{"id":1432,"date":"2024-10-07T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1432"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:14:29","slug":"dottie-chalmers-cutter","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/dottie-chalmers-cutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Dottie Chalmers-Cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"header has-background has-primary-wash-background-color header--post header--min-height-none header--text-left header--width-full\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"header__layout\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"header__content\">\n\t\n<h1 class=\"header__title\">Dottie Chalmers-Cutter<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<nav class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"breadcrumb__items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"breadcrumb__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\" class=\"breadcrumb__link\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"breadcrumb__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/\" class=\"breadcrumb__link\">News<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/nav>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-70-30 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6ce726ce wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var( --wdg-gap-block );margin-bottom:var( --wdg-gap-xlarge )\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);flex-basis:70%\">\n<ul class=\"wdg-post-meta\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wdg-post-meta__date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 7, 2024\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Project&nbsp;<strong>Invest&nbsp;<\/strong>has been instrumental at my 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;generation family-owned and operated independent insurance agency with locations in Maine and New Hampshire. Five of my co-workers completed the Invest program and still work for my agency today \u2013 as Personal Lines and Commercial Lines Account Managers and in Agency Management positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invest is a great way to educate young students about the importance of insurance, explain the types of insurance most likely to impact them right out of high school, and highlight&nbsp;the many&nbsp;career opportunities that exist. We&#8217;re an aging population across the county, with&nbsp;the average age of an insurance agent&nbsp;at&nbsp;55 \u2013 but&nbsp;in the past five years, the average&nbsp;has fallen&nbsp;to&nbsp;48&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;and is&nbsp;trending downwards due to our strong attention on our Invest volunteer efforts, recruitment, and young talent development.As an Invest Volunteer, I&#8217;m able to give back to my community by&nbsp;providing insurance education to high school and college students \u2013 who will all&nbsp;become future insurance consumers \u2013 so they can&nbsp;make better buying decisions. I&#8217;m also hopeful that my&nbsp;efforts will attract a younger talent pool and raise the profile of an industry that offers immense opportunity.<br><br><em>Invest, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is dedicated to improving insurance literacy in students and attracting new talent to the industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);flex-basis:30%\">\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-wdg-taxonomy-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h6\">News Types<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"taxonomy-terms taxonomy-news_type\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news-type\/success-stories\/\">Success Stories<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"article-listing alignnone\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-listing__header\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"has-kicker-variant\">Trending<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-listing__layout\">\n\t\t<div class='article-listing__item'><article class=\"article article--news\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"article__title has-alt-heading-variant\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/dottie-chalmers-cutter\/\">Dottie Chalmers-Cutter<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article__date has-meta-variant\" datetime=\"2024-10-07\">\n\t\t\t\tOctober 7, 2024\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><div class='article-listing__item'><article class=\"article article--news\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"article__title has-alt-heading-variant\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/errica-rivera\/\">Errica Rivera<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article__date has-meta-variant\" datetime=\"2024-07-17\">\n\t\t\t\tJuly 17, 2024\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><div class='article-listing__item'><article class=\"article article--news\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"article__title has-alt-heading-variant\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/nicole-coppock-an-invest-grad-insurance-professional\/\">Nicole Coppock, an Invest Grad &amp; Insurance Professional<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article__date has-meta-variant\" datetime=\"2024-07-07\">\n\t\t\t\tJuly 7, 2024\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><div class='article-listing__item'><article class=\"article article--news\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"article__title has-alt-heading-variant\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/find-the-next-producer-for-your-agency-drop-in-article\/\">Find the Next Producer for Your Agency (&#8220;drop-in&#8221; article)<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article__date has-meta-variant\" datetime=\"2020-04-23\">\n\t\t\t\tApril 23, 2020\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><div class='article-listing__item'><article class=\"article article--news\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"article__title has-alt-heading-variant\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/back-to-school-with-invest-help-wanted\/\">&#8216;Back to School&#8217; with Invest: Help Wanted<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article__date has-meta-variant\" datetime=\"2020-04-23\">\n\t\t\t\tApril 23, 2020\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><div class='article-listing__item'><article class=\"article article--news\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\n\t\t<h2 class=\"article__title has-alt-heading-variant\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentagent.com\/invest\/news\/dont-be-shy-volunteer-with-invest\/\">Don&#8217;t be Shy, Volunteer with Invest<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article__date has-meta-variant\" datetime=\"2020-04-23\">\n\t\t\t\tApril 23, 2020\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project&nbsp;Invest&nbsp;has been instrumental at my 4th&nbsp;generation family-owned and operated independent insurance agency with locations in Maine and New Hampshire. 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