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The Antares Graduate Programme

At Antares, our graduates are trusted to make a genuine contribution from day one. You’ll gain hands-on experience working with real clients, real risks, and real decisions in a global insurance business operating at the heart of the London Market.

We believe in learning by doing, supported by experienced colleagues who are invested in your success. Antares offers an environment where you can build a meaningful career through hands-on experience, structured development, and early responsibility.

Our 18-month Graduate Programme is a work-based learning experience designed to provide a strong foundation for long-term career progression.

We’ll provide the support, training, and exposure.
You bring motivation, initiative, and a willingness to learn.

What You’ll Gain

– Hands-on experience in a live insurance environment

– Support to work towards a relevant professional qualification

– A clear foundation for a long-term career in insurance

– Exposure to industry experts and senior stakeholders

– A structured learning and development plan over 18 months

Programme Details

Start date: September 2026

Duration of programme: 18 months

Working hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Location: 21 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7HB.

During your probation period you will be expected to be in the office 5 days per week to support your onboarding, learning, and relationship-building. After successfully completing probation, our hybrid working model will apply, with a minimum of four days per week in the office.

Departments we’re hiring into

As part of our Graduate Programme, we’re looking to hire graduates into the following departments:

– Actuarial Reserving

– Business Analytics

– Exposure Management

– Finance, Technical Reporting

– Human Resources

– Risk Management

If you have any questions, please email our Human Resources team at: HResource@antaresglobal.com

💡 About us

Velonetic is a technology-focused service provider transforming insurance transactions in the London market. A joint venture by DXC Technology, Lloyd’s, and the International Underwriting Association (IUA), we have been operating for over 20 years in the London market (Lloyd’s and Company), in both insurance and reinsurance. Processing over £117 billion worth of premium and claims transactions today, we are building a new digital platform and services that will enable our customers to move transactions and money through the processing lifecycle with greater efficiency and speed, releasing time to drive innovation and focus on higher value activities. As the insurance market evolves at an unprecedented pace, there have never been a more exciting time to join us.

🎓 The Velonetic Graduate Programme

Kickstart your career with a permanent role from day one on our two-year Graduate Programme. You’ll gain hands-on experience through rotations in your chosen business area and complete a three-month secondment in a different part of the business to broaden your perspective.

We’ll support you in achieving relevant professional qualifications, starting with the CII Certificate in Insurance in your first year, and pair you with a senior sponsor to guide your development. You’ll also have a buddy to help you settle in and connect with our vibrant Early Careers community.

💻 The role

In this role, you will be part of the Velonetic Technology team and help shape the future of our organisation. From system development and infrastructure management to cybersecurity, data analysis, and tech innovation, you’ll play a key role in driving efficiency and enabling success. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

You’ll split your time between five key areas: Architecture, Project Management Office (PMO), Programme & Project Management, Security & Resilience, and Technology Delivery.

✅ What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll rotate between the Velonetic Technology departments, spending a minimum of 3 months with each team
• Within the PMO, you’ll learn what Governance is and why it’s required. You’ll be introduced to 1^st line risk, learning how to document and record mitigating actions
• In Programme and Project Management, you will help deliver change to the London Insurance Market, working closely with internal and market representatives and customers
• Moving into Security & Resilience, you’ll help protect Velonetic from the ever-increasing Cyber threats and develop skills in Operational Resilience and Business Continuity
• You’ll gain insights into our Technology Delivery strategy when working in the Production support team. This is where change is governed through to Production Run, and you’ll help lead Incident, Request, Problem and Change Management
• Entering Architecture, you will be assisting with the Technology roadmap, working across the business to understand requirements for optimisation, automation and the introduction of A.I.

🌟 To succeed in this role you will:

✔ Have achieved (or be on track to achieve) a 2:1 degree in any discipline

✔ Be interested in technology and curious to learn more

✔ Be an excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills

✔ Thrive in collaborative environments and work well in a team

✔ Demonstrate attention to detail and analytical thinking

✔ Show creativity and adaptability in solving problems

✔ Be flexible and eager to learn in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment

💡 Find out more about our Technology Graduate Programme from one of our current grads here.

📚 Learning and Development

Your journey begins with a comprehensive induction, followed by a structured learning programme including one-to-one coaching to help you achieve your goals. You’ll also have access to DXC Learning’s extensive virtual courses — covering technical topics like AI as well as core skills such as confident presenting.

