This submit is a part of a sequence sponsored by IAT Insurance coverage Group.

Girls make up practically 60% of the insurance coverage trade’s workforce.^[1] But a profitable insurance coverage profession is totally different for each. Meet two feminine IAT staff members with two distinctive backgrounds, every constructing a profitable profession in insurance coverage: Angela Rimgaila and Starr Taybron.

As a university scholar in the course of the 2008 Nice Recession, Angela Rimgaila was drawn to the concept of a profession the place she might develop her skilled community, discover management alternatives and land a stable job post-graduation. The insurance coverage program at Temple College touted 100% job placement, so Angela selected to main in danger administration and insurance coverage and be part of Gamma Iota Sigma, the insurance coverage trade’s skilled fraternity. She now serves as IAT’s Assistant Vice President of Administration Legal responsibility.

“There are such a lot of skilled organizations and networking teams that helped me construct a community within the trade at a younger age,” stated Rimgaila. “Insurance coverage is a crucial a part of the financial system. It helps the world go round and it’s not going away. I do know that I’ll at all times have a job and that’s very comforting. The trade will get a foul rap, however we hold folks in enterprise, assist throughout disastrous occasions in life, and hold folks employed.”

In 2022, Angela was honored as a Rising Star by Insurance coverage Enterprise America – recognizing up-and-coming professionals who’re making their mark within the trade below 35.

Starr Taybron additionally spent her time at Michigan State in search of a profession that supplied management alternatives. Publish-college, Taybron started her profession in legislation enforcement with the U.S. Marshals and ultimately turned a Chief Probation and Parole Officer at 27 years outdated. On the prime of her profession when most officers would retire, Taybron accepted a place as an investigator within the Particular Investigative Unit (SIU) at IAT. She later led the unit as AVP and was honored as a Break-Out Award Winner in 2019 by Enterprise Insurance coverage – recognizing subsequent technology of insurance coverage trade leaders. At present, Taybron is the Vice President of Auto/Casualty Operations.

“For me, it’s about justice. I actively investigated individuals who have been committing theft, arson, and insurance coverage fraud, and I like having the ability to do the correct factor by the individuals who belief us to guard them,” stated Taybron. “No matter your ardour is, yow will discover it within the insurance coverage trade. In case you begin in insurance coverage you get to see different departments, and totally different positions which will hold you curious about a long-term path for progress. Insurance coverage is at all times evolving, and there’s at all times room for innovation.”

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By Angela Rimgaila and Starr Taybron

[1] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics “Labor Pressure Statistics from the Present Inhabitants Survey,” 2021.