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Next Gen

Insurance Leader

The YIPs Barry Nilsson Next Gen Insurance Leader Award recognises innovative thinking, leadership potential and business acumen, and supports the career development of young insurance professionals.

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Investing in Young People – McLardy McShane

At McLardy McShane, we strongly believe young people are the future of the insurance industry, which is why investing in their development is something we genuinely prioritise.
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Why insurance?

Consider a career in insurance

Insurance is a fundamental part of our world, without insurance, innovation cannot thrive. By consequence, the industry provides unique development opportunities for the people within it and is constantly evolving to keep up to speed with advancements in both business & life.

With a steady influx of Millennials and Gen Z’s entering the workforce over the past decade, our hidden gem of an industry is piquing a lot of interest.

Interconnected

Global

Insurance is global, with companies operating offices internationally, providing insurance professionals with excellent opportunities to travel for work, or even be posted abroad if they wish.

Rewarding

Development

Insurance provides an extremely wide variety of career diversity and opportunity, allowing young professionals to develop skillsets that allow for fluid movement between all areas of the industry.

Roles for

Everyone

Whatever your background, strengths or preferences the insurance industry has a job for everyone, including insurance brokers, underwriters, loss adjusters, accountants, analysts, lawyers and more.

Social

Fun

86.7% of insurance professionals under the age of 35 would recommend joining the industry1. Few industries offer the social and personal development opportunities that insurance does.

1 http://anziif.com/en/careers-in-insurance