Job Description
- About the opportunity
- Corporate Risk is a vast sector both in terms of the types of clients you might expect to work with, and the type pf insurance cover a client might require. Whether you’re helping Olympic athletes to preserve their performance or supporting the continued growth of renewable fuels, you’ll be making a difference in the world. Insurance is an industry continually responding to climate change, fluctuations in the global economy and ever evolving technological advances.
- This opportunity presents both excellent scope for learning and for you to add real value to our business from the start of the programme onwards.
- Your initial 6 weeks will be spent in tandem with our Summer Intern Cohort, gaining an immersion into Lockton and the insurance industry.
- You will then spend the remainder of your time with us aligned to one of our specialist divisions. Within that division, you will gain exposure to a wide range of different roles and gain greater depth of understanding of clients, markets and how the division operates.
- Throughout the programme you will benefit from:
- Skills and knowledge sessions
- On-the-Job Learning: Your placement will comprise ‘stretch tasks’, projects and involvement in client activities
- Enterprise- wide project: A specific project for all of those in your cohort to collaborate on. This will be in conjunction with ‘Lockton Lab’ and/ or one of our specialist Executive Committees e.g. Producer (new business), Retail, Specialty, DEI
- Continually building relationships with Lockton experts, clients and markets
- Through your experience, you’ll get a real sense of life at Lockton and what a career in our business could look like for you.
Qualification
- About you
- Currently undertaking a degree level qualification
- A minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths and three A-levels/five Highers (or equivalent)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to build productive working relationships
- A desire to provide a best-in-class delivery
- A positive, proactive, can-do attitude, even when under pressure
- Able to work collaboratively with colleagues
- Organised and proactive, able to plan own workload
- Quality-driven with great attention to detail
- A willingness to assist team members when needed
- Why Lockton?
- Supported and mentored by experts from across the business, you will work in the dynamic world of insurance. Lockton is a partnership and a family-owned, independent company with a caring culture.
- We’re a leading, global insurance broker with a focus on exceptional client service and expertise across insurance, employee benefits consulting and risk management.
- The innovative, entrepreneurial culture of the business is reflected in empowering our people to be autonomous, to act quickly, learn fast and provide the right solutions for our clients.
- Duration: 12 months
- Programme start date: 19th June 2023
- Access to all: We’re committed to removing barriers to entry for all individuals. If required, we can provide a range of discretionary support options to applicants. Please contact us directly for further detail.
