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The insurance industry in Ohio will need to fill tens of thousands of new positions by 2020, due to the retirement of the baby boomers and continued industry growth. Ohio Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, Jim Clay, Insurance Industry Resource Council (IIRC) co-chair, Col. Timothy Gorrell, director of Ohio Department of Veteran Services and Matthew Downing of Progressive Insurance, held a media opportunity in ....

Clark State Community College is taking the lead in bridging the insurance industry employment gap. A 2013 study by the Insurance Industry Resource Council identified that Ohio insurance companies will need to hire 26,000 new workers by 2020. Currently, Clark State is the only college in Ohio to offer an associate degree in Business Management with an Insurance Option. This fall Clark State will become the first college in Ohio to offer an online Insurance Certificate that can be completed with a series of six online courses, each just eight-weeks long. Students can finish the entire certificate program in as little as 24 weeks.

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The Ohio insurance industry needs 26,000 skilled workers by 2020, according to a new workforce study cited by Lt. Governor Mary Taylor during today’s Insuring Ohio Futures announcement at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. Insurance industry executives and key stakeholders from Insuring Ohio Futures, a career awareness program started by 13 Ohio-based insurance companies, joined Taylor for the announcement.

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