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Overview
InVEST develops a diverse pool of insurance professionals and informed consumers by educating high school and community college students on careers in insurance, financial services and risk management and encourages them to pursue careers in the industry.
How does InVEST benefit the insurance industry?
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Trains work force and brings new talent for carriers, agents and brokers.
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Reaches a diverse group of employees, such as urban and minority students.
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Gets insurance professionals involved on a local level as classroom liaisons.
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Promotes positive public relations, positioning the industry as a respected liaison between the academic and business worlds.
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Produces knowledgeable insurance consumers.
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InVEST in the Community
34 InVEST students from four different high schools recently visited IIABNY on a field trip
to learn about the many career options available in the insurance field.
See and hear what four of these students took away from this experience. Watch the video clip
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Three InVEST students from Dryden and McGraw High Schools listen intently to a presentation
by an IIABNY staff member.
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Long-time InVEST supporter Bob Baxter,
CEO & General Manager of Dryden Mutual,
and IIABNY’s Member Advocate & AVP of Member Programs Jamie Deapo discuss the positive results of insurance training at the Dryden, McGraw, Groton and Trumansburg high schools.
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There are currently 12 schools throughout New York that have full or partial InVEST programs:
Charles O. Dickerson
Trumansburg |
Corcoran High School,
Syracuse |
Dryden High School,
Dryden |
East High School,
Rochester |
East Senior High School,
West Seneca |
Fort Hamilton High School, Brooklyn |
Groton High School
Groton |
McGraw Central High School McGraw |
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Murray Bergtraum High School, New York |
West Genesee High School, Camillus |
West Seneca High School,
West Seneca |
West Senior High School,
West Seneca |
Would you like to start a program at your local high school or get involved with an existing program?
Contact Dee Macheda | dmacheda@iiabny.org | 800-962-7950, ext. 215
InVEST in Higher Education
The following New York colleges offer insurance degrees:
Excelsior College
School of Business and Technology
BS with Concentration in Risk Management and Insurance
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SUNY Oswego
School of Business
BS in Risk Management and Insurance |
Hudson Valley Community College
School of Business
AS in Business Administration with Insurance Option
Upon completion of the two-year program, insurance students at Hudson Valley Community College can transfer their credits to Excelsior College.
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Utica College
School of Business and Justice Studies
BS in Risk Management and Insurance |
St John's University
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
BS Major in Risk and Insurance |
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Scholarship Opportunities
InVEST Classroom to Career Scholarship - For students not transitioning to a two or four year college, InVEST has made scholarships available to assist students with licensing, IIA courses, CIC or ACSR.
InVEST Higher Education Scholarship - For students currently attending college or planning to attend college after high school.
Insurance Scholarship Foundation of America - Since 1993 the Insurance Scholarship Foundation of America (ISFA) a 501c(3) has changed lives by awarding academic and professional scholarships to current and future insurance employees committed to the insurance industry.
FastWeb - The Internet's leading scholarship search service helps students make the decisions that shape their lives. FastWeb's enhanced college search is the only place where one can research and compare colleges based on the relevant scholarship matches at each school.
FreSch! - Free Scholarship Search has a database of over 5,000 organizations and foundations that offer scholarships, representing approximately 450,000 awards.
Spencer Educational Foundation, Inc. - The foundation awards both full-time and part-time master scholarships. Full-time students must enroll in 9-12 credits per semester to be considered for a full-time scholarship. The Part-Time Master scholarships are awarded to risk practitioners.
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