We’re committed to creating an environment where you can grow, develop your skills, and build a long-term career.

🤝Our Culture

Here at Velonetic, we support with care and compassion. We’re constantly evolving our initiatives around equality, diversity, and inclusion to ensure that everyone feels equally involved and supported in the workplace. This year we were hugely proud to be officially certified as a Great Place to Work, and recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for women! You can find out more about working at Velonetic here.

🎁 Employee Benefits

As a virtual-first organisation, we offer flexible working alongside regular office time for collaboration and growth. We’re based in the iconic Lloyd’s building (EC3), at the heart of the London Insurance market. You’ll be in the office on average once a week, with flexibility to be in more frequently when required – reasonable travel expenses are covered by the Company.

Our competitive benefits package includes flexible options such as buying or selling annual leave, private medical cover, dental and travel insurance. You’ll also have access to Perks at Work, offering discounts on gift cards, holidays, restaurants, activities, and more. You’ll also be provided with a laptop and home working equipment to work effectively at home.

📝 Recruitment process

There is a 4-stage recruitment process:

• Stage 1 – online application form and CV submission
• Stage 2 – pre-recorded video interview
• Stage 3 – live interview via Microsoft Teams
• Stage 4 – final stage assessment centre (in person at our London office in March)

📅Closing date: 16 February 2026 (apply early as we may close sooner due to application volumes)

💡 About us

Velonetic is a technology-focused service provider transforming insurance transactions in the London market. A joint venture by DXC Technology, Lloyd’s, and the International Underwriting Association (IUA), we have been operating for over 20 years in the London market (Lloyd’s and Company), in both insurance and reinsurance. Processing over £117 billion worth of premium and claims transactions today, we are building a new digital platform and services that will enable our customers to move transactions and money through the processing lifecycle with greater efficiency and speed, releasing time to drive innovation and focus on higher value activities. As the insurance market evolves at an unprecedented pace, there have never been a more exciting time to join us.

🎓 The Velonetic Graduate Programme

Kickstart your career with a permanent role from day one on our two-year Graduate Programme. You’ll gain hands-on experience through rotations in your chosen business area and complete a three-month secondment in a different part of the business to broaden your perspective.

We’ll support you in achieving relevant professional qualifications, starting with the CII Certificate in Insurance in your first year, and pair you with a senior sponsor to guide your development. You’ll also have a buddy to help you settle in and connect with our vibrant Early Careers community.

💻 The role

In this role, you’ll work across both our Sales team and Market Management & Governance function, giving you a strong foundation for a career in customer success, account management, or sales.

Sales at Velonetic is all about building long-term partnerships. We work closely with customers to understand their goals and challenges, helping them unlock value through our solutions—not cold calling, but strategic engagement.

Market Management & Governance ensures we operate with transparency and accountability, managing relationships with key market associations and supporting governance across our services.

✅ What you’ll be doing:

In Sales, you’ll:

• Collaborate with Strategy and Customer Relationship Management teams to develop strategic account plans, identify growth markets, and analyse competitors
• Conduct research and analysis to align Velonetic’s services with customer objectives
• Help create tailored success plans that deliver measurable outcomes
• Partner with Sales, Product, and Support teams to deliver seamless customer experiences
• Gather customer insights to shape future product development and service enhancements
• Identify opportunities to drive growth and innovation for customers
• Work with Marketing and Communications to support go-to-market strategies and campaigns

In Market Management & Governance, you’ll:

• Gain insight into how a critical national services provider governs itself
• Support senior leaders in reporting service performance, change, and strategy to customers
• Interact with Finance, Business and Technology Service Delivery, and other teams to ensure accurate reporting to internal and external stakeholders
• Work with subject matter experts to navigate the complex and challenging market governance framework
• Contribute to commercial and contractual engagement with customers and market associations

🌟 To succeed in this role you will:

✔ Have achieved (or be on track to achieve) a 2:1 degree in any discipline

✔ Be an excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills

✔ Thrive in collaborative environments and work well in a team

✔ Demonstrate attention to detail and analytical thinking

✔ Be curious about how businesses grow and succeed

✔ Show creativity and adaptability in solving problems

✔ Be flexible and eager to learn in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment

📚 Learning and Development

Your journey begins with a comprehensive induction, followed by a structured learning programme including one-to-one coaching to help you achieve your goals. You’ll also have access to DXC Learning’s extensive virtual courses — covering technical topics like AI as well as core skills such as confident presenting.

