Grow a future: a career in insurance

As we know, getting a job as a graduate isn’t easy at the moment. However a sector that is still moving fast is insurance.  It’s big business, especially in the UK, which has by far the largest market in Europe.

Insurance professionals either work with the wholesale market, insuring the insurers, or with the retail market, insuring companies and individuals. They work closely with others, both clients and colleagues, to provide a good service that reduces risks for people and their livelihoods.

The benefits of a career in insurance are that the roles available are wide and varied; salaries are high; and the opportunity to develop valuable skills which can be transferred to other roles and to countries. 

A lot of the large employers provide work experience and internships for graduates – have a look at the ‘Opportunities’ tab on the Financial Skills Partnership’s Directions section for insurance.

Recent graduates talk about their experiences working in insurance on the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Discover Risk YouTube channel. Find out more about the necessary skills in our employment data update for insurance, the sector that allows plenty of room to grow a future.

    Resources for students considering a career in insurance    

Find out how to make your career in risk take off in this flashy new site from CII: http://www.discoverrisk.co.uk/

Get information from the experts – the Financial Skills Partnership explore careers in insurance: http://www.directions.org.uk/careers/insurance/

Detailed info and lots of links from the University of Kent’s Careers Advisory Service: http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/workin/insurance.htm

See where recent graduates have got to in their insurance careers and discover more about risk: http://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoverRisk

Amy Hannington, Editor of TotalProfessions.com and Research Assistant at PARN.