Her Story
About Annamarie
Annamarie MarquezNorsworthy is the owner and broker of United States Independent Agents LLC, an independent insurance agency based in Corrales, New Mexico. She entered the insurance field in 2008 after working as a stay-at-home mother to four children, initially opening an Allstate agency before transitioning to independence to better serve clients with competitive options across multiple carriers. With 18 years of experience, she holds licenses in property and casualty as well as life and health, allowing her to offer property and casualty insurance, life and health products, Medicare, and fixed annuities. Annamarie earned an associate's degree from the University of Maryland. She attributes her success to dedication and discipline, values integrity and building trust with clients whom she considers extended family, and serves as a board member for the Women's Housing Coalition, a nonprofit that helps single mothers achieve self-sufficiency through a two-year program.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Annamarie
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to being dedicated and disciplined. There are days that sometimes I don't feel like working. There are days that sometimes it's just hard, but discipline. That's it right there.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best advice that I have received is just keep going. Every day, you're becoming an expert at your field, and you don't know it. There's always something new to learn, and you have to keep going, and you can't stay stuck in the wave of what used to be. You have to move forward with technology, move forward with people, and build relationships.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
The advice that I would give to them is know be knowledgeable. Take the time to invest in your knowledge for yourself. Know your stuff. Be an expert in your field that way people aren't just looking at a pretty face, or a woman. They're looking at a professional. They're looking at someone who knows what they're doing to protect their assets that they have. And I would just say to keep going. Just keep going. It is the best field in my opinion, for a woman.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge for me in my work are things that I can't control. It would be things, the drivers. It's just, you know, they get into accidents, they get into, they get their speeding tickets, and, you know, things are out of my control. The company itself they it's really hard because companies rate drivers on credit. Right now, it's really hard. Everyone's using every source they can to to put food on the table and pay their bills, and if that means using credit cards, then that's what they're doing, and then it's it's hurting their their rates.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Integrity. You have to trust, you have to trust, your clients, your clients have to trust you. And my values that I have in my professional and, and business and personal life is, I believe in God. I believe in doing the right thing. I believe in having integrity and having building that trust within me and my clients, and And I value my good clients, I value I do value them. I value my family. And, and my clients, I call them my extended family.
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