Insurance & Risk

Few people could fail to be moved when the Tsunami and 9/11 broadcasts hit our screens. Imagine if you could have made a physical difference. People working in insurance can and do every day – giving hope and support during overwhelming times of vulnerability.

Protecting what is dear to people’s hearts is the name of the insurance game, reassuring customers with both financial and emotional support. A car prang, family life, shocking vet bills, walkabout garden ornaments, vanishing holiday suitcases, redundancy, ill health, even sentimental possessions, if you can put a price on it you can bet your last pound someone will insure it. Why? Because you never know when disaster will strike?

Paying money into an insurance pot provides customers with financial security. But the ‘insurers’ and broking firms – the middle people - do far more than collect and pay out. A claim will kick start a chain of events involving many experts. Customers expect a friendly, efficient and dependable service. You may be involved in coordinating a recovery vehicle to rescue a stranded family on the motorway, arranging life assurance payments to a distraught person who’s just lost their spouse of 30 years, talking someone through investment options for their pension pot or on the front line wading through flood waters to instigate clean up operations.

Along the way you’ll gain some highly desirable skills and recognisable professional qualifications, providing the opportunity to transfer into virtually any industry or sector.