We’re committed to creating an environment where you can grow, develop your skills, and build a long-term career.

🤝Our Culture

Here at Velonetic, we support with care and compassion. We’re constantly evolving our initiatives around equality, diversity, and inclusion to ensure that everyone feels equally involved and supported in the workplace. This year we were hugely proud to be officially certified as a Great Place to Work, and recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for women! You can find out more about working at Velonetic here.

🎁 Employee Benefits

As a virtual-first organisation, we offer flexible working alongside regular office time for collaboration and growth. We’re based in the iconic Lloyd’s building (EC3), at the heart of the London Insurance market. You’ll be in the office on average once a week, with flexibility to be in more frequently when required – reasonable travel expenses are covered by the Company.

Our competitive benefits package includes flexible options such as buying or selling annual leave, private medical cover, dental and travel insurance. You’ll also have access to Perks at Work, offering discounts on gift cards, holidays, restaurants, activities, and more. You’ll also be provided with a laptop and home working equipment to work effectively at home.

📝 Recruitment process

There is a 4-stage recruitment process:

• Stage 1 –online application form and CV submission
• Stage 2 – pre-recorded video interview
• Stage 3 – live interview via Microsoft Teams
• Stage 4 – final stage assessment centre (in person at our London office in March)

📅Closing date: 16 February 2026 (apply early as we may close sooner due to application volumes)

Underwriting is what we do, as a leading speciality insurance and reinsurance group we find a way to protect business activities across the globe.

(Re)insurance underwriters analyse and appraise the global risks involved in insuring people and their assets. In a nutshell, the job is to choose what risks Chaucer will insure and for how much. To get equipped for this, underwriters are trained in specialist risk assessment and pricing skills.

Our 24month rotational programme gives you the opportunity to work across a breadth of our (Re)insurance underwriting divisions, for example you may spend time in Reinsurance, Cyber, Casualty, Energy, Marine, Political and Property.

Through our proven approach you’ll develop your expertise in every aspect of underwriting. We’ll begin with an initial introduction of the risk by the broker, through to assessment of the coverage needed, up to policy pricing and account management.

The combination of this experience, along with the training and support we offer, will enable you to advance your career and develop into a skilled underwriting professional.

Why Chaucer

We empower our people to excel. Our people are a team of leaders. Experts in their fields, top performers – who collaborate, without hierarchy. Together we’ve created an exciting and successful business, and we know that it’s our people who define and drive this success. That’s why the growth, development and wellbeing of our employees is so important to us. We work hard to make sure careers at Chaucer are challenging, inspiring and rewarding and that the environment is ambitious and supportive.

Location: London, at our offices in the Scalpel building in the heart of the city. We offer hybrid working, with a mix of office and home days that works for you and the team.

What we offer:

£34,000 with extra qualification rewards

£500 signing on bonus to help you get ready to start

26 days holiday plus option to buy or sell to meet your needs

2 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles at the end

Enjoy excellent benefits such as private medical insurance, pension, season ticket loan, and flexible options with a £175 monthly allowance for tech products, gym membership, cycle-to-work schemes, or charitable donations.

You also get 2 CSR days where you get the opportunity to make a really difference to local communities and charities that matter to you.

Your Development – You’ll get

– Challenging, stretching and rewarding work right from the start in each area of our Underwriting divisions.

– Our full support and guidance to achieve your Level 4 Insurance Professional apprenticeship standard which incorporates the DIPCII qualification.

– A structured development plan to support your professional and soft skills development

– An in-house experienced buddy and mentor, to help show you the ropes and support you on your journey

– lots of opportunities to get involved in groups outside of your day to day work to grow your network, learn from others and give back to the community through our CSR initiatives.

After the programme

At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent role in one of our teams. We want to continue to grow our talent and will support your development to progress your career as an underwriter and become ACII qualified.

Is it the graduate programme for you?

• Comfortable working with numbers?
• Enjoy working through complex analytical information and problems and getting stuck into a challenge?
• Are you able to communicate the complicated in a simple way?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively and building strong relationships?

