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1. I'm a Student

1.1. 9 Tips For Your First Insurance Industry Interview

1.2. Insurance is boring! Why would I be interested in Insurance?

1.2.1. 10 Reasons to be Thankful You Work in Insurance

1.2.2. Insurance Careers: Much More Than Sales! • InsNerds.com

1.2.3. 7 Reasons to Major in Risk Management & Insurance • InsNerds.com

1.2.4. InsureMyPath*

1.3. Understanding the Insurance Agency • InsNerds.com

1.4. A career in insurance?!? - Isn't AI going to take my job?!? • InsNerds.com

2. I work in Insurance

2.1. Quick: What do I really need to know?

2.1.1. 10 Commandments for Young #Insurance Professionals

2.1.2. 10 Reasons to Be Thankful You Work in Insurance

2.1.3. The Young Hitchhiker's Guide to Growing Your Insurance Career • InsNerds.com

2.1.4. 11 Reasons to Start CPCU Today

2.1.5. 7 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Happier • InsNerds.com

2.2. I'm young, any advice especially for me?

2.2.1. Write Handwritten Thank You Notes • InsNerds.com

2.2.2. How to Survive and Thrive in an Entry Level Claims Role • InsNerds.com

2.2.3. Perfecting Your Handshake in 7 Easy Steps

2.2.4. 8 Necessities for Young Professionals

2.2.5. 5 Strategies to Advance Your Career as an Hourly Employee • InsNerds.com

2.3. I want to be more productive

2.3.1. 7 Steps to Goal Setting like Tony

2.3.2. 5 Keys to Rock at Time Management • InsNerds.com

2.3.3. 5 Tips for Writing your Individual Development Plan

2.3.4. How to Focus When You're Distracted • InsNerds.com

2.3.5. Listen Fast and Talk Slow • InsNerds.com

2.4. Help me develop some important skills

2.4.1. The Two Most Valuable Business Skills Are… • InsNerds.com

2.4.2. The 4 Traits That All Trustworthy People Share • InsNerds.com

2.4.3. You Are A Salesperson... Whether You Like It Or Not!

2.4.4. Your New Year's Resolution: Be So Good They Can't Ignore You • InsNerds.com

2.4.5. Negotiating Like a Trained Expert the Easy and Effective Way

2.5. Perception is Reality - I need to make a good impression

2.5.1. 4 Cornerstones for a Strong Brand

2.5.2. Write Handwritten Thank You Notes • InsNerds.com

2.5.3. Perfecting Your Handshake in 7 Easy Steps

2.5.4. Early Bird Gets the Connection • InsNerds.com

2.6. Ok, cool. This stuff is making sense. Give me some more meaty stuff!

2.6.1. 7 Ways to Keep Up to Date with Insurance • InsNerds.com

2.6.2. What Gaming has Taught Me About Being Positive in the Office • InsNerds.com

2.6.3. Mistakes vs Missteps: The Critical Difference • InsNerds.com

2.6.4. The Guerrilla Guide to Getting Leadership Experience

2.6.5. 7 Ways to Overcome the Guilt of Taking Time Off • InsNerds.com

2.6.6. How to Get on Your CEO's Calendar • InsNerds.com

2.6.7. It Doesn’t Take an Underwriter To Say “No”... • InsNerds.com

2.6.8. 10 Lessons from a Brutal Job Search • InsNerds.com

2.6.9. 7 ways to advance your (re)insurance career this summer (without missing out on fun the sun) • InsNerds.com

2.6.10. The Smart Way to Deal with Recruiters • InsNerds.com

2.6.11. Building New Insurance Business Models: How Partnerships In Risk Mitigation Are A Win/Win/Win • InsNerds.com

2.6.12. Masada Under Siege - Demystifying Cyber Indemnity: “User’s Guide to Data Breach Handling” - CLM Annual 2017 • InsNerds.com

