Interview

How did you join the insurance industry? I studied law at university and originally planned to become a solicitor. During my first year of study in 2018, I had an entry-level role at Slater and Gordon handling road traffic accident claims. I quickly realised that the call-centre style environment wasn’t the right fit for me,…

How did you join the insurance industry? I didn’t originally plan to work in insurance. My academic background is a mix of business and technology - I studied Business Administration in Los Angeles before moving to London to complete a BSc in Computer Science at King’s College London. During university, I started working as a…

How did you begin your career in insurance? I joined the insurance market 25 years ago in January 2001. Having gone to university to study Building Surveying, I decided a career in construction wasn’t for me. A friend at Hiscox mentioned a short-term role in their outwards reinsurance team, and that opportunity led me into…

How did you join the insurance industry? In 2015, ahead of my final year of studying History at the University of York, I spent the summer interning at Talbot in its Political Violence team. Following this I caught the insurance bug and after finishing university the following year I joined MS Amlin’s graduate scheme, later…

How did you get into the insurance industry? While studying philosophy at university, I attended a talk on risk management that sparked my interest in how organisations identify, assess and manage risk – and its wider social and economic impact. This led me to explore insurance as a career, and after graduating I joined the…

How did you get into the insurance industry? I joined IQUW in 2022 after graduating from university with a master’s degree in Materials Engineering. When I first went to university, I was set on becoming an engineer and wanted to work in either the aviation or sports technology industries. While I was studying, I realised…

Tell us how you joined the insurance industry? While I was at university studying Anthropology, I interned at Talbot in aerospace reinsurance. I had previously met people who were working in insurance and was aware of the sector. I found my internship interesting and after graduating, I was taken on as an Assistant Underwriter in…

What brought you into the insurance industry? I had a work experience placement at an insurance company when I was in secondary school. At the time, I was trying to choose my educational path between going to university and becoming a PE teacher or following in my mum’s footsteps and working in the City. I…

How did you join the insurance industry? After graduating from university, I worked as an analyst for the Bank of England whilst I decided what I wanted to do. We were coming out of a recession and a period of volatility, and insurance appealed to me as a stable industry which a friend suggested would…

Tell us how you got into insurance I was studying History and Law at university and was introduced to the insurance industry when I took a module in insurance law in the final year of my undergraduate degree which sparked my initial interest. I knew I didn’t want to become a lawyer. Through a career…