I'll give you the same answer you'll get from everyone who works in insurance- I just kind of stumbled into it. No one sets out to get into insurance, you just get an office job in the industry, blink, and you've been doing it for your whole life.

In my case, I've been in and out of the various roles and only got into underwriting, via joining the call centre of an insurer, in the last few years. Turns out I really like it and I'm pretty good at it, so I'm hoping to stick with this role from now on.