YAC Spotlight: Sarah Hoyle

I have two people. The first one would be my friend, Morgan Domingue, who brought me into the industry. Besides being a best friend, she’s been a great mentor, has shared so much knowledge with me, and jumped in right away to help me connect with people. My second person is a former boss, Laura Hutto (Maynard), I had when I was younger. She is one of the best people that I've ever met, and I still keep in touch with her to this day. I admired her leadership, the way she carried herself, and how she did things daily. I learned a lot from her, and I always keep her example of leadership in the back of my mind.  

I wanted to be more immersed in the industry in general, meet my peers, make friends, and get involved with events. It’s a good way to meet agents, hear their struggles, and see what they're going through and areas I may be able to help. 

A lot of it is the relationship-building part and being able to work with agents closely. When I can get something done for them, it’s great. I love being able to reach back out to an agent after we bind a great policy and we can celebrate together. I also enjoy the underwriting aspect in general. I like looking at a risk and getting creative with it. 

I would tell them that there are so many different areas in the industry, and they're all good options to set yourself up for a good career. You can be in a corporate setting, a smaller business setting, or you can choose to do your own thing. You don’t have to figure it all out in the beginning. Just get your foot in the door somewhere you want to explore and get some education under your belt. Then you can really hone-in on exactly what you want to do. 

The determination to keep moving forward and the drive. But also, the willingness to put themselves out there a little bit and get out there at events and in the community. We have an intern like that here at Burns and Wilcox, and he’s been building relationships in the industry before graduating from college. That opportunity has been huge for him. 

I really enjoy fishing, hot yoga, and I’m big into gardening as well. I like camping, reading, and pretty much anything that involves my son and family. We also recently went clay shooting, and I think that is probably one of my new favorites.  

Career-wise, it would be my old boss, Laura. But I also admire pretty much any strong professional who is both successful and has great moral values. It is great to meet someone that you can tell is a good person who wants to help other people and do the right thing. I tend to look up to those people and try to resonate with them and get some of their positive energy for myself, and use it as a personal reminder on how I would like to reflect myself. 

I think my friends would describe me as a good listener. I always get a lot of people who come to me for a listening ear. They would also say I am trustworthy, reliable, adventurous, and calm but with a wild spark; they know I like to have a good time! 

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. It’s about the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI. It was just made into a movie, too. 

I think I would be a travel blogger (with my family in tow as well) but at the same time, have a home base with a garden and big field where I could take in stray animals. Or be a museum curator.