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Textbook Chapters The Invest textbook and teachers program is broken down into 12 chapters. You can tailor the material to fit your teaching needs by using one, two or all of the chapters. Each chapter covers basic insurance terms and has activities for the students to conduct inside and outside of the classroom. At the end of each…
Connect In the Office One of the best ways to introduce students to how the insurance industry works is to bring them to your office. Many schools offer job shadows or career days where students take field trips to visit the professional world. Students can shadow different professionals in your organization, tour your office and get…
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How it Works Invest connects insurance professionals with teachers as part of a unique insurance and business curriculum for students. Volunteers visit the classroom to teach students about insurance and share their real-life experiences and passion for their exciting and rewarding career. The commitment level of a volunteer is determined by you and the teacher. You…
Why Invest? Invest educates high school and college students about insurance and the wide variety of careers in the industry. For more than 50 years, Invest volunteers have been in the classroom dispelling the age old myth that the insurance industry is old, boring and doesn’t lead to a rewarding career. Through a hands-on education approach with…
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What is Risk? Risk exists whenever there is uncertainty about outcome. If you knew for certain that you would become a millionaire by purchasing the stock of a particular company, there would be no risk involved in investing. Likewise, if you knew that you would never be involved in an automobile accident, you would likely not…
Law of Large Numbers Insurance companies use the law of large numbers to estimate the losses a certain group of insureds may have in the future. For example, using statistics, an Actuary looks at losses that have occurred in the past and predicts that in the future approximately two out of 100 policyholders will have a claim.…
How Insurance Works Insurance is available to help you pay for damage to your property or to pay others on your behalf when you injure someone or damage their property. Insurance is a contract that transfers the risk of financial loss from an individual or business to an insurance company. They collect small amounts of money…
