This primer is created by Primerli to help professionals with no prior industry experience learn the basics of the industry in under an hour. How does the insurance industry work? What are the major insurance products, how are they distributed, and what are the roles of the key players? This primer will help you learn all this and more, from how insurers make money and how they are organized internally, to the key trends impacting the industry.
At the end of this course, you will learn:
· What are the key characteristics of the industry?
· What are the common insurance products?
· What are the series of activities needed to get insurance products ”produced” and sold?
· Who are the key players in the insurance ecosystem and what do they do?
· How do insurance companies generate profits?
· What are the key metrics used to monitor the financial performance?
· What are the key roles and functions within a typical insurance company and how do they interact with each other?
· What are the major business and technology trends that will impact the insurance industry in the near future?

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