Underwriting UK Graduate Apprenticeship Programme

Summary

Join Lloyd’s largest syndicate and be part of a global operations team, supporting our Underwriting and Claims team. Underwriting and Claims Operations teams provides bespoke support to Underwriters and Claims Managers worldwide Great benefits including paid travel to work, paid lunch, £100 lifestyle allowance, pension contribution.

Annual wage: £33,000 a year
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Training course: Insurance professional (level 4)
Hours: Monday- Friday 9am to 5pm Hybrid working available & flexible hours (depending on team accommodation)
35 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 2 Years
Positions available: 3

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Underwriting is the core of Beazley, our Graduate Programme is a 24-month immersive learning experience designed to provide participants with the knowledge and experience needed for a successful career as an Underwriter at Beazley.

Programme participants must be curious; having a growth mindset with high personal integrity; and keen to develop a career in Underwriting with a leading specialist insurer.

Underwriting is the core of Beazley, our Graduate Programme is a 24-month immersive learning experience designed to provide participants with the knowledge and experience needed for a successful career as an Underwriter at Beazley.

Beazley has 5 underwriting divisions, and we are looking for a grad in each area! The recruitment process is done as one ‘underwriting graduate’ pool, but during application we ask if you have a preference for a particular division – you can identify your top 2 preferences, or give no preference at all – either is fine. To help you, we have provided information on each of the divisions below. You will also get to choose a location preference – please note if you have a location preference first, this will automatically remove some of the underwriting division options.

Members of the graduate programme will participate in training rotations across their chosen division’s Underwriting and Business Management functions. This is designed to give you a broad experience resulting in the ability to become a well-rounded Underwriter at Beazley.

Property:

The Property Division comprises of six trading teams; Jewellery fine art & specie, High Value Homeowners, Covers, UK & rest of world Commercial Property, North American commercial property and Property Treaty. We are based mainly in London and the US but also have underwriters in Singapore, Germany, France and China.

We work closely with the exposure management team in analysing climate risk as we provide insurance for properties both on the insurance side and also reinsurance side of the industry. We write both on the Lloyd's platform and through our own company paper.

Specialty:

Speciality Risks (SR) is the largest and most diverse of the Beazley divisions. There are 7 trading teams with 27 focus groups that sit beneath these.

SR has underwriters located in the UK, US, Canada, each of our European offices and Singapore so they have access to every way that a Beazley underwriter can place business.

SR writes liability business in each of these areas, providing cover for some of the largest and most well-known organisations in the world as well as also catering to much smaller businesses, often covered under our programmes books. From retail to streaming services and from law firms to celebrities, SR will give you a broad experience to kick start your career.

Marine, Accident & Political (MAP):

Marine, Accident & Political (MAP) Risks insure a wide range of different risks. From shipping to satellites, professional sportspersons to major concert tours, and geopolitical risks across the globe.

Our specialist underwriters are experts in their areas, keeping up to date with the latest developments, understanding the risks that clients face and working to help them mitigate these.

Our biggest team is based in London, writing international business using Beazley's Lloyd's syndicate and company platforms. MAP also has underwriters based in the US, Europe and Singapore.

Where you’ll work

22 Bishopsgate

London

EC2N 4BQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Your training course

Insurance professional (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Ability to apply technical knowledge and experience to deliver positive outcomes to all stakeholders utilising appropriate policies and procedures.

Ability to apply legal and insurance principles, knowledge of the market structure and its processes, procedures and documentation to a range of complex situations.

Can proactively identify, generate and develop relationships and networks that support the role, including but not limited to internal/external/market led/professional and peer relationships. Can leverage relationships to improve the reliability of customer service based on customer feedback. Engages with and supports colleagues so that they are empowered to resolve customers issues within organisational guidelines.

Takes ownership for delivering in their area of responsibility. Finds ways to progress and meet commitments when issues arise, being creative where appropriate. Escalates issues and decisions where necessary. Identifies and proposes business process improvements .

Applies legal and regulatory requirements to work compliantly, whilst promoting a culture of treating customers fairly. Assesses whether organisational processes and procedures and those that follow them are compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.

Provides technical advice and support to others on complex insurance matters.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

Degree in:

Any discipline from any university (grade 2:2)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years’ experience helping people, communities, and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to provide beautifully designed insurance, innovating to give our clients the maximum benefit with minimum hassle. Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions, and contingency, covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

http://www.beazley.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Annual bonus, Reimbursed office travel up to £3250 per year, £100 monthly lifestyle allowance, £550 remote office set up allowance, additional holiday buy scheme, flexible bank holiday policy, private healthcare, generous pension + many more

After this apprenticeship

Following the successful completion of the programme, graduates will move into a full-time Underwriter role within their chosen division

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000279734.

Apply now

Closes in 23 days (Friday 1 November)

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Company’s application instructions

Our application process is designed with you in mind, we aim to make the process as interactive and as two-way as possible- we want you to get to know us as much as we get to know you! All stages are designed to assess your future potential – not any experience you may or may not have. Behind the scenes we also undertake adverse impact testing at each stage to ensure that our processes are fair and equitable. If you have any adjustment requests, you can let us know at any time. Best of luck!

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