Willis International
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Job summary
Organisations face an increasingly dynamic, challenging, changing and complex environment.
Understanding and managing risk is key in navigating the landscape, delivering performance, achieving
goals and protecting reputation. That’s where we come in. We’re passionate about helping clients
understand the risks they face, make risk intelligent decisions and manage risk effectively. There’s never
been a better time for you to consider risk as a career by joining one of the world’s largest global
insurance brokers.
As a Business Placement Student within the analytical team, you’ll work with risk and uncertainty. You
will begin by supporting our actuaries to develop and administer complex financial and statistical theories
to calculate the likelihood of events – for example, the impact of a natural disaster – and how to mitigate
and minimise risk for our clients. You’ll work out what the financial and reinsurance implications are for
our clients and you will begin to learn how to communicate your recommendations in a clear and concise
manner to our clients.
Principal duties/responsibilities
Account analysis; providing analytical support and actuarial analysis to develop loss models for client
businesses
Creating and manipulating data using Excel, Visual Basic and Access
Estimating reinsurance pricing and determining the effect of reinsurance on the client’s business
Working closely with brokers/actuaries to assist in designing program structures to meet client needs
Explaining analysis in clear terms appropriate to the audience
Communications and relationships
Internal:
Actuarial Consultants
Sales and Service and Placement Team Members/Leaders
External:
Carriers
Clients
Industry associations
Required qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Qualifications:
Undergraduate on a four-year course that includes a placement and on course for a 2:1
Skills:
- High level of numeracy and mathematical ability
- Understanding of the Reinsurance and Actuarial sector
- Accuracy and problem-solving
- Ability to concentrate and pay attention to detail
- Analysis
- Verbal and written communication and ability to explain matters to non-specialists
- Good IT
- Ability to forge good relationships
- Desire to take early responsibility
- High degree of self-discipline and commitment
About Willis
Willis Group Holdings plc is a leading global insurance broker, developing and delivering professional
insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial
services to corporations, public entities and institutions around the world.
Willis has more than 400 offices in nearly 120 countries, with a global team of approximately 17,000
employees serving clients in virtually every part of the world.
If you are in your penultimate year at University and looking for an exciting challenging career in London
then look no further than Willis. We have opportunities for intelligent, ambitious and talented graduates
across several aspects of our business including the Analytics team in Reinsurance.
We offer a unique Business Placement opportunity within this area with a competitive salary and which
starts with on-the-job training and is complemented by ongoing learning sessions.
Consider Risk? Consider Willis.
To apply for this opportunity, visit the website http://willis.force.com/graduatecareers