LYDIA ADAMS
Senior commercial underwriter, environmental and energy specialist
CONCORDE GENERAL AGENCY
Age: 26
From originally pursuing a degree in piano performance to obtaining a degree in chemistry, Lydia Adams nonetheless finds a way to call on her educational background every day as a member of Concorde’s environmental and energy department. “When I was going to school, I hadn’t thought about a career in insurance,” she says, “but I use my degree all the time, and I love what I do.”
Within the last six months, Adams has doubled the annual revenue of her department at Concorde. In that time, she has also been recognized as a top new business underwriter three months in a row.
Best advice for other young professionals:
“I meet people all the time who end up being agents or clients. I attend the webinars that my agents are taking when I can, both to know what they’re learning and to help focus my conversations around what’s on their minds at the time.”