Data Apprenticeship 2025 - Retail Underwriting (Fareham)
Location: Fareham
Start Date: September 2025
Closing date for applications: 23rd March 2025
Insurance is so much more than you think!
Are you looking for a career that will excite, challenge, and inspire you? If so, an apprenticeship could be the ideal role for you! You’ll find the perfect balance of real-life, on-the-job experience whilst having time to complete your studies, apply your knowledge, and earn qualifications too.
This is a permanent role; your apprenticeship is just the start of your career with us. We'll continue to support you every step of the way once you’ve finished and remain committed to helping you grow. Working in insurance is varied, and you’ll find many different opportunities to explore. An apprenticeship is the perfect way to fast-track your career!
We’re currently looking for an apprentice to join our SME Pricing and Underwriting team. You’ll help us grow and develop our electronically traded products by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, and making recommendations to improve our products.
Your role could include:
1. Sourcing data in a secure manner
2. Collating and formatting data to present for review and further analysis
3. Blending data by combining it from various sources and formats to explore its relevance
4. Analyzing simple and complex data to support business outcomes, using different methods to analyze the data
5. Collaborating with people at all levels with a view of creating value from the data
6. Interacting with Brokers to support their customers
7. Staying up to date with market changes, distribution methods, and our competitive position
8. Building and maintaining strong relationships with our internal and external stakeholders
If you enjoy working with numbers and interacting with a wide variety of stakeholders, then you could be the perfect fit!
The length of your apprenticeship will vary depending on the course provider and scheme. We’ll give you plenty of support and study time alongside your permanent role.
What can I look forward to?
1. Learn how to understand and analyze customer requirements and then implement findings
2. Build data analysis skills to identify risks and opportunities
3. Develop collaboration and communication skills that help you share our insights with stakeholders in a way that suits different audiences
4. Understand data, enabling you to make informed evidence-based decisions
5. Use data visualization tools to create infographics, reports, tables, dashboards, and graphs to communicate data insights
6. Understand how to collate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
Alongside your day-to-day work, you’ll complete a Level 3 Data Technician apprenticeship which will take around 18 months to complete. In addition to investing in your learning, we give you time to study as well as the opportunity to put what you learn into practice.
What’s in it for you?
As well as joining a company that is passionate about our people, sustainability, and our customers, we also have a competitive rewards and lifestyle benefits package.
You’ll receive:
1. 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days
2. Private medical cover
3. 12% company pension contribution
4. Annual company bonus
5. Discounted gym membership
6. Discounted gadget insurance
7. Discounted technology offers
What you’ll need:
1. Full right to work and reside in the UK – Due to apprenticeship funding regulations, we cannot accept applications from those who require sponsorship to work in the UK. You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 consecutive years.
2. A minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C/4 including Maths and English.
3. A professional attitude with a positive ‘can do’ approach to your work
4. Strong interpersonal and communication skills
5. Ability to build strong working relationships
6. Interest in data and analysis
NB: Due to Apprenticeship regulations, we can only accept applicants who haven’t completed a qualification in the same field at the same or higher level to the course you are applying for.
Are you ready to create a brighter future?
At Zurich, our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees, and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. For our partners, to collaborate to create mutual value and for the planet, to drive positive impact by integrating our sustainability work into how we do business.
We’re passionate about diversity and inclusion; we want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work. You’ll have every opportunity to use your drive and enthusiasm to innovate the future of Zurich. Everybody is made to feel welcome, different opinions are valued, personal needs are respected, and opportunity is equal for all.
So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported. Love what you do. Work for us.
Please note we are unable to progress your application if you don't meet our criteria listed above. Please ensure you have the right to reside and work in the UK before you apply as we are unable to provide sponsorship. You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of three consecutive years in order to apply.
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