Apprenticeships
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.
Career development: Bluefin pioneers level-four apprenticeship
The launch of the general insurance level-four apprenticeship for school leavers has been marked by an event at the Chartered Insurance Institute's historic Aldermanbury head office in London.
Deputy PM Clegg 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: Barbican unveils Insurance Academy
Barbican Insurance Group has launched a talent and development initiative designed to enable current employees and future talent to further develop their insurance knowledge, acquire new skills and build a long-term career within the industry.
Be Wiser offering university alternative to school leavers
Be Wiser Insurance has taken on 15 new students to its Surestart undergraduate career scheme and is looking to recruit 20 more in the coming months.
Career development: Bluefin apprenticeship highly commended
Bluefin has been named as one of London's best apprenticeship employers in the regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2013.
Career development: Insurers battling apprenticeship ignorance
More than a quarter of insurance companies are planning apprenticeship schemes for 2013, but 76% of young people are unaware of such options, according to research from Barclays.
Pro expands Gloucester teams by 15
Insurance service provider Pro is to boost its Gloucester-based underwriting support teams with a sweep of new hires.
CII names quarter of apprenticeship ambassasdors
The Chartered Insurance Institute has named four Bluefin staff as ambassadors for the apprenticeship schemes.
Career development: Auto Windscreens offers glazing diploma
Auto Windscreens has become the first windscreen replacement company in the UK to offer a new GQA Level 3 Award for continued competence in automotive glazing.
Career development: Apprenticeships to boost economy
Apprenticeship completions over the next decade are forecast to contribute £3.4bn a year to the economy through productivity gains by 2022, according to a report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research.