Sometime in 1973, I participated on a council recommending a curriculum for insurance studies at Miami-Dade Junior College (now Miami Dade College).
Insurance agents, brokers, risk managers, adjusters and other insurance representatives participated, and we created a list of what we thought would be a good background for anyone considering an insurance career. The National Association of Insurance Women, South Florida Claims Association, the local CPCU Chapter, and the Risk & Insurance Management Society were also present.
Those in marketing (agents and brokers), believed that business courses in marketing, accounting and statistics would be helpful. The risk managers strongly suggested some engineering background. Clerical skills (including typing) were important (this was before PCs); fewer men knew how to type beyond the "hunt and peck" method. And some medical knowledge was deemed a necessity.
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