It Takes Two: African-Americans In The U.S. Insurance Marketplace

Gary, Ind., is a melting pot. It is also a blossoming economic locality with a new airport, baseball stadium and school system in development. With a thick layer of top-of-the-crust consumers, including many African-Americans, Gary is a sanctuary, a gold mine, and a steal of a community for anyone involved in the commercial insurance market.

I understand my own community and I am successful there. More importantly, I understand the African-American professionals plight to establish a niche in the greater insurance marketplace. I even discovered a simple truth from my own experiences: It takes two.

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