Interview

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…

Tell us about how you got into insurance.  After leaving Bristol University with a chemistry degree, insurance wasn't on my radar. However, after speaking to one of my brother’s friends within the industry, I was attracted to the concept of the marketplace, the personalities involved, and the social aspect. That, combined with the industry’s entrepreneurial, analytical, and intelligence-led aspects – which I felt suited my skill set – led to me exploring insurance…

Tell us how you arrived in the insurance industry and about your career before IQUW. I was in touch with a charity called The Brokerage Citylink, which helps students from low socio-economic areas into City roles. Through them, I got a summer placement with Ark Syndicate on the Energy underwriting team before my economics degree…

Tell us about how you got into insurance and your career prior to joining IQUW.  After realising that my initial career hope of becoming a dentist was not going to work out, I decided to enrol in a Chemistry degree at Cardiff University. I wasn’t really wedded to the pharmaceutical R&D route, so while I…