LUMBERTON – The Insurance Pre-licensing Academy at Robeson Community College started in February of 2023 through a grant received by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.
The program teaches and prepares students for three fields of insurance licensure in the State of North Carolina – life, health, and Medicare, which is also known as long-term care.
One student, Jorden Addams of Red Springs, has successfully passed all three examinations and has become a licensed agent in all three categories.
“This was not easy,” stated Julie Baxley, the director of Workforce Solutions at Robeson Community College. “I am so proud of her for getting all three licensures.”
Baxley once was an insurance agent herself, so she knows how hard of a process passing the examinations can be.
“Most of our students will take one or two of the exams,” stated Baxley. “But she’s the first since we started the academy to successfully complete all three.”
“The exams were pretty tough,” stated Addams. “But we had a great instructor, Donald Oxendine. I took a lot of notes and that helped reinforce the information in my brain.”