All Careers Advice

  • Blog: Flexible working - attracting and retaining talent

    The financial services and insurance sector suffers from a higher median gender pay gap than any other sector of the economy. Prina Mashru, head of human resources at Konsileo, argues that for women in the sector, flexible working arrangements could reduce this gap and ensure the industry retains...
  • Analysis: Diversity and Inclusion: A marked shift in commitment

    Diversity and inclusion have moved from buzzwords to being embraced by the insurance industry for all the right reasons but is it doing enough?
  • Analysis: The future of pricing – Data and technology

    Insurers are coming under increasing pressure to develop new ways of pricing. But, while data and technology hold the key, insurers face some significant challenges as they move to this brave new world.
  • Analysis: The road to inclusion

    Most people in the industry would probably describe themselves as open-minded, abhorring any kind of discrimination and supportive of more diversity in the workplace. The enthusiasm for change from all quarters is testament to that.
  • ERS to launch underwriting academy in Swansea

    Specialist motor insurer ERS will open an underwriting academy in its Swansea office.
  • Analysis: What do the millennials think of insurance?

    Insurance has struggled to attract talent in recent years, finding itself competing with ‘sexier’ industries
  • Blog: Your dick is not in my job description

    Amanda Blanc once told me off, as a journalist, for relying on her and others to call out sexism. Well Amanda, here you go. I hope this helps.
  • How 2 raise your profile

    Competition is fierce and new opportunities present themselves unexpectedly. Hence the pressing need to plan a career is becoming ever more essential. There are some very simple and specific things you can do to build your profile and prepare the ground for your next career step.
  • Blog: What apprenticeships can ensure there are no skills shortages in the future

    The apprenticeship levy has divided opinion since it was introduced in April 2017. George Crescens from Wiser Academy argues it should be used to tackle skills shortages.
  • Gocompare uses tools to remove unconscious bias in hiring process

    Price comparison site, GoCompare has decided to remove candidates’ names from CVs and create an all-female shortlist for its chief marketing officer role, in a bid to attract more female staff.
  • Zurich uncertain of staff numbers following underwriting shakeup

    Exclusive: Zurich has said it is uncertain as to whether or not it will lose staff as a result of its recent shake up to change where certain types of business are underwritten.
  • Mixing it up with the millennials

    Are you sick of hearing and reading about millennials yet? It seems that every conference I go to lately there is a session where a panel of 50-something white men mull over how these youngsters are going to save their businesses – once they’ve worked out how to market and sell to them. Ditto web...
  • Career Development: Five insurers reveal gender pay gap figures

    Five insurers have revealed by how much women are underpaid in their organisations compared to men.
  • Lloyd’s gender pay gap at 27.7%

    Male employees across Lloyd’s are paid 27.7% higher on average than female staff.
  • Swinton to close 40 branches, over 260 jobs at risk

    Swinton Insurance is to close up to 40 branches across the UK, putting 268 jobs at risk.
  • Blog: Need a new CEO? You could do worse than look at your claims manager

    Roll back six years and I remember David Williams, on taking a new role as director of underwriting at Axa, calling for parity in remuneration between claims professionals and others.
  • No immediate threat to Allianz Bristol claims team

    Personal injury claims handlers in Allianz’s Bristol office will not be placed under employment consultation as part of the Allianz-LV merger.
  • New era, new skills

    In just one generation it has become hard to find someone who has spent their entire working career with a single insurer, broker or loss adjuster. What was commonplace up until the early 1990s is now almost unheard off. In place of such reassuring stability, redundancy now features on an increas...
  • The dual fuel of job shares

    With government and many employers now backing new initiatives to tackle gender equality in the workplace, there’s every reason for renewed interest in practical ways to retain female talent in the workforce. Job sharing, for some, offers the perfect solution allowing them freedom and flexibility...
  • Agri-loss adjusters needed

    What’s happened to all the farmers who are moving away from agriculture? And why can’t we tempt them into the insurance industry? How do we encourage the next generation of agricultural specialists to join our business?