I Want to Work In ... Insurance
The insurance industry offers a wide range of jobs including actuarial work, sales, surveying, claims handling and investigation, underwriting, risk management, investment management, and pensions management.
Insurance companies also recruit for general management functions such as accountancy, marketing, management services and personnel.
PROFILE: Insurance BrokerArranges insurance for clients. Works out the requirements of clients, calculates the risks they face and suggests appropriate insurance. Negotiates with insurance companies to get the best policies for clients. Attends meetings, collects insurance payments. Clients may be individuals or organisations. |
PROFILE: Insurance UnderwriterINVOLVES: Deciding if an insurance proposal is an acceptable risk & what premium should be paid. Preparing policies. Dealing with insurance brokers & clients. |
PROFILE: Financial AdviserINVOLVES: Conducting thorough financial investigation into client's affairs & then advising on applicable options such as pensions, life assurance, investments, mortgages & loans. |
Prospects Sector Briefing on Banking, Investment and Insurance www.prospects.ac.uk/links/bankingsb
Occupational Profiles for the following career areas can be found on the Prospects website at www.prospects.ac.uk/links/InsurePen
- Actuary, insurance company
- Insurance account manager
- Insurance broker
- Insurance claims inspector
- Insurance risk surveyor
- Insurance underwriter
- Loss adjuster, chartered
Professional bodies and Information Sources
- Chartered Insurance Institute www.cii.co.uk now has a new website about insurance careers called Discover Risk www.discoverrisk.co.uk
- Association of British Insurers www.abi.org.uk
- British Insurance Brokers’ Association www.biba.org.uk
- Careers Insider on Insurance http://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/careers-insider produced by the Daily Telegraph
Employers
- Allianz www.allianz.co.uk/careers/graduates/graduate.htm Commercial graduate training programme
- AON www.aon.co.uk graduate programmes in Insuance & Risk Management and Actuarial Consulting, plus actuarial summer placements. Has an office in Canterbury.
- Aviva www.aviva.com/careers
- AXA Insurance http://jobs.axa.co.uk/graduates/index.html
- Brit Insurance www.britinsurance.com graduate training scheme and summer placements in underwriting, insurance and risk management
- Chartis Insurance www.chartisinsurance.com/uk/graduates world-leading property-casualty and general insurance organisation serving more than 40 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions.
- Chaucer Insurance www.chaucer-insurance.co.uk Specialist motor insurer based in Whitstable
- Cunningham Lindsey www.cunninghamlindsey.com Specialist claims management and loss adjusting service
- Eldon Insurance www.eldoninsurance.co.ukNewcastle-based insurance services company with a graduate training programme
- Endsleigh www.endsleighcareers.co.uk Founded as a student insurance provider and have had campus offices for 40 years. Now offer a range of services from motor and home insurance to student and travel insurance, “Always looking for dynamic people to join us in Sales, Finance and Claims Handling”
- Fortis Insurance www.fortisinsurance.co.uk
- Hiscox www.hiscox.co.ukleading international specialist insurance group with graduate scheme and internship opportunities. Specialisations include fine art, events and film production.
- JLT Insurance Brokers www.jltgroup.com one of Europe’s biggest insurance brokers. Graduate training schemes in insurance and enterprise risk management, covering an introduction to insurance, reinsurance and/or employee benefits.
- Legal and General www.legalandgeneralgroup.com/careers
- Lloyd's of London www.lloyds.com/About_Us/Careers/Graduate_careers
- Marsh www.marsh.co.uk international risk management and insurance company offering graduate training scheme, sandwich placements and summer internships
- Prudential www.pru.co.uk/content/careers
- RBS Insurance www.makeitrbs.com/programmes/rbs/rbs-insurance the second-largest insurer in the UK, whose brands include Churchill, Direct Line and Green Flag.
- Royal & Sun Alliance Graduate Leadership Programme www.royalsun.com/causeaneffect
- Saga www.saga.co.uk insurance and financial services. Has a management training scheme. Based in Folkestone.
- Standard Life http://recruitment.standardlife.com Based in Edinburgh: opportunities in the Accountancy and Actuarial departments plus summer internships
- Swiss Re www.swissre.com/careers leading and highly diversified global reinsurer.with its UK headquarters in the ‘Gherkin’
- Talent Pro www.talent-pro.co.uk recruits graduates onto programme which provides placements in different insurance businesses.
- Towergate Partnership www.towergate.co.uk Europe's largest independently owned insurance intermediary. Based in Maidstone
- Willis Ltd www.willis.com one of the world's leading risk management and insurance brokers. Runs a 2-year graduate programme
- Zurich www.zurich.co.uk/graduates/home/welcome.htm two-year graduate programme in Actuarial, Finance, Claims, Underwriting, Business Change and IT, General Management, or Business Analysis
Insurance recruitment agencies
- IPS Group www.ipsgroup.co.uk general insurance, financial services, actuarial, loss adjusting, pensions legal, secretarial and call centre recruitment.
IDEX Recruitment www.idexrecruitment.com a team of ethical consultants with over 50 years of combined recruitment experience within Insurance, Claims/Legal and Financial Services industries - Hays Insurance www.hays.co.uk/insurance - general insurance, actuarial, broking, claims, loss adjusting, regulatory & compliance, underwriting.
- Insurance jobs www.insurancejobs.co.uk general insurance recruitment marketplace with vacancies across all levels within actuarial, broking, claims, compliance, sales and marketing, reinsurance, risk, underwriting and Lloyds and London markets
- Insurance Jobs Board www.insurancejobsboard.com Search for jobs (including graduate positions) in a wide variety of areas of the insurance industry
Joslin Rowe www.joslinrowe.com/insurance/browse - underwriting, broking, claims, risk management, accountancy and finance
Hillman Saunders www.hillmansaunders.com insurance recruitment specialists
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For ACTUARIAL WORK see www.kent.ac.uk/careers/actuarial.htm
Last fully updated February 2010
