Insurance

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Insurance Risk Management
www.insurance.bus.olemiss.edu
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Insurance and Risk Management Major Benefits

• Job opportunities in the insurance industry
  (fastest growing service industry)
• Ole Miss program ranked 5th in the nation by
  Business Insurance magazine
• Unique networking opportunities
• Involved students through the Insurance and Risk
  
• 
  Management Society

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Job Placement

• 95 placement rate
• 80 non-sales positions
• Placement Assistance
• Internship placement

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Job Opportunities

• Entry-level jobs include
• Claims adjuster
• Staff underwriter
• Field underwriter
• Risk analyst
• Commercial insurance broker
• Independent agent
• Loss control analyst
• and more

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Job Placement Spring 04
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Placement (Continued)
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Summer Internships

• 6 hours credit toward major
• Paid internship
• Marketable experience in major field

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Internships Summer 04
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Internships (Continued)
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Insurance Careers Day

• Only major with its own job fair
• Averaging 25 participating companies in recent
  years
• Companies from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
  Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, and Arkansas

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Scholarships

• Insurance and Risk Management Society Members are
  awarded over 20,000 in merit-based scholarships
  annually

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Industry Contact

• Annual events held provide
• contact with leaders in many
• insurance companies
• Ole Miss Insurance Golf Classic
• Insurance Symposium
• MS Insurance Education Day
• Insurance Careers Day
• RIMS meetings
• etc.

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INFORMATION

• Dr. Karen EpermanisFaculty Advisor, IRMS
• kepermanis_at_bus.olemiss.edu
• 915-7614
• Josh DeBold
• President, IRMS
• 601-757-7850
• Dr. Larry Cox
• Robertson Chair of Insurance
• lcox_at_bus.olemiss.edu
• 915-5475

www.insurance.bus.olemiss.edu