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>> So actually I had a job lined up.
It was with Marsh McLennan back -- going into,
or at least just beginning my senior year of College of Villanova.
I had a finance degree and international business degree.
And so I began in July of 2008.
Worked on the insurance brokerage side for about a year and a half.
Came to the city, kind of just as things were getting shaky.
Just as the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy occurred.
Just as AIG began to falter.
And as a 22-year-old entry-level employee, it was kind of hard
to grasp the severity of what was going on around us.
In some ways though it was a good time to come in,
because you could really appreciate how lucky you were to have a job.
And appreciate the really historic nature of what was going on in the economy.
So I held a job at Mash McLennan for about a year and a half.
After -- towards the end of my time there, I began to look for something that would enable me
to kind of grow as a person and able to really have a more, I'd say holistic view.
Something that would kind of draw upon my skills a little bit better.
And I was able to get a job here at Zurich in March of 2010.
And since then I've really been blessed with a lot
of good opportunities here to grow my career.
And continue to enjoy living in New York City.
And really learning from a lot of great people around me here.
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