From: About.com Financial Careers
Looks like, after years of decline, there is a bull market in
insurance agent jobs, especially with the major mutual life
insurance companies like Northwestern Mutual and New York Life. See
"A Hot Job for Hard Times: The Life-Insurance Agent," The Wall
Street Journal, 3/19/10. This article notes that the aforementioned
companies hired 2,340 and 3,618 agents, respectively, in 2009. A
Texas-based startup named Insphere Insurance Solutions open up shop
in January with 2,00 agents and expects to double that number over
the next 3 years. What's driving this course reversal? Many
investors who were burned or spooked in the recent bear market are
fueling a resurgence in sales of whole life policies, which had
been in longterm decline. The complexities of these products tend
to require dedicated...
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