Actuarial (General Insurance) Industrial Placement Programme 2027

Actuarial (General Insurance) Industrial Placement Programme 2027

Location: London, Farnborough, Birmingham or Whiteley

Start date: June 2027

Closing date for applications: Sunday 18 October 2026

Overview

Zurich industrial placements are one-year programmes offering a real job with real responsibility and an insight into working at Zurich. With support from experienced actuaries and analysts across the UK (and our wider global business), you’ll explore how an actuarial career contributes to understanding risk, making informed decisions, and shaping business strategy.

These placements are ideal for students in their penultimate year of study. Successful completion of the industrial placement in 2027 could lead to an offer of a place on one of our graduate programmes starting in 2028.

What you can look forward to

From day one, you’ll work on real business challenges that make a genuine difference. Our insurance solutions help protect everyone from individual customers and small businesses to local authorities and some of the world’s largest organisations—supported by teams of actuaries who help understand risk and support decision-making.

You’ll begin with a dedicated buddy to help you settle in and answer questions as you start your career.

Actuarial pathways (General Insurance)

Actuarial reserving

• Help answer one of the most important questions in insurance: how much will future claims cost?
• Use data, statistical techniques, and analytical thinking to predict future outcomes.
• Identify emerging trends and provide valuable business insights.
• Support capital management decisions and contribute to the long-term strength and stability of the business.

Actuarial pricing

• Discover how data drives business decisions.
• Help determine the price of insurance products by analysing risk, customer behaviour, and market trends.
• Improve customer segmentation and contribute to innovative pricing models and technology.
• Contribute to solutions that keep Zurich competitive while delivering value to customers.

Training and development

In addition to working alongside qualified actuaries, Zurich provides internal actuarial training to help you understand other areas of actuarial work, so you can gain broader insight into the role.

What’s in it for you

• £24,968.58 salary
• 28 days holiday plus an additional three volunteering days
• Ability to request swapping UK bank holidays for days off that have cultural or religious significance
• Full private medical cover
• 12% company pension contribution
• Annual company bonus
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted gadget insurance
• Discounted technology offers

What you’ll need

Although Zurich operates as a hybrid workforce, you should be within a commutable distance of your assigned office.

• Strong mathematical skills, an analytical approach, and a high level of numerical aptitude
• Ability to learn new technical skills and feel comfortable working with large amounts of data and information
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent team-working, communication, and interpersonal skills
• A strong interest in pursuing an actuarial career post-graduation, alongside maintaining office performance
• Ability to build strong working relationships

Entry requirements

• Be in your penultimate year of study and on course to achieve a 2.1 (or above) in a STEM-related or Economics bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
• A minimum C/4 grade in both English and Maths at GCSE level (or equivalent)
• A minimum A grade at Mathematics A-level
• At least 128 UCAS points from 3 A-level subjects (or equivalent)
• Must have an indefinite, full right to work and reside in the UK. Zurich cannot accept applications from those who require sponsorship to work in the UK.
• Must have resided in the UK for a minimum of three consecutive years

About Zurich

Zurich’s brand purpose is to create a brighter future together—for customers, partners, employees, and the planet. Zurich values diversity and inclusion and aims to create a workplace where everyone is made to feel welcome, different opinions are valued, personal needs are respected, and opportunity is equal for all.