Your CV gets you the interview. Your mindset often decides whether you get the offer. After 14 years recruiting across the UK insurance market, we see it time and again: two candidates with similar Cert CII qualifications, similar books and similar years on Acturis, and only one walks away with the role. The difference is rarely technical. It…

If you work in insurance broking, or you are thinking about it, you will see two job titles again and again: account handler and account executive. They sound similar, and at some brokers the lines do blur, but they usually describe different stages of a broking career with different responsibilities. In this guide to account handler vs account…

Good underwriters are rarely on the open market for long. Whether you are an insurer, a Lloyd's syndicate or a growing MGA, the ability to attract underwriting talent can shape your growth plans as much as your capacity or your appetite. In this guide, we share what we have learned from 14 years in insurance recruitment about what…

If you are an experienced broker, you probably bring in far more than your salary reflects. You built the client relationships, but the book belongs to your employer. When you leave, the value you created stays behind. More brokers are asking whether there is a better way. For many, the answer is becoming an Appointed Representative (AR). This…

Claims is where the promise of insurance is kept. When a customer has a burst pipe, a car accident or a business interruption, it is the claims team who picks up the phone and puts things right. That makes it one of the most rewarding places to build a career in insurance, and one of the most varied.…

Since the FCA's Consumer Duty came into force, compliance has moved from the back office to the boardroom for insurers, brokers and MGAs. For many firms, that shift has changed what good looks like in a compliance hire. In this guide, we look at what Consumer Duty means for compliance hiring in insurance: the skills that now matter…