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It’s All About Risk

Training is a crucial part of any onboarding process. The right approach can help new hires understand their role and increase productivity and performance, while also helping to increase their engagement and retention rates.

 

Open Enrollment 2025

How It Works

It’s All About Risk is an online, self-paced course, designed to educate any new employee about the insurance brokerage space and advance their professional development, tenure and success within a firm. The course serves as an essential component of a firm’s onboarding, where participants learn fundamental insurance concepts including the interconnected roles of the many players and functions within the industry.

Program Overview

A virtual course to help new employees learn the insurance brokerage industry.

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to Insurance Industry
  • Insurance Industry Ecosystem
  • It Starts with Risk
  • Carrier Fundamentals
  • Market Cycles
  • Reinsurance
  • Insurance Distribution
  • Government Regulation of the Industry
  • The Insurance Policy
  • Commercial Insurance Coverages
  • Surplus Lines/Wholesalers/MGAs
  • Alternative Risk Transfer Mechanisms
  • Claims
  • Loss Control/Risk Management
  • Introduction to Employer-sponsored Insurance (ESI)
  • Healthcare
  • Employer-sponsored Benefits
  • Employee Benefits – Managing Risk
  • Advocacy
  • Looking Forward: Industry Trends

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