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AMANDA STANTZOS Vice president, cyber & tech E&O underwriting
Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc
Chicago
A university risk management class led Amanda Stantzos to a rewarding career. A professor who said all of the students would need jobs named some places that were hiring, so she applied to one of them and was hired before she graduated. She began her career at NAS Insurance Services, specializing in cyber liability insurance. She joined Corvus in 2019.
How are technological advances affecting your job?
They affect it positively. We’re able to have a greater understanding of our clients and to underwrite and quote faster. We can also see parts of the risk that we couldn’t previously see.
What’s a problem that needs fixing in your sector?
My sector needs to be more stable. Right now, we’re on a roller coaster ride shifting between hard and soft markets. Cyber is not new, but there is still a lot to learn about it, and stability will come in our industry. The market is softening — prices are coming down and there is more capacity.
What do you wish more people knew about insurance?
I wish they knew there are so many different parts to it that they could get into. People think of insurance as auto, life and health, but there are so many different coverage lines and jobs. You could be an insurance lawyer, on the claims team, an actuary, underwriter or broker.
What’s something about you that would surprise people?
I really enjoy baking, and I happen to make delicious bagels!
Favorite hobby or pastime?
My hobby and my meditation is working out at the gym. I go at 6 a.m. every morning like a crazy person. It’s my happy place, where I can put my phone in the locker for an hour and decompress.
