Insurance practitioner apprenticeship Review

Answering emails. Reviewing new broker presentations Revising for my exams coming up in April Creating underwriter rationales for new business Using pricing forms in order to get a fair quote out to the broker Keeping new business spreadsheet up do date Using/keeping internal systems up to date Send instructions to client services when a policy is accepted

Yes as i new completely new to insurance i had no background knowledge of anything. Therefore, since i joined in August i have learned everything from basic housekeeping and updating systems to reviewing and quoting new business. This all in turn has helped me to develop my confidence and my organisational skills.

The main part of the apprentice is the revision and i believe we have been given all the resources in order to be successful in passing the exams. However also as part of the apprenticeship we have to complete learning modules which don't really relate to the day to day job.

Overall i believe that the programme is well structured. We get given 6 hours a week to revise and complete off the job learning which is included in our working hours. The turn around date for passing each exam is quite quick given the volume we have to learn but is achievable if you stick to the learning time.

I Receive a lot of support from my employer. When i have asked for study time or have had meeting related to my apprenticeship i have never been told i'm unable to or i can't do it which has allowed me to stay on track in order to get my CII.

I believe the support i receive is very good. I have a call i would say between every 2 weeks to a month where we are able to discuss how i have been finding the work and my progress in relation to the off the job learning and my progress toward my first exam.

Being honest a lot of the stuff you learn in the exam is to do with the wider contact of insurance and may not directly relate to your role. However this is complete understandable as not everyone will go into or stay in the same role forever so all bases need to be covered.

I haven't personally been invited to many but i do often see and hear the senior people in the company arranging these sort of event so hopefully i will be able to attend more of these in the future. v v v v v v v v v v

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I think the main benefit of working for RSA is the flexibility that they have. The ability to be able to work from home a couple days a week gives me a much better feeling of a work life balance and if i ever need time to do certain things it is very rarely turned down.

Research into the company and find out exactly what they expect of you and what will be involved in your day to day role. Ensure that you are aware the the company's values as they are very important to the business and the people that are in senior positions.