Careers Reimagined: Is the Insurance Industry Ready for Our Second Act?

February 29, 2016 by Erin Hamrick and Kelly Lyles

What’s next? That’s a question that we’ve asked many times throughout our careers. And despite having 50-plus years of collective experience between us, it’s not one that we intend to stop asking anytime soon. In fact, for the sake of the insurance industry, we encourage more people—especially our female colleagues—to do the same.

Executive Summary

Experienced insurance professionals seeking new challenges may provide opportunity to stave off the talent deficiency and even boost leadership diversity, allowing more women to step into executive roles, say two executives working through their "second acts." Here, they also give tips for other Act II performers embarking on similar journeys.
Executive SummaryExperienced insurance professionals seeking new challenges may provide opportunity to stave off the talent deficiency and even boost leadership diversity, allowing more women to step into executive roles, say two executives working through their “second acts.” Here, they also give tips for other Act II performers embarking on similar journeys.

As the retirement age continues to increase, many experienced professionals are not looking at the stereotypical retirement anytime soon. Instead, we are looking ahead to another 10, 15 or even 20 years of productive, profitable employment—the “second act” of our careers, as many call it.