working as both a broker and an actuary - Actuarial Outpost

I have an actuarial degree and passed one exam, but no internships. I tried looking around after I graduated, but had no luck. I have been trying to find steady employment outside the insurance field, but I keep running into a major problem, the people that I interview with feel that working as a broker long enough will lead to a promotion as an actuary.

Right now, I am trying to find regular employment and work on exams in my spare time. First I have to find the steady employment.

I recently tried to go through my local state employment office to look for other possibilities. I got caught in a position where the state wanted me to go into sales. The state administrator and her manager actually stated that you can not expect to go straight to the corporate office, that you need to start out at the sales level and work your way up.

At one point I was sent by the state to go to to any sales office. I told them that these are not insurance offices, but offices that sale the product. I was then told that we have plenty of insurance offices in my area. I told them that we do not, that these were independent business, independent of the insurance company. I got blown off. The state kept insisting that these were not independent businesses, but the actual insurance company.

I keep coming across similar issues with other interviews.

Realistically, I have never heard of an agent promoted because of his or her years of selling insurance.

I have looked on the web to try to find information, but there is none. Could it be that a someone working as a broker and an actuary is not a real option?

I think so.

I want to say, I am here for an interview. I have a solid background in complex tasks. Lets not get stuck on insurance sales and have the entire interview focus on sales, have it focus on the interview that I am here for.

Overall, I want to be able to keep the person that I interview focused on the interview that I am there for.

Even if I have someone with some authority in a company weigh in on this, that would be great.

If I at least have something that I can take to an interview and say, I looked into it, it is not an option, lets move forward with the interview..... that would be great.

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Last edited by thomasg; Today at 02:29 PM..

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