If this sounds like you, and you want to continuously learn and go the extra mile this is the programme for you.

What you need

– Unrestricted right to work in the UK

– A minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline

– 3 or more A-Levels or equivalent (A-C)

– GCSE in Maths and English – grade 4 (C) or equivalent

– Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

Assessing and managing risk is at the heart of what we do as a leading speciality insurance and reinsurance group.

Our 24 month programme provides a unique opportunity to experience each of our key risk departments. You’ll dive into complex and comprehensive techniques for analysing, modelling, monitoring, reporting, and mitigating risks. Placements with our Risk Management, Exposure Management and Capital Modelling will develop your expertise across our Risk Function:

Risk Management

Help develop key areas of our risk framework as we look to continuously improve our risk processes, and explore in detail specific topics or business concerns such as geopolitical events or new regulation to understand the risks posed to Chaucer.

Capital Modelling

Work with our stochastic models to determine funding for our (re)insurance business. Produce model outputs and management information to help teams like Pricing, Investments, Risk Management, and Reinsurance in understanding our business’s risk profile.

Exposure Management team

Through modelling and analytics you will help the business measure and understand the accumulation of exposure, and what losses could occur as a result of catastrophic events like earthquakes or hurricanes

The combination of this experience, along with the training and support we offer, will enable you to accelerate your career and develop into a well-rounded Risk professional.

Why Chaucer

We empower our people to excel. Our people are a team of leaders. Experts in their fields, top performers – who collaborate, without hierarchy. Together we’ve created an exciting and successful business, and we know that it’s our people who define and drive this success. That’s why the growth, development and wellbeing of our employees is so important to us. We work hard to make sure careers at Chaucer are challenging, inspiring and rewarding and that the environment is ambitious and supportive.

What we offer:

£34,000 with extra qualification rewards

£500 signing on bonus

26 days holiday plus option to buy or sell to meet your needs

2 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles at the end

Enjoy excellent benefits such as private medical insurance, pension, season ticket loan, and flexible options with a £175 monthly allowance for tech products, gym membership, cycle-to-work schemes, or charitable donations.

You also get 2 CSR days where you get the opportunity to make a really difference to local communities and charities that matter to you.

Location: London, at our offices in the Scalpel building in the heart of the city. We offer hybrid working, with a mix of office and home days that works for you and the team.

Your Development – You’ll get

– Challenging, stretching and rewarding work right from the start in each area of our Risk teams

– Our full support and guidance to achieve your Level 4 Insurance Professional apprenticeship standard which incorporates the DIPCII qualification.

– A development plan to support your professional and soft skills development

– An in-house experienced buddy and mentor, to help show you the ropes and support you on your journey

– lots of opportunities to get involved in groups outside of your day to day work to grow your network, learn from others and give back to the community through our CSR initiatives.

After the programme

At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent role in one of our teams that interests you, as an analyst, modeller or risk manager. We want to continue to grow our talent and will support your development as an expert in your field and your professional qualification in Insurance or Actuarial if you move into the Capital modelling team.

Is it the graduate programme for you?

• Love working with numbers?
• Enjoy working through complex analytical information and problems and getting stuck into a challenge?
• Are you able to communicate the complicated in a simple way?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively and building strong relationships?

If this sounds like you, and you want to continuously learn and go the extra mile this is the programme for you.

What you need

– Unrestricted right to work in the UK

– A minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline

– 3 or more A-Levels or equivalent (A-C) (ideally with a STEM subject)

– GCSE in Maths and English – grade 4 (C) or equivalent

– Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

The Underwriting Strategy and Central Portfolio Management team works at the heart of the business, within underwriting, aiming to develop and implement an Underwriting Strategy that aligns with the Group Strategy, underpinned by a robust Portfolio Management and Underwriting Oversight Framework.

The team reports into the Chief Underwriting Officer and works closely with the Underwriting teams. The team has four main workstreams: Underwriting (UW) Strategy, Portfolio Management, Governance Framework and Underwriting Operational Change. This role will provide the opportunity to extensively work with underwriting teams and other key stakeholders across the business to deliver the team’s objectives.

Chaucer has a strong collegiate culture where proactive and inquisitive behaviour is encouraged.

