Candidates
With practical experience of working in the Insurance Industry, we are best placed to support you in your career progression.
Our team will advise you on additional skills or experience, that will help you to achieve your ambitions.
Underwriters | Brokers | Claims
As an Elite Talent with an exceptionally successful career to date, you’ll be pushing for more and aiming to achieve immense things. If that’s you, ask yourself the following:
Do I get value from my engagement with head hunters?
CONSULT. Our Career Ignition Plan will give you the fire to achieve your Insurance career aspirations.
Outside of your personal network of colleagues, who can you turn to for career opportunities within the Insurance Sector?
SEARCH. Insurance Search uses world-class digital systems to maximise our presence in the UK Insurance Sector
– offering you the best possible opportunities to develop your career.
Have you taken time off to attend interviews for roles that just weren’t right for you?
SELECT. We do all the lifting and present you with the best two or three opportunities that are right for you.
Once you have started a new role, do you hear from your recruitment consultant again?
MEASURE. We hold regular reviews with our placed professionals to help you get the very most from your new role.
We guarantee to give you value that will immediately improve your career.
Please hit the button below to schedule a Career Ignition Call with one of our Insurance Consultants.
Commitment, Confidence and Credibility
We acknowledge that every candidate’s experience and circumstances differ and therefore we pride ourselves on the tailored Insurance Recruitment Service we offer. We guarantee that our team of experienced consultants will be available to answer any questions and will actively work to guide you to the next step in your career.
A Wide Range of Positions Available
The size of company, culture and sector give each job its own character. We will help you find your perfect fit.
Whatever the role you are looking for, Insurance Search can help you to achieve your dream.
Typical Broker Job Roles:
Insurance Brokers, Account Executives, Account Technicians, Account Handlers, Lloyd’s Brokers, Reinsurance Brokers, Business Development Executives, Management and C-Suite.
Typical Underwriter Job Roles:
Commercial Underwriter, Private Client Underwriter, Senior Class Underwriters, Development Underwriters, Trading Underwriters, Assistant Underwriters, Underwriting Administrators.
Typical Claims Job Roles:
Loss Adjustors, Loss Assessors, Claims Adjusters, Head of Claims, Claims Advisers, Claims Consultants, Claims Executives, Claims Managers, Claims Handlers, Claims Technicians, Catastrophe Adjusters, Liability Adjusters, Commercial Adjusters, Chartered Loss Adjusters.
The Recruitment Process
1. Understand your experience & skill set
It is important for us to establish what you are looking for, as well as getting to know you personally, to ensure we place you with a client where you will be successful and happy. Our selection process means that we only take on Insurance Professionals who are right for us and right for our clients.
2. One-to-one interview with Insurance Specialist
Our Consultants work in discipline-specific teams, so they really understand your experience and what you need to move forward. Their knowledge helps fine tune your interview performance for specific employers and organizational cultures. It helps you to know what to expect and prepare accordingly.
3. A personal follow-up
At Insurance Search we will prepare you for the interview and also make sure you are happy when you start your new job. If we haven’t found you your dream role yet, we will work hard to secure you a job that meets your ambitions.
Useful Information
1. What you should include in your CV
Your CV is going to be read by someone who doesn’t have much time and who has seen hundreds, even thousands of CVs before yours. It needs to demonstrate important industry experience and any career highlights that promotes your worth. With our help, you’ll be able to create a CV that will be refreshingly easy to take in, clearly laid out, and with all the important information they need to know about you.
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You will grab their attention quickly and help them decide that you are the right candidate. Your CV should include:
- Job Positions
- Key Responsibilities
- Accomplishments
- Industry Accreditations
- Qualifications
- Education
2. Interview preparation
To optimise your chance to pass the interview, we have prepared tips and advice to follow before and during the interview.
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Research
Try as much as you can to collect information about the staff, the corporate culture and general procedures by visiting their Website.
Prepare answers for standard interview questions
Here are the most common questions you can be asked during your interview:
About yourself
- Why do you want to leave your existing role?
- Where does your initial interest in law/insurance come from?
- What’s your ideal job?
- What do you want to achieve over the next 2/3/5 years?
- What sort of culture do you fit into best
About the company
- Why are you looking to join us?
- How much do you know about us?
About your experiences & personality
- What do you like about your current role? And what do you dislike?
- What successes have you enjoyed in your current role? How were they achieved?
- What sort of supervisory/mentoring/management experience do you have?
- How would your boss/team describe you?
- How good are you at (Time recording – Dealing with targets – Prioritising – Delegating)
About your experiences
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- How regularly do you use Counsel? How do you instruct them? Who do you regularly instruct?
- What difficulties have you found in your jobs in the law/insurance and how have you overcome them?
- Give examples of trials/deals you have been involved in.
- What do you currently bill in fees/what’s your billing track record? What’s your charge out rate? What is your annual target?
- What contacts have you introduced to the firm? Do you have a following?
Make the best of yourself. Practise again and again!
- Practise answering all of these questions until you feel comfortable and at ease.
- Ask a colleague, friend or relative who is a manager or familiar with the interviewing process to do a “mock” interview with you.
- You should also practise greeting your interviewers with a smile and a firm handshake, either with friends or in front of a mirror.
- Don’t forget to get plenty of sleep the night before your interview to help you look rested and feel more alert.
3. Industry Contacts
To help you with your research, we have selected other resources that will give you an independent insight into your prospective employer.
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