Will University of Iowa risk management major help grow Des Moines’ slowing insurance sector?
February 13, 2024 by Tyler Jett
Jim Lewis wants kids these days to know that insurance is exciting.
A former marketing executive, Lewis became the director of the University of Iowa’s Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance last fall. His arrival comes as insurance leaders around Des Moines hope the state’s universities and colleges can pump out more talent.
Executives of the Des Moines metro’s insurance industry, centered in a slow-growth state, know that competition for each crop of graduating students is fierce. They want more candidates. And that means they want more students to think about insurance early in their college careers.
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Wink’s Moore on the Market: I have to agree with my buddy Chris Blunt at F&G.
People, myself excluded, just don’t think insurance is sexy.
Des Moinesians (is that a word?) have a wonderful standard of living. Our unemployment rate is low and so is our cost of living. Insurance jobs pay well. There is plenty of opportunities for advancement in the insurance industry.
THIS is what we need to be communicating to young people, showing interest in a risk management program. -sjm