Our 24month rotational programme gives you the opportunity to work in each of the main teams within this area:

• UW Strategy: develop and implement Chaucer’s strategy through targeted analysis, research and market intelligence work.
• UW Performance: analyse and monitor underwriting performance, underlying drivers, trends, opportunities and influence portfolio optimisation.
• UW Governance: develop and implement 1st line of defence governance framework. Develop processes to monitor, analyse, identify and report adherence to the framework. Drive UW ownership of actions.
• UW Operational Change: improve underwriting process efficiency and consistency across classes. Working with the Change team. Provide clarity to UW teams on roles on responsibilities. Monitor adherence to processes. Be the conduit between UW and Operations

Distribution: In addition to the above, you will also have the opportunity to work with the Distribution team, whose objective is to have a clear broker and client engagement strategy.

The combination of this experience, along with the training and support we offer, will enable you to accelerate your career and develop into a well-rounded Underwriting portfolio Management professional.

Why Chaucer

We empower our people to excel. Our people are a team of leaders. Experts in their fields, top performers – who collaborate, without hierarchy. Together we’ve created an exciting and successful business, and we know that it’s our people who define and drive this success. That’s why the growth, development and wellbeing of our employees is so important to us. We work hard to make sure careers at Chaucer are challenging, inspiring and rewarding and that the environment is ambitious and supportive.

Location: London, at our offices in the Scalpel building in the heart of the city. We offer hybrid working, with a mix of office and home days that works for you and the team.

What we offer:

£34,000 with extra qualification rewards

£500 signing on bonus

26 days holiday plus option to buy or sell to meet your needs

2 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles at the end

Enjoy excellent benefits such as private medical insurance, pension, season ticket loan, and flexible options with a £175 monthly allowance for tech products, gym membership, cycle-to-work schemes, or charitable donations.

You also get 2 CSR days where you get the opportunity to make a really difference to local communities and charities that matter to you.

Your Development – You’ll get

– Challenging, stretching and rewarding work right from the start in each placement

– Our full support and guidance to achieve your Level 4 Insurance Professional apprenticeship standard which incorporates the DIPCII qualification.

– A personalised development plan to support your professional and soft skills development

– An in-house experienced buddy and mentor, to help show you the ropes and support you on your journey

– lots of opportunities to get involved in groups outside of your day to day work to grow your network, learn from others and give back to the community through our CSR initiatives.

After the programme

At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent role in one of our teams. We want to continue to grow our talent and will support your development to progress your career as an underwriter and become ACII qualified.

Is it the graduate programme for you?

• Love working with facts and figures?
• Enjoy working through complex analytical information and problems and getting stuck into a challenge?
• Are you able to communicate the complicated in a simple way?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively and building strong relationships?

If this sounds like you, and you want to continuously learn and go the extra mile this is the programme for you.

What you need

– Unrestricted right to work in the UK

– A minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline

– 3 or more A-Levels or equivalent (A-C) (ideally with a STEM subject)

– GCSE in Maths and English – grade 4 (C) or equivalent

– Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

At Chaucer, Finance isn’t just about balancing the books—it’s about shaping the future.

We’re the team that strategises, leverages technology, and drives decisions that fuel growth. As markets evolve and technology transforms the financial landscape, we’re at the forefront—analysing data, monitoring trends, ensuring compliance, and unlocking opportunities.

You’ll gain experience analysing data, preparing financial reports by building partnerships, driving confidence and underpinning the success of the company. Over three years, you’ll rotate through key finance teams, including:

• Financial Planning & Business Partnering – All aspects of financial planning, analysis and forecasting
• Financial Reporting – deliver Group consolidated and Syndicate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statutory and regulatory reporting
• Tax – Manage tax risk, ensure tax compliance for the Chaucer Group
• Finance Operations – ensure that financial information is available in a timely and accurate manner for onwards reporting and decision making purposes.

You’ll gain practical experience while working towards your ACCA qualification. By the end of the programme, you’ll be a fully qualified accountant ready to make a meaningful impact.

Why Chaucer

We empower our people to excel. Our people are a team of leaders. Experts in their fields, top performers – who collaborate, without hierarchy. Together we’ve created an exciting and successful business, and we know that it’s our people who define and drive this success. That’s why the growth, development and wellbeing of our employees is so important to us. We work hard to make sure careers at Chaucer are challenging, inspiring and rewarding and that the environment is ambitious and supportive.

