Opportunities and Challenges faced under the Umbrella of InsuranceKathy Gibson Boatman I sold insurance from 1994-2000 and I had an opportunity to learn how the products work and some of the challenges that insurance is incapable of handling. Like most people, I didn’t grow up saying….I want to be an insurance agent.  An opportunity for a good job with a respectable company presented itself and I took it. Due to this opportunity I was able to learn about insurance and that experience has proved itself to be more valuable than I ever imagined it could be. While I was an insurance agent I took classes and learned the art of sales. I learned basic facts about the financial world that benefit me to this day. I learned how to read and interpret a contract. I learned what a fiduciary responsibility is. As defined in Wikipedia it means: A fiduciary duty is a legal or ethical relationship of confidence or trust between two or more parties, most commonly a fiduciary or trustee and a principal or beneficiary. As in insurance agent I had a fiduciary responsibility to my client and to the insurance company.  read more »