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Education, Skills, Training, Jobs and Careers

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Topical Education   |   Careers & Jobs

Today, insurance and personal skills are much in demand. Some predict a shortage; others are focusing on solving that problem.

The insurance community faces unrelenting pressures on costs, increasing service expectations from customers, demands for more sophisticated products and services, new requirements for distributors and insurers, and the introduction of new technologies and systems. None of this will evolve without good people - leadership, management, technical and personal skills are all needed - more than ever.

Technology is increasingly important in supporting new, flexible relationship structures. Information on claims, underwriting, distribution, and marketing are no longer confined to pockets of organizations. Tools such as Internet based communication, cross-organizational integrated processes, and advanced Relationship Management systems offer unparalleled access to information and transactions by organizations, their business partners, their customers, and their competitors. The leaders are those who best distill quality information, and make winning business decisions to keep pace with market opportunities. Good people with good skills are essential prerequisites to success. Here too, through knowledge management technologies, like education (e-learning, just-in-time education, distance learning, mentoring) organizations are seeking to enhance their competitive positioning.

This section from Insurance-Canada.ca will note some of the processes, from job-hunting and posting to skills enhancement, which are being developed. Many of these will use in some manner one or more Internet, computer or communications based technologies.



Information & Articles

Articles, editorials, commentary, research and published material pertaining to insurance education and careers.

For a list which also includes older articles etc. and a brief summary of some of them, go to Vendor Announcements, Canadian articles and other articles.



Looking for a career, or a new job, in the Insurance Industry?

Visit insurance specific sites such as:
Insurance Canada's Jobs Directory
Visit industry Web sites at the organization level where they will describe themselves. Some offer specific job openings with a description and many will allow you to submit a resume on spec, or for a selected opportunity.
Visit general job sites in the country or in your region where insurance firms may have posted opportunities and openings.

Topical Education

For short topic-specific education sessions, some of which are certified for various Continuing Education Credits for various groups such as brokers and agents, check out:


Insurance-Canada's list of upcoming seminars and conferences

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