The industry has changed so much over the past four decades. But in the most fundamental (and positive) ways, it hasn't really changed much at all. When I started at National Underwriter as a cub reporter covering the agent/broker beat, I was working on a Royal office manual typewriter with three-part crash paper, editing copy by hand, and overnighting articles to our production team in Chicago. Credit: jon anders wiken The industry has changed so much over the past four decades. But in the most fundamental (and positive) ways, it hasn't really changed much at all. When I started at National Underwriter as a cub reporter covering the agent/broker beat, I was working on a Royal office manual typewriter with three-part crash paper, editing copy by hand, and overnighting articles to our production team in Chicago. Credit: jon anders wiken

When I first announced that I'd be retiring after covering this industry since 1981, one of my colleagues quipped that "writing about insurance for 42 years is more than anyone should be asked to endure!"

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