Life Insurance Agents Hot Again on Wall Street

Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 19 March 2010 7:39 AM

The world of finance is going retro. The Wall Street Journal says one of the fastest growing positions is an old one: the life-insurance agent. After a period of decline, the economic crisis made whole-life policies attractive to those who had lost heavily in the stock market. The Journal says companies are “taking advantage of the weak job market to scoop up former real-estate agents, mortgage brokers, bankers and lawyers whose prospects have declined.”

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal

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