2.6.13. Catastrophe Modeling Series

2.6.13.1. Catastrophe Models: A Non-Technical Primer • InsNerds.com

2.6.13.2. Understanding Catastrophe Models • InsNerds.com

2.6.13.3. Using Catastrophe Models • InsNerds.com

2.6.13.4. For Science (and Insurance) - Rob Goes Storm Chasing! • InsNerds.com

2.7. I'm going through a Career Transition

2.7.1. 10 Lessons from a Brutal Job Search • InsNerds.com

2.7.2. How to Make Sure Your Insurance Resume Gets Noticed • InsNerds.com

2.7.3. The Morning After - How to Handle Losing Your Long Time Insurance Job • InsNerds.com

2.7.4. Dear State Farmers, We Can Help • InsNerds.com

2.7.5. The Smart Way to Deal with Recruiters • InsNerds.com

2.7.6. Need Career Advice? Sign up for free Micro-Mentoring with Tony

2.8. I'm looking to transition from Personal Lines to Commercial Lines

2.8.1. 5 Differences Between Commercial and Personal Lines Insurance

2.8.2. C.O.P.E. and the Commercial Risk • InsNerds.com

2.8.3. Understanding Business Income Protection • InsNerds.com

2.8.4. Workers' Compensation vs Employer's Liability • InsNerds.com

2.8.5. Understanding Co-Insurance • InsNerds.com

2.8.6. Understanding Commercial Auto Insurance • InsNerds.com

2.8.7. Understanding Named Insureds and Additional Insureds • InsNerds.com

2.8.8. Simplest Insurance Glossary • InsNerds.com

2.9. I need some motivation...

2.9.1. Motivate Yourself with an Aspirational Resume • InsNerds.com

2.9.2. Why I Love Insurance Archives • InsNerds.com

2.9.3. #InsuranceRocks – Let’s Start a Movement in 2016! • InsNerds.com

2.9.4. What Gaming has Taught Me About Being Positive in the Office • InsNerds.com

2.10. What should I read?

2.10.1. Bookshelf

2.11. Any other resources?

2.11.1. World's Simplest Insurance Glossary

2.11.2. Free College-Level Education to Grow Your Career

2.11.3. What We Learned at Dinner with Warren Buffett

2.11.3.1. Part One

2.11.3.2. Part Two

2.11.3.3. Warren Buffett's Advice for Success in the Insurance Industry

3. Tell Me About Insurance Education

3.1. Should I pursue some insurance designations?

3.1.1. 11 Reasons to Start CPCU Today

3.1.2. The Million Dollar CPCU - A Ridonculous Return on Investment! • InsNerds.com

3.2. Which designations should I pursue?

3.2.1. CPCU vs MBA: 8 Keys to Choosing • InsNerds.com

3.2.2. CPCU vs CIC: 10 Things You Need to Know • InsNerds.com

3.3. Ok, ok I'll do my CPCU. But how?

3.3.1. 8 Steps to Beat All 8 CPCU Tests - The Web's Most Popular CPCU Article!

3.3.2. How to Bounce Back from a Non Pass in a CPCU Test • InsNerds.com

3.3.3. Study Tips - How To Be Awesome in 10 Steps • InsNerds.com

3.4. Who has 3-5 years to do CPCU?!?! How can I do it in less than 12 months?

3.4.1. How to get CPCU in a Hurry • InsNerds.com

3.4.2. How To Pass CPCU in a Flash - It Doesn’t Take a Genius • InsNerds.com

3.5. Which CPCU Society Annual Meeting Should I Aim For?

3.5.1. Should you wait for the next CPCU Hawaii? • InsNerds.com

3.6. My Company Won't Pay for CPCU (or I'm still in college and not employed)

3.6.1. Doing CPCU on a Budget • InsNerds.com

3.7. Awesome, I finished CPCU. I'm done right?

3.7.1. CPCU is the Beginning of the Journey • InsNerds.com

3.7.2. 10 Things to do When You Finish CPCU • InsNerds.com

3.7.3. 10 Tips to Make the Most of the CPCU Society Annual Meeting • InsNerds.com

3.7.4. 10 Tips to Make the Most Out of the Leadership Summit • InsNerds.com

3.7.5. Pay it Forward with CPCU • InsNerds.com

3.7.6. Hacking the CPCU Society Annual Meeting • InsNerds.com

3.8. I'm a glutton for punishment! Any Masters Degrees in Insurance or Risk Management?

3.8.1. Florida State University - Master of Science in Risk Management and Insurance*

3.8.2. Boston University - Master of Science in Insurance Management*

4. I Need Help Recruiting, Retaining and Engaging my People

4.1. Transparency • InsNerds.com

4.2. Argentina, Maine, and San Diego… embracing a flexible work anywhere team. One Gen X agent’s take on remote work • InsNerds.com

