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Summary: A life insurance underwriter does a lot of number crunching and calculations of risk assessments. Decide whether or not an insurance company will take a given risk with information from a licensed insurance agent in this free video on life insurance.
William Rae has been licensed in the insurance and financial fields for over 30 years. Rae currently runs HBW Florida, specializing in life and health insurance for small business...read more
"Hi, my name is Bill Rae. I'm a License Life Agent and I've been in the business for well over two decades. And the question is, "How to become a License Life Underwriter"? That's a good question. Today I would strongly recommend, if you're interested in that particular category, do make sure you understand what it is that they do. You're going to have to do a lot of number crunching. You're going to have to read a lot of information and then you're going to be required to make a decision. Because, what your job in taught or entain or what your job will require you to do is to make calculated risk assessment. Your job is going to be deciding whether that insurance company will take that kind of risk or not. Interesting field, most folks I know started simply going to look companies they wanted to work for and getting a job; what we call OJT. I don't believe there's any course in college you can take that'll actually get you a degree in it; but you may want to take Accounting, that can always help. My name is Bill Rae and I'm helping you build wealth."
eHow Article: How to Become a Life Insurance Underwriter
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