Agency Internships
A great way to bring more young people into the independent insurance industry is to provide internship opportunities in your agency. Not only does it give your agency some additional help for a few months, but it promotes the awesome career advantages that working as an independent agent offers. It’s also a great opportunity to get these top-notch students “in the door” before someone else does and take a risk-free look at a potential future employee.
"We had a great experience with our intern. We are actually looking to keep him on through next semester and then hopefully bring him on as a full-time employee after graduation. We will look to hire more interns in the future!" - Andy Sturge, Dexter Sturge Insurance, LLC in Charlotte
1. How do I get an intern in my agency?
Submit your internship posting to our Career Clipboard or attend the RMI Career Fairs!
If your agency is committed to providing an internship opportunity during the summer or coming school year, use the link below to submit your information, and IIANC will include your posting on our Career Clipboard and share with the RMI programs at App State, ECU and UNCC. If you would like to meet students face to face and promote your agency's internship (and/or full-time job openings), the RMI Programs host Career Fairs each semester.
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2. But what do I do with an intern all summer?
Hosting an intern is made simple with the Agent’s Guide for Internships.
This guide walks you step by step through a 10 week summer internship so that you can provide a learning experience that is beneficial to both the student and your agency. The guide can be customized for your specific agency but it takes all of the guesswork out of what projects, responsibilities and training should be part of the internship. Included are sample interview forms and evaluations, orientation schedules, intern assignments and more.
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IIABA's Invest Program also offers numerous FREE internship guides that are available to you on their website.
Click here to access them.
3. How do I fund a paid internship?
Grants are available to help with the costs associated with a paid internship.
Thanks to funding from the IIANC Education Foundation, IIANC is offering a limited number of grants of up to $1,000 to assist IIANC member agencies in offering paid internships this year. The deadline to apply for a 2022 grant is June 1
(funds are available on a first come, first served basis; IIANC reserves the right to stop accepting grant applications should funding run out.)
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We also offer an additional internship opportunity - our
HBCU Diversity Internship Scholarship Grant. Also funded by the IIANC Education Foundation, this internship offers a limited number of grants of up to $2,000 for those agencies who hire an intern from a HBCU (Historically Black College & University.)
Funds are available on a first come, first served basis; IIANC reserves the right to stop accepting grant applications should funding run out.
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