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From College Press Service
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lar insurance industry has been j
good home for liberal arts graduates
who are frequently hired directly oui
of college into management training
programs in the areas of customer ser
vice, marketing and administrative areas.
Among the insurance carriers whc
actively recruit on college campuses
are such giant corporate employers as
Aetna (48,000 employees nationwide),
Metropolitan Life (54,000),
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(58,000) and Travelers (32,000).
Why do insurance companies like
to hire nonbusiness majors? According
to Lorenzo Pace, Aetna's administrator
of college relations, the "flexibility"
demonstrated by employees
with liberal arts degrees makes them
desirable.
In fact, over the past few years, Aetna
has increased its hiring of these
employees and today hires aboui
equal numbers of business grads and
liberal arts grads.
At the Chubb Group, a diversified
group of insurance carriers with 65
offices in North America and 19 overseas,
liberal arts grads are valued for
their superior writing and analytical
abilities.
Cheryl Kozak, corporate staff recruiter
for The Travelers Insurance
Co., said the communication skills
that liberal arts grads bring to the
company are a key asset.
"They can see the bigger picture,"
Student credii
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1 she said. "They're creative and not so
specialized, and they bring in new
- ideas."
1 Liberal arts grads are hired by Prudential
because of their innate "thinking
skills," said Joyce Goldstein, vice
president for administration.
"We look upon thinking skills as
analysis, the ability to assess situa1
tions, design and organize work, and
i generate ideas," she said. "I think liberal
arts grads have a much better
foundation than technical people."
Ironically, many liberal arts grads
don't even consider a career in the insurance
industry.
"I think there are a lot of misconceptions
about who we are and what
we do," Atena's Pace said. "Often
times, the liberal arts major sees us as
insurance salesmen, meaning that's
the only type of career area we offer."
In a company as large as Aetna,
which manages assets of more than
190 billion, there are numerous employment
opportunities in such di
verse neias as numan resources, law,
public affairs, communications, marketing,
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insurance jobs in underwriting, loss
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Because it makes good business
sense to keep their clients healthy, insurance
companies tend to be enlightened
about what keeps their employees
happy, as well.
insurance companies were among
the first to offer such innovations as
employee wellness programs, on-site
fitness centers and childcare facilities,
maternity and parental leaves and
work-at-home arrangements.
What does a beginning job in the
insurance industry pay? Liberal arts
grads can expect to earn between
mid-520,000s and low 530,000s the
first year, plus benefits that can range
in value between 55,000-510,000 annually.
There are also opportunities for
rapid advancement. Met Life offers a
fast-track career path called the Management
Associate Program. The twoyear
training program offers new hires
the chance to try out different disciplines
through six-month hands-on
work assignments.
The vast majority of MAP participants
are liberal arts graduates from
a wide range of majors including an
thropology, religion, psychology, urban
studies and political science.
"Since our philosophy is to develop
generalists with a broad corporate
view, the well-rounded liberal arts major
is an especially good fit for this
program," said Georgann Occhipinti,
Met Life college relations consultant.
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