Recruiting Your Rising Stars: Engaging the Insurance Industry’s Emerging Talent

Recruiting Your Rising Stars: Engaging the Insurance Industry’s Emerging Talent
July 23, 2025
Wednesday 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. ET
Who are the students and emerging professionals in insurance and risk management today, and what are they looking for in future employers? What do they value most when making career decisions? Gamma Iota Sigma Board of Trustees member Michael Klein of Travelers, Denise Perlman, Chief Executive Officer of Middle Market at Aon, and Robert Hartwig, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Finance and Director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center at the University of South Carolina, will share their unique insights both as leaders in the industry and as mentors for emerging talent. They’ll provide perspectives on how the insurance industry can create meaningful career pathways and rewarding careers for tomorrow’s rising stars.
Gamma Iota Sigma is an international professional fraternity organized to promote, encourage and sustain student interest in insurance, risk management and actuarial science as professions. GIS has 113 collegiate chapters nationwide with 6,000+ students and 35,000 alumni from over 170 colleges and universities throughout North America.
Speakers
Denise Perlman
Chief Executive Officer, Middle Market, Aon
Robert Hartwig, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Finance and Director of the Risk and Uncertainty Management Center, University of South Carolina
Michael F. Klein
Executive Vice President; President, Personal Insurance, Travelers
Host
Joan Woodward
President, Travelers Institute; Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Travelers
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