Location: London, at our offices in the Scalpel building in the heart of the city. We offer hybrid working, with a mix of office and home days that works for you and the team.

What we offer:

£34,000 with salary increases and bonus for qualification progression.

£500 signing on bonus

26 days holiday plus option to buy or sell to meet your needs

3 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles at the end

Enjoy excellent benefits such as private medical insurance, pension, season ticket loan, and flexible options with a £175 monthly allowance for tech products, gym membership, cycle-to-work schemes, or charitable donations.

You also get 2 CSR days where you get the opportunity to make a really difference to local communities and charities that matter to you.

Your Development – You’ll get

– Challenging, stretching and rewarding work right from the start in each area of our finance teams

– Our full support and guidance to achieve your ACCA qualification

– A structured development plan to support your professional and soft skills development

– An in-house experienced buddy and mentor, to help show you the ropes and support you on your journey

– lots of opportunities to get involved in groups outside of your day to day work to grow your network, learn from others and give back to the community through our CSR initiatives.

After the programme

At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent role in one of our teams that interests you.

Is it the graduate programme for you?

• Love working with numbers?
• Enjoy working through complex analytical information and problems and getting stuck into a challenge?
• Passionate about technology?
• Are you able to communicate the complicated in a simple way?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively and building strong relationships?

If this sounds like you, and you want to continuously learn and go the extra mile this is the programme for you.

What you need

– Unrestricted right to work in the UK

– A minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline

– 3 or more A-Levels or equivalent (A-C)

– GCSE in Maths and English – grade 4 (C) or equivalent

– Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

Are you a strategic thinker with a talent for solving complex problems? Do you have a passion for mathematics and a desire to make a meaningful impact on businesses? If so, our actuarial graduate programme could be the perfect fit for you.

Actuaries use their mathematical skills to help measure the probability and risk of future events. They use these skills to predict the financial impact of these events on a business and their clients. As the world changes at an increasingly rapid pace, risk management expertise can help businesses navigate this evolving landscape.

You’ll play a key role in providing the insights and strategies needed to manage risks and seize opportunities. From reporting to pricing, from valuations to solvency, and from data to digital, our actuaries have a big say in everything we do. With a deep understanding of risk, regulation, and the economic environment, our actuaries play a crucial role in ensuring our stability and future development.

Our three-year programme offers you the chance to develop your actuarial expertise through hands-on experience across all our core actuarial departments :

Reserving –calculate the expected level of future claims by applying statistical techniques, analysing trends and comparing experience against expectations.

Pricing –determine the cost of insurance policies by assessing risk characteristics, calculating expected claims costs, analysing profitability and developing pricing tools and pricing analytics

Capital modelling – work with stochastic models to estimate capital requirements and produce analysis that helps to understand the business risk profile, inform business decisions and mitigate risk.

We are looking for individuals who are driven and highly motivated to qualify as an Actuary, with a passion for producing detailed analyses and an ability to communicate the commercial implications of complex topics. This, along with the combination of training and full study support we offer, you enable you to accelerate your career and develop into a well-rounded actuarial professional.

Why Chaucer

We empower our people to excel. Our people are a team of leaders, experts in their fields, top performers – who collaborate, without hierarchy. Together we’ve created an exciting and successful business, and we know that it’s our people who define and drive this success. That’s why the growth, development and wellbeing of our employees is so important to us. We work hard to make sure careers at Chaucer are challenging, inspiring and rewarding and that the environment is ambitious and supportive.

Be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team that values your expertise and ambition. Take the first step towards a rewarding and impactful career by applying now.

Location: London, at our offices in the Scalpel building in the heart of the city. We offer hybrid working, with a mix of office and home days that works for you and the team.

What we offer:

• £35,000 with salary increases and bonus for qualification progression.
• £500 signing on bonus to help you get ready to start
• 26 days holiday plus option to buy or sell to meet your needs
• 3 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles at the end
• Enjoy excellent benefits such as private medical insurance, pension, season ticket loan, and flexible options with a £175 monthly allowance for tech products, gym membership, cycle-to-work schemes, or charitable donations.
• You also get 2 CSR days where you get the opportunity to make a really difference to local communities and charities that matter to you.

