Find your insurance career. The insurance industry offers a wide variety of career opportunities. (Photo: Shutterstock)

February is known as Black History Month, American Heart Month, Oral Hygiene Awareness Month, and many others. For those of us in the insurance industry, we know it as Insurance Careers Month. We've been hearing for a while about how the industry is aging, and more insurance professionals are or will be retiring, which means that the industry needs to attract people to it. Unfortunately, insurance is widely considered boring. If you mention it at a party, unless someone has an open claim, people's eyes tend to glaze over. Many, however, are not aware of the variety of jobs within the insurance industry and their duties. We're here to remedy that.

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Christine G. Barlow, CPCU

Christine G. Barlow, CPCU, is Executive Editor of FC&S Expert Coverage Interpretation, a division of National Underwriter Company and ALM. Christine has over thirty years’ experience in the insurance industry, beginning as a claims adjuster then working as an underwriter and underwriting supervisor handling personal lines. Christine regularly presents and moderates webinars on a variety of topics and is an experienced presenter.