The Profession
Insurance snapshot and Discover Risk video
The key to making modern life move forward, the UK’s insurance sector is the largest in Europe.
Insurance is one of the ways that businesses and individuals reduce the financial impact of a risk occurring.
Without insurance there would be no risk taking. And without any risk taking, no businesses and no innovation. Insurance is what enables the modern world to get on with life.
And it’s everywhere. It’s also big business. In fact, it’s one of the biggest. In terms of careers, the industry offers a truly remarkable range and diversity of opportunities. You can enter specialist career streams or join the industry through a host of highly rated general management schemes with some of the most prestigious names in finance.
There are differing types of insurance business, including life and pensions companies, insurers, brokers and claims management.
Within companies classified as ‘insurers’, there are the following subdivisions: Personal and Commercial, Reinsurance, The London Market, Lloyd’s of London.
Whether you want to work for a major international firm or a regional specialist, there are opportunities for you to build a rewarding, challenging, long-term career, achieve valuable professional qualifications and play an influential role in one of the UK’s most significant industries.
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Source: DiscoverRisk's YouTube Channel
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