GIS Student Newsletter July 2020

Gamma Iota Sigma

Student News July 2020

ANNOUNCING #GIS2020

Save the Date!

Join us for a world class career fair to find your next opportunity and valuable resources and educational sessions to hone your industry knowledge. Supported by GIS Sustaining Partners and Event Sponsors.

Student registration is forthcoming.

International Student Representative

Applications due August 15, 2020

Apply today for the opportunity to be one of two International Student Representatives for Gamma Iota Sigma! Along with completing application, each applicant will be required to prepare a 1-2 minute pre-recorded video that will be available for viewing/played during the Leadership Symposium. Please email Grace Grant with any questions.

Application Here

Educational Webinars

Featured Webinar:

Delving in the Weeds

Join us for a blunt session and high times, exploring the world of insuring cannabis, CBD and hemp. This is a budding industry in the surplus lines market and presents opportunities to break the grass ceiling and hit the jack pot of jobs! Seriously, this session will introduce you to the surplus lines market through real scenarios faced when providing coverage for the weeds. Don’t miss it!

Watch Now

GIS Webinar Series

Special thanks to GIS Sustaining Partner Assurex Global for providing the technology for the GIS Webinar Series.

All Webinars

Virtual Learning Opportunities

Student Webinar: Optimizing Your Virtual Internship Experience Replay

Get the most out of your summer virtual internship and watch this webinar recap that is full of tips, insight, and resources for you!

Replay Here

Professional Association Guide

Through collaboration with industry associations and trade groups, the GIS Professional Association Guide provides information on how to effectively engage with each organization. Learn more about:

Professional Association Guide

BONUS MODULE: Virtual Professionalism . Learn best practices for navigating the virtual job search, virtual networking, and virtual work best practices! Continue to pursue your career success in these unprecedented times.

Professional Development

The GIS Professional Development Series is LIVE and an exclusive benefit for GIS members! The series equips you with:

Best practices for personal branding
Navigating the job marketplace
Business professionalism

Learn More!

Brought to you by Gamma Iota Sigma in partnership with Galecki Search Associates and The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research .

GammaSAID

Connect with GammaSAID!

Does your chapter have a D&I Officer? Be sure you are reporting that on your MCR so we include them on the Council's monthly calls! D&I Officers are also invited to the Leadership Symposium!

GammaSAID: why participate? The Council provides a unique network, opportunities to build and present content and connect with the industry, and vital resources to help you bolster your chapter's commitment to D&I and diversify your membership. Don't miss recent webinar replays:

Embracing the Value of Difference

An Exploration of D&I Ideas and Solutions

The Politics of Identity and Language

International Students: Challenges & Opportunities

GammaSAID Resources

How to get started, tips for effective events and industry engagement, a D&I Officer framework?? GammaSAID's got you covered!

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Start Earning Your Benefits Designation This Summer! 

When you look back on 2020, what will you remember? Most likely the abrupt change in your spring semester, the cancellation of end of school year activities, and being apart from friends and classmates. Your memories could be focused on losses . . . or this could be the year for making the most of new opportunities!

If you are finding yourself with more time due to changes in your summer internship or canceled travels, take this opportunity to start earning a professional designation to further prepare you for your career and position yourself a step ahead of other early professionals. The Certified Employee Benefit Specialist® (CEBS®) designation is a valued credential for those with an interest in working in the group health or retirement space.

Now more than ever, organizations are faced with the challenges of meeting financial, physical and emotional health needs of employees and clients. Employers will seek job candidates who can demonstrate proficiencies in these areas.

Prepare yourself with knowledge from the CEBS designation courses. With timely and relevant topics such as:

Designing employee health and welfare plans
Managing employee benefits risks
Understanding health care regulations
Evaluation life insurance options
Analyzing retirement plan design
Compliance and operational issues for retirement plans
Investment management

You will enter your future job equipped with solid skills to create and present options for clients and colleagues.

Full-time university students are eligible for a generous discount on the study materials and exam fees. Take your exams virtually—Now through December 31, 2020, you can test from home! Order your study materials and register for your exam here , and get started on your first course!

Please email Sandy Tellefson with any questions.

“The CEBS studies provided me with invaluable knowledge and confidence in my work. The comprehensive knowledge of CEBS is so much more than one can learn on-the-job and allows a more global view of your work and its impact on the organization.”

Nancy Pritz, CEBS Compliant

ISCEBS-Fellow

Senior Manager, Total Rewards

ACH Food Companies, Inc.

Oakwood Terrace, Illinois

London Market Group

According to the latest statistical report, London Matters 2020 , North America (the US and Canada) became the London Market’s largest source of premium in 2018, driven by strong performance in the US Excess and Surplus (E&S) sector. So, knowing how this important insurance hub operates is more important than ever.

The London Market Group has developed three e-learning course to introduce you to the market – they are interactive, fun and free, taking no more than ten minutes each.

- What is the London Market?

- How it Places Business

- How Claims Work

Learn About London

Key Opportunities and Resources

AICP Scholarship Program

Applications due July 8, 2020

The Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) is offering undergraduate students the following three $1,500 scholarships:

Rick Guggolz Memorial Scholarship (1)
AICP Insurance Career Advancement Scholarship (2)

Application and More Information

OLA Academy

March to September

OLA Academy is a web-based program that prepares OLA candidates for the recruiting process. In 2020, the program will run from March to September. OLA Academy participants will get training on:

Resume writing
Interviewing
Networking
Designing an effective LinkedIn profile

OLA Academy participants will be matched with volunteers to put their new skills into practice. Completing the OLA Academy curriculum is required for the OLA Travel Sponsorship Program.

OLA sponsors Latinx actuarial candidates to attend various conferences such as the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Convention and the Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) Conference, among others. At these conferences, attendees will have an opportunity to network with actuaries, and, in some cases, interview for positions.

Apply

Surety & Fidelity Industry Intern and Scholarship Program for Underrepresented Students

Through this program, successful applicants have the opportunity to experience working in the surety and fidelity industry through a paid summer internship . Upon successful completion of the internship, students are eligible for a scholarship of up to $5,000.

More Info and Application

Membership Opportunities

At-Large Membership Category

Did you know that GIS is open to any student from any school? The at-large membership category is a tremendous access point for students at schools without a GIS chapter.