Hiscox: Summer Intern 2018 - Pricing Intern, London
Hiscox: Summer Internship 2018 - Pricing, London
Report to Manager/Head of Pricing
To facilitate our strategic growth targets the pricing team delivers analytical and pricing insight within the UK & Ireland business. This team of nine reports into the UK Chief Underwriting Officer, and works alongside the wider Underwriting management team.
The Pricing team is focussed on maximising the UK & Ireland business’ return on capital through technical and value based pricing, client segmentation, targeting our budgeted growth and profit objectives.
A major initiative within the UK Underwriting & Pricing area is to revitalise the reporting for underwriting and pricing. The selected intern will support this initiative during their time here.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Underwriting & Pricing function to specify reporting to be delivered by the Management Information department.
- Test the supplied data and reporting by designing and building their own testing routines.
- Feedback to the Management Information department any changes required.
This is an ideal primer for anyone wanting an analytical Financial Services career. There will be an opportunity to develop their people, project management, business analysis, data, programming, and analytical skills. In addition they will become familiar with general insurance terms and concepts.
We will be seeking an intern with a STEM background.
What is needed to excel in this opportunity?
- Ambition, self-confidence and the ability to learn quickly; identify problems and propose innovative solutions.
- You will need to be a self-starter with the initiative and courage to stretch yourself out of your comfort zone.
- A curiosity and hunger to learn, absorb and understand new information and concepts.
- High level of attention to detail.
Please note
The closing date for this internship is Wednesday 30th May 2018.
Your skills and interests
Our programme is open to current students who are planning to return to undergraduate or postgraduate studies following the internship.
Applications to the internship programme are expected to:
- Be available to carry out the internship in July and August 2018.
- You will share our values, be numerate and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
- You will have achieved, or expecting to achieve at least at 2:2 degree or equivalent.
- Have grades B or above in GCSE English and Maths and 280 UCAS points from your top 3 A-levels (not including General Studies), or equivalent.
- Speak and write in fluent business English.
- Penultimate year undergraduates studying at a UK university on a Tier 4 student visa may apply for the Hiscox internship programme. We are unable to accept internship applications from students studying at a non-European university.
Applications and queries
For more information, call +44 (0) 203 179 4500 or email: kb@futureboardconsulting.com
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This opportunity is closed to applications.