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Mascha Gaenicke, Claims Underwriter at Hiscox London Market, encourages those entering the insurance industry to embrace new challenges and not shy away from the unfamiliar. How much do you know about insurance? You might be surprised that insurance isn’t just about underwriting and claims, find out more here: https://www.hiscoxgroup.com/news/blog/breaking-myths-and-building-careers-insurance-hiscox
“In a higher volume class such as terrorism, even saving a few minutes on a singular risk, over the course of a month, a year, can really give us time back which we can use on product development…” At Hiscox, we're empowering our employees to use #AI efficiently to transform how we do business. AI-driven tools are changing the underwriting process at Hiscox London Market, allowing underwriters like Jed Sexton to focus on making what matters most and save time from admin tasks.
Ever thought insurance was boring? Or that you need a finance degree to get in? Let’s bust those myths. 🔴Myth 1: Insurance is banking’s boring cousin 🔴Myth 2: You need a finance background. 🔴Myth 3: It’s all about sales. From tech and digital innovation to global opportunities, a career in insurance goes far beyond number crunching. Let’s discover what a career in insurance is actually like in our latest blog – even if you’re completely new to the field.
Laura Shaw, Head of Digital Trading at Hiscox UK, shares how our hashtag#AI-powered business automation is transforming the quoting process - making it faster, more efficient, and hashtag#broker friendly. Just one example of how digital innovation is driving real change at Hiscox.💫
Members of Hiscox’s Pride Network joined the annual Pride flag raising at Guildhall, London, alongside Link: LGBTQ+ Insurance Network. Fabrice Brossart, Luke Coffey, and George W. represented Hiscox as they celebrated diversity and inclusion with hundreds from the City’s organisations and the LGBTQ+ community. Fabrice summed it up perfectly: “It was wonderful to reconnect with friends, meet new people, and see the City of London coming together to support the LGBTQ+ community!” 🏳️🌈
🎉 Is there a better way to kickstart the new year than with a fresh award? We're pleased to have been awarded silver in the Life Assurance & Insurance category at the Britain's Most Admired Companies 2024. Conducted by Echo Research in collaboration with the London Stock Exchange, this is the first time Hiscox has ranked in this prestigious study. Congratulations go to Admiral Group Plc for picking up bronze and Aviva for taking home the coveted gold award.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Shali Vasudeva as Hiscox’s new Group Chief Operations and Technology Officer. Shali brings a wealth of experience driving technological innovation in the insurance industry and leading large-scale transformation programmes focused on digital journeys, improved colleague experiences, and building new systems from the ground up. Before joining Hiscox, Shali held the role of Chief Operating Officer for AXA Insurance UK and Ireland, leading IT, Data, transformation, cyber security, digital strategy, property and procurement. Welcome to Hiscox, Shali!
We are proud to have a wealth of #EmployeeNetworks across #Hiscox each of them open to all employees who wish to join. Following a full calendar of activities in 2024, our diverse employee networks (listed below) are already looking forward to bringing fun calligraphy classes, delicious taster menus, engaging awareness days and much more to colleagues in 2025! ➡️ Generation Hiscox ➡️ Global Abilities ➡️ Latino network ➡️ Muslim Employee network ➡️ Pan-African network ➡️ Pride network ➡️ UK Parents ➡️ WeMind network ➡️ Women at Hiscox
Our 2025 graduate programmes are now open for applications in the UK. Whether on our Technology, Underwriting, Actuarial or Finance pathways, our 18-month rotational graduate programme will act as a springboard for your future career. Through rotations, you’ll build a broad skillset and understanding of the wider business, with full support for relevant professional qualifications. Interested? Check out our open roles here: https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/hiscoxearlycareers24-25/?ref=HiscoxDirect
We're celebrating 50 years of Pride! As well as sponsoring some key UK events, yesterday saw the first in a series of social events and discussion for employees in our offices around the world, organised by our global Pride employee network, a talk from Switchboard, the LGBT+ Helpline. We’re proud to once again partner with ARTIQ, a London-based art company, as headline 'rainbow' sponsor for their fourth annual charity art exhibition Queer Frontiers, a week-long pop up exhibition and programme of events that support the LGBTQ+ community and showcases an outstanding selection of art by some of the world’s most exciting queer artists and allies. And for the first time, this year we've also sponsored York Pride, complete with Pride cupcakes specially baked by our York colleagues. Throughout this month, we look forward to sharing some of the experiences, joy, creativity and concerns of the LGBT+ community and celebrating 50 years of Pride together. The Queer Frontiers 2022 exhibition will be held at 7-9 Walker’s Court, London W1F 0SE from June 30th – July 10th.
