Growing the Next Generation: How AP's National Internship Program Develops Future Insurance Superstars

Long gone are the days of endless coffee runs and re-organizing cabinets full of old files. In today's insurance world, internships are crucial in shaping a company's long-term future. Internships aren't just a chance to mentor and train the next generation of insurance professionals, it's an opportunity to sell passionate new talent on joining our team when they graduate.

This has been one of the major payoffs of AssuredPartners' National Internship Program. The program has become a successful talent pipeline since its founding in 2020, with 91 graduates of the program currently owning full-time roles at AP, working in various departments such as sales, accounting, service, and marketing.

"I think that's a key point of our internships; they're interviewing us as a potential employer as much as we're interviewing them," says Deeter. "We want them to walk away at the end of the summer understanding, 'did I like what I was doing, and is this an organization that I'd be excited to join?'"

Jonathan Bozarth, a producer in the Midwest Region, was more than excited to join AP after graduation. Bozarth initially joined AP as a Sales Executive Intern in 2021 with little knowledge of the industry. But his sales team took him under their wing, teaching him key skills like how to prospect, team-selling, and putting together a blueprint. In fact, Bozarth recently secured an $80K win from a client he first met through a prospecting exercise at his internship