Underwriting is the core of Beazley, our Graduate Programme is a 24-month immersive learning experience designed to provide participants with the knowledge and experience needed for a successful career as an Underwriter at Beazley.
Programme participants must be curious; having a growth mindset with high personal integrity; and keen to develop a career in Underwriting with a leading specialist insurer.
Underwriting is the core of Beazley, our Graduate Programme is a 24-month immersive learning experience designed to provide participants with the knowledge and experience needed for a successful career as an Underwriter at Beazley.
Beazley has 5 underwriting divisions, and we are looking for a grad in each area! The recruitment process is done as one ‘underwriting graduate’ pool, but during application we ask if you have a preference for a particular division – you can idenfity your top 2 prefences, or give no preference at all – either is fine. To help you, we have provided information on each of the divisions below. You will also get to choose a location preference – please note if you have a location preference first, this will automatically remove some of the underwriting division options.
Members of the graduate programme will participate in training rotations across their chosen division’s Underwriting and Business Management functions. This is designed to give you a broad experience resulting in the ability to become a well-rounded Underwriter at Beazley.
Following the successful completion of the programme, graduates will move into a full-time Underwriter role within their chosen division.
Wondering if this is the right opportunity for you? We encourage you to apply if you are keen to develop a career in Underwriting with a leading specialist insurer and meet the entry requirements.
Our market leading Cyber insurance offering protects businesses against cyber threats by building resilience and minimising risk.
Beazley is a pioneer in cyber insurance and has led the way in the development of an effective cyber ecosystem which protects clients, before, during and after a cyber incident and in the creation of the market's first cyber catastrophe bond and war exclusion.
Specialty Risks (SR) is the largest and most diverse of Beazley’s divisions. There are 7 trading teams with 27 focus groups that sit beneath these. SR has underwriters located in the UK, US, Canada, each European office and Singapore so they have access to every way that a Beazley underwriter can place business.
SR writes liability business in each of these areas, providing cover for some of the largest and most well-known organisations in the world as well as also catering to much smaller businesses. From retail to streaming services and from law firms to celebrities, SR will give you a broad experience to kick start your career.
The Property Division comprises of six trading teams; Jewellery fine art & specie, High Value Homeowners, Covers, UK & rest of world Commercial Property, North American commercial property and Property Treaty. We are based mainly in London and the US but also have underwriters in Singapore, Germany, France and China.
We work closely with the exposure management team in analysing climate risk as we provide insurance for properties both on the insurance side and also reinsurance side of the industry. We write both on the Lloyd's platform and through our own company paper.
We provide specialty small business products via multiple digital placing and servicing channels, offering flexibility of choice in how to place business with us, in a simple and cost-effective way.
Where other companies may ‘digitise’ legacy systems and continue traditional service line-led underwriting, we took a different approach. We created Beazley Digital in 2022, a cross-functional team organised around our brokers, their clients and their direct needs: offering a powerful combination of access to our specialty insurance products, empowered underwriters, future-facing customer experience supported by leading technology and thinking.We write a range of covers including cyber, E&O, management liability, healthcare, contingency and marine.
Marine, Accident & Political (MAP) Risks insure a wide range of different risks. From shipping to satellites, professional sportspersons to major concert tours, and geopolitical risks across the globe.
Our specialist underwriters are experts in their areas, keeping up to date with the latest developments, understanding the risks that clients face and working to help them mitigate these.
Our biggest team is based in London, writing international business using Beazley's Lloyd's syndicate and company platforms. MAP also has underwriters based in the US, Europe and Singapore.
Professional Development Information
Alongside the Beazley UK Early Careers Academy Development offering, you will also work on development and progression pathways specific to your chosen programme.
Underwriting grads will be supported to achieve their CII Diploma whilst on programme, and achieve the ‘Insurance Professional’ standard qualification.
Grads will receive underwriting authority based on their learning and performance to start underwriting, and will get a final placement role personalised to them and their development.
Entry Criteria
2:2 degree or above in any discipline any university
Location(s)
London (Property, Specialty, MAP)
Birmingham (Cyber, Digital)
Start Date(s)
April or September 2025
Applications for this programme are now closed, we are still accepting applications for Underwriting and Claims Operations (Intro to Insurance) Apprenticeship, please head to this programme's subpage for more information.