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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

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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 headshot
Joan Woodward
President, Travelers Institute; Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Travelers


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