Women Agents Breaking Glass Ceiling
Hard work and opportunity have helped women establish themselves in the upper levels of the independent agency world and, female agency principals say, those who have made it are individuals who dont believe they should be treated any differently than men.
“Its no longer unusual and its no longer the exception to have women in top positions within the insurance agency ranks,” said Louise Canter, senior vice president at Patterson-Smith Associates in Falls Church, Va., who is the incoming vice president of the Alexandria, Va.-based Independent Insurance Agents of America.
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