramp into the insurance industry.
Designed For
- Interns and students looking to advance their industry knowledge and professional skills.
What the Course Covers:
- How the industry works
- Who the industry serves — key roles and career pathways
- The industry’s role and impact
- Foundational knowledge of insurance products and risk concepts
Available To
- Member and non-member firms, year-round.
A Sneak Peek of the Course Overview
Watch how Intro to Insurance builds intern foundations and jumpstarts your future talent pipeline
Course Curriculum
6-week Curriculum.
Certificate of Completion issued upon finishing all six modules — a credential interns can share and firms can recognize.
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- What is Insurance
- Industry overview
- Careers in Insurance
- Soft Skills for Insurance Success
- A Day in the Life
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- How insurance is distributed
- The broker-client relationship
- The broker carrier relationship
- Market dynamics and negotiations
- Introduction to key brokerage roles
- Real world broker interviews
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- Property insurance basics
- General liability
- Workers’ Compensation
- Auto
- Umbrella/excess
- Coverage triggers and limits
- Common exclusions
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- Risk assessment fundamentals
- Loss control
- Claims trends
- Advisory conversations
- Long-term account strategy
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- How insurers generate capacity
- Reinsurance basics
- Lloyd’s market overview
- Market cycles
- Industry economics
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- Comprehensive knowledge check
- Scenario-based capstone exercises
- Integrated risk plus coverage plus advisory scenarios
- Reflection on career pathways
Module 1: Introduction & Overview of the Industry 
Tuition
Member Firms
Non-Member Firms
For groups larger than 50 or custom pricing, please contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It’s All About Risk is free to Council members. You can go here to access the course. If you don’t have the required code, please reach out to [email protected].
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Any new hire that may also be new to the insurance industry including roles in: Sales, Customer Service support, IT, Marketing, Human Resources, Legal and Compliance, Administrative staff, etc.
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It’s All About Risk is an online, self-paced course for new-to-the-industry talent, and a detailed overview of all course details can be found here.
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Please reach out to our team for questions or more information.
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