Apprenticeships
Career development: Aon hosts networking event for young insurance professionals
Aon has followed up on the launch of its industry‑wide insurance apprenticeship scheme earlier this year with a networking event designed to help young people establish contacts across the sector.
Career development: Brokerbility Academy takes on first apprentices
Brokerbility Academy has completed the induction of its first group of apprentices in a two-day event in London.
C-Suite - Insurer: School's out for summer
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Career development: Aon granted ‘trailblazer' status for new insurance apprentice standard
Aon has been awarded the government's ‘trailblazer' standard for insurance apprentices.
Aon granted trailblazer status for new insurance apprentice standard
Broker Aon has been awarded government Trailblazer standard for insurance apprentices.
Career development: Lloyd’s charity awards open for applications
The Lloyd’s Market charity awards have opened for applications from permanent staff working in the market.
Career development & CSR: Cunningham Lindsey marks 100th Cardiff apprenticeship
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey has celebrated its 100th completed apprenticeship in Cardiff, taken on by motor solutions team leader David Beard.
Brokerbility unveils Academy website
Independent broker group Brokerbility has today launched the website for its academy, providing help for prospective applicants to the group’s training scheme.
Marsh opens apprenticeship programme
Marsh has unveiled a new UK apprentice programme, offering 10 apprenticeships across the firm's offices in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Norwich and Reading.
Regional Review: Leeds
The fact that Leeds is a city on the up has not been lost on the regional insurance market, which counts a multitude of major insurers and a thriving community of brokers within its ranks.
Insurance growth action plan boosted by Brokerbility Academy
Brokerbility has launched an academy scheme in a bid to attract people of all ages into the insurance profession as part of the independent broking group's contribution to the government’s insurance growth action plan commitment.
Allianz launches risk surveyor apprenticeship scheme
Allianz Commercial has announced five apprentices for the new risk surveyor apprenticeship scheme which will support chosen candidates to become experts in their field.
CII to ‘name and shame’ firms that fail to get behind apprenticeship scheme
Industry bodies launch initiative aiming to double apprenticeships by 2017.
Interview: Jake Hickinbottom: Is Gin the tonic?
The recently launched Graduate Insurance Network aims to provide new entrants to the insurance market with support and networking. Jake Hickinbottom, Gin chairman and Allianz graduate trainee, details his ambitious plans for the group.
Apprentices will help keep insurance in UK says skills minister
Boosted numbers of insurance apprentices will reduce the desire among insurance companies to base themselves overseas according to skills and enterprise minister Matthew Hancock MP.
Post-blog: Apprenticeships - diversifying the recruitment mix
National Apprenticeship Week begins next Monday. It’s the annual opportunity for businesses of all sizes to showcase best practice and success stories, and for parents, students and other companies to learn more about training programmes which go a long…
Interview: David Martin: The value of specialism
Having returned to broking, Willis UK retail head David Martin is rethinking the strategy of resource deployment and focusing more on specialisms.
Apprenticeships: Insurers want you
With the Insurance Growth Action Plan hoping to add momentum to the industry’s drive to attract young talent, what does the future hold for insurance apprenticeships?
C-Suite: Let's do more to harness talent
As we begin 2014 refreshed from the festive break, we recognise that a new year brings optimism and confidence for the future.
Career development: CII welcomes government apprenticeships announcement
The Chartered Insurance Institute has welcomed the Treasury's announcement of its gateway project to help people find apprenticeships and graduate training places within insurance.
Biba seeks backing from other sectors for national apprenticeship proposal
Survey reveals increase in CII members willing to take on apprentices.
Apprenticeships gaining popularity in insurance sector, CII survey finds
More than half of employers in the insurance sector are willing to take on an apprentice, a Chartered Insurance Institute survey has found.
Career development: Deputy PM praises Bluefin for apprenticeship success
Bluefin has been congratulated by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg after being recognised in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list.
Career development: UK General hails apprenticeship success
UK General has recruited four full-time apprentices following their completion of a 12-month scheme.