'You’ll be encouraged to step outside your comfort zone, so trust in yourself'
Arush joined Hiscox as an Actuarial intern in 2024, and tells us more about his time on the programme.
Welcome to the Hiscox summer internship programme
Our eight-week summer internship programme is open to penultimate-year university students looking to kick start their career in insurance. Join us for the summer and you’ll meet, learn from, and work with senior people in the team you join – with opportunities across areas such as underwriting, finance, claims, operations and actuarial.
Far from shadowing, our summer programme is a genuine challenge: You’ll get an understanding of how an international, specialist insurance company operates, take on meaningful work and have an opportunity to develop key business skills.
What else?
You’ll also work together with your fellow interns on a team project, presenting the results to the wider business; another chance to develop your team working skills and get valuable insight into a different part of the business. And when it’s all over, there’s the satisfaction of a job well done and a summer well spent, as well as the chance that a successful internship may lead – if you’re keen – to an offer to join the Hiscox graduate programme once you’ve graduated (and have been successful at final stage interview).
I’m interested, when and where is the next internship programme happening?
Our next internship programme will take place in 2025.
What qualifications do I need?
Our internships are open to students in their penultimate year who are planning to return to undergraduate or postgraduate studies for their final year following their time with us. You’ll need to be on course for a 2:1 (or already have achieved this if going on to study a masters) to apply.
Anything else?
As well as being able to show strong interpersonal skills, you’ll be good with numbers and able to speak and write fluently in business English.
And, you must, by the start of the internship, have permission to work in the UK.
Applications will be reviewed and progressed in order of submission date, and opportunities may close early if we receive a high volume of applicants. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible.
In the event that the opportunity you initially apply for is filled, we will endeavour to consider your application for any other remaining opportunities.
Applications for our 2024 summer internship programme are now open.
You can apply on our dedicated Bright Network page here
A fair and inclusive selection process is important to us. Please email [email protected] if you have any reasonable adjustments which you would like us to take into account.