Your development – you’ll get:

• Challenging, stretching and rewarding work right from the start in each area of our Actuarial teams.
• Our full support and guidance to study toward the IFOA Actuarial associate level whilst on programme
• A structured development plan to support your professional and soft skills development
• An in-house experienced buddy and mentor, to help show you the ropes and support you on your journey
• Lots of opportunities to get involved in groups outside of your day to day work to grow your network, learn from others and give back to the community through our CSR initiatives.

After the programme

At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent role in one of our teams that interests you.

Is it the graduate programme for you?

• Do you love maths and statistics?
• Enjoy working through complex analytical information and problems and getting stuck into a challenge?
• Are you able to communicate the complicated in a simple way?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively and building strong relationships?

If this sounds like you, and you want to continuously learn and go the extra mile this is the programme for you.

What you need

• Unrestricted right to work in the UK
• A minimum 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in a STEM subject or in Economics – predicted or recently achieved (within the last three years)
• A minimum C/4 grade in both English and Maths at GCSE level (or equivalent)
• A minimum Maths A grade at A-level
• At least 128 UCAS points from 3 A-Level subjects (or equivalent)

The 2026 TMK Underwriting Graduate Programme is now open for applications!

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) is a leading international insurer with a reputation for specialist underwriting expertise, outstanding claims service, and innovative products. We are very excited to be recruiting for our 2026 Underwriting Graduate Programme. This renowned and award-winning programme has been running for over 50 years, with a great track record for developing graduates into expert Underwriting and leadership positions over the years, many of whom are still employed by TMK today.

The programme offers dynamic rotations through at least five different underwriting departments, along with opportunities to gain exposure to other key teams across the business. This unique structure gives you a broad, hands-on experience and the opportunity to develop a well-rounded understanding of the industry, setting you up for long-term success. This full-time graduate entry training programme is a 2.5-year fixed-term contract, and upon successful completion, it is expected you will take up a permanent position in an underwriting department as a trainee underwriter, although other opportunities may also be available if better suited.

Over the course of the programme, you will:

• Develop a clear understanding of our underwriting products, and TMK’s risk appetites.
• Shadow underwriters and gain an understanding of how broker relationships work.
• Understand how Underwriters use data and models to drive decision making.
• Develop an understanding of the technical underwriting principles and processes involved in specific lines of business. This includes the understanding of underwriting principals & practices, an understanding of the Lloyd’s market and the identification and assessment of risk.
• Understand insurance policy terms and conditions.
• Understand how other functions in TMK feed into our underwriting process.
• Take part in learning and development opportunities as necessary to attain the skills and knowledge required to carry out specific tasks on each placement and in order to increase general insurance knowledge.
• Build and foster internal and external stakeholder relationships across TMK and the wider industry.
• You will be expected to start your own professional development journey, e.g. CII qualification, for which support will be provided.

The successful candidate will be a university graduate who is ready to join an ambitious, forward-looking organisation who are committed to growing our underwriting capability. You will be a fast learner who is curious, analytical and determined, who also has the ability and confidence to question and challenge. We are looking for a great communicator who loves problem solving.

Applications close on Friday 16th January 2026.

The successful candidate will be welcomed into the TMK family to help us further our purpose of enabling our clients to fulfil their ambitions whilst benefiting society and our people. We are committed to ensuring a safe, open, inclusive and empowering environment in which all of our people can thrive. All employees have the opportunity to join one or a number of inclusion network groups or take part in CSR and charitable activities. TMK is signed up to the Disability Confident Employer Scheme and we also accommodate flexible working, subject to the TMK flexible working policy.

As an underwriting firm with over 140 years’ experience of protecting clients from changing risks we put our confidence in the ability and talent of our people. We aim to be a ‘Good Company’ and this means being a great and inclusive company to do business with and being a great place to work. Our culture is founded on our core values of empowerment, inclusion, excellence, integrity, teamwork and innovation. We seek to recruit the best talent by endeavouring to reach diverse talent pools, offering dynamic working arrangements and investing in development.

To make your experience as comfortable as possible, please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments or additional assistance during your application process. At Tokio Marine Kiln we are here to support you, please be reassured that we will do all that we can to ensure that your specific needs are met. Please reach out to jay.lewis@tokiomarinekiln.com in confidence, to discuss any specific assistance or requirements that you have.

If you encounter difficulties submitting your application, please email recruitment@tokiomarinekiln.com.

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