4.3. Let's Make Entry Level Insurance Jobs Easier to Find • InsNerds.com

4.4. Making Insurance an Industry of Choice to Work In • InsNerds.com

4.5. Behavioral Psychology & Employee Performance • InsNerds.com

4.6. Talent Management in the 21st Century • InsNerds.com

4.7. We Need To Talk About Our Call Centers • InsNerds.com

4.8. Harnessing Alternative Skills in the Insurance Industry - A Wake-up Call • InsNerds.com

4.9. Hope is Not a Strategy - Investing in Your New Producers • InsNerds.com

5. I'm interested in the future of Insurance and #InsurTech

5.1. Sleeping with the Enemy Might be the Only Way to Save Personal Lines #Insurance

5.2. 7 Ways Tiny Satellites will Completely Transform Insurance

5.3. 8 Forces That Will Change The Insurance Industry

5.3.1. 8 Forces That Will Change The Insurance Industry - Part I

5.3.2. 8 Forces That Will Change the Insurance Industry - Part II

5.4. The Coming Robopocalypse of Knowledge Jobs • InsNerds.com

5.5. The Uber of Insurance • InsNerds.com

5.6. My 90 Days with Telematics in the Car • InsNerds.com

5.7. 3 Key Takeaways from DigIn 2016 • InsNerds.com

5.8. #NAMICAnnual - Awesome Sessions about Technology • InsNerds.com

5.9. The Sheer Genius of Lemonade - A Whole New Paradigm for Personal Lines Insurance • InsNerds.com

5.10. Don’t Believe The Hype - The Lemonade Story • InsNerds.com

5.11. How To Assess The Impact of New Insuretech Companies Using A Simple Model • InsNerds.com

5.12. So What Exactly is Big Data and How Will it Affect Insurance? • InsNerds.com

5.13. More Data Is Not Better...Better Data Is Better - Debunking The Myth That More Data & Technology Will Obsolete Insurance • InsNerds.com

5.14. Blockchain

5.14.1. 5 Ways Blockchain Will Revolutionize The Insurance Ecosystem • InsNerds.com

5.14.2. How Blockchain Technology Will Mitigate Insurance Fraud • InsNerds.com

5.15. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Insurance

5.15.1. P2P Insurance Uncovered

5.15.2. Examining The Investment Potential Of Peer-to-Peer Insurers • InsNerds.com

5.16. Disruption in Insurance • InsNerds.com

5.17. Six Desires for the Digital Transformation of Insurance • InsNerds.com

5.18. The Capital Advantage - How Capital Requirements Put Small Insurers Behind The 8-Ball • InsNerds.com

5.19. Examining The Investment Potential Of Purely Digital Residential Insurers • InsNerds.com

5.20. Should We Say Goodbye To "Time" As One Of The Key Element Of Mutuality Within The Insurance Portfolio? Does On Demand Insurance Make Sense? • InsNerds.com

5.21. What Could Prevent Internet of Things #IoT Devices And #Insurance From Truly Partnering? • InsNerds.com

6. I love InsNerds.com!

6.1. ... and I want to write for you the site!

6.1.1. Write for Us

6.2. ... and I want a t-shirt or polo shirt

6.2.1. InsNerds Swag

6.3. ... and we want to advertise on InsNerds

6.3.1. Advertise on InsNerds • InsNerds.com

7. InsNerds Podcast Network

7.1. InsNerds Podcast Network • InsNerds.com

8. I Need Help Engage My Younger Employees

8.1. Insuring Tomorrow: Engaging Millennials in the Insurance Industry • InsNerds.com

8.2. We made the news! • InsNerds.com

8.3. Write Better Job Descriptions to Attract Millennials

8.4. #NAMICAnnual - Great Sessions about Millennials • InsNerds.com

8.5. Why We Are Still Talking About Millennials • InsNerds.com

8.6. We Must Retain our Millennials in Insurance - Here's How • InsNerds.com

8.7. The One Killer Benefit to Maximize Retention of your Millennials

8.8. Millennials: Now The Largest Generation in the Workforce • InsNerds.com

8.9. 7 Ways to Engage Your Millennial Employees

8.10. Let's Sponsor a Free #RMI Education on #Coursera • InsNerds.com

9. I'm an Insurance Agent

9.1. Managing Commission Reduction as a Personal Lines Agent? • InsNerds.com

9.2. How Much Should Producers Be Producing? • InsNerds.com

9.3. Video Content for Agents • InsNerds.com

9.4. Why I Don't Believe in Disintermediation of Insurance Brokers • InsNerds.com

9.5. How I went From CSR To Producer and You Can Too • InsNerds.com

9.6. Agents: 5 Reasons to Focus More on Collector Vehicles • InsNerds.com

9.7. Local Agents: To Win Be Authentic • InsNerds.com

9.8. A Game Changer for your Residential Investors • InsNerds.com

9.9. How to Get In Front of an Insurance Niche • InsNerds.com

9.10. Hope is Not a Strategy - Investing in Your New Producers • InsNerds.com