Insurance Claims - Graduate Programme

Company Overview We are an agile, data and digitally focused general insurance provider offering services across car, van, bike and home within UK insurance markets. We have strong relationships with all major price comparison websites, a cost-effective digital business model and a focus on customer retention. In short, we’re built for the way that customers buy general insurance, and we offer straightforward products and service. It's our attitude and the way we run our business that makes us different. All of our actions are based on our 4Cs ways of working which means we focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. Our Hastings strategy sets out our focus areas, goals and measures to achieve our vision of being the UK's best and biggest digital insurer. Central to our strategy is providing great value insurance in the most simple and straightforward way. Programme Overview Our Claims Insurance Graduate programme is designed to give an insight into a fast – paced, forwarding thinking department – a vital part of our organisation that is there when our customers need us. You’ll gain exposure to a wide variety of disciplines and teams that will develop you technically, commercially, analytically along with honing your leadership skills. This is a two-year programme, where you will take on different challenging placements. You’ll initially spend time with our Claims and Fraud Operations team, where you’ll learn our processes and ways of deploying change. After that we’ll work with you to understand which other parts of the team you may value working directly with. You’ll have an active voice in your own progression and career path. The placements could be in the following areas:

• Claims and Fraud Operations
• Commercial and Strategy
• Technical Audit and Coaching
• Transformation
• Process Improvement and Governance
• Claims Analytics

Development in this role is designed to be hands on, requiring you to master the key fundamental knowledge, skills, and behaviours so that at the end of the 2 years you are on your way to knowing what area of specialism you want to start your career in. What you’ll have:

• A degree within any discipline, achieved within the past 3 years
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• An independent thinker – you like to challenge others thinking and enjoy influencing others
• Be an excellent communicator and find organisation comes naturally to you
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.

What we’ll do:

• 5th March 2023 Application close date
• 6th – 10th March Shortlisted applications
• 13th – 16th March If successful in shortlisting, we will send you a link to complete psychometric testing
• 27th – 30th March If successful in testing, we will send you a link to complete video interview stage
• 17th - 25th April Candidates who have successfully passed the video interview stage will then be invited to our assessment centres
• 9th – 26th May Assessment Centre

What you’ll get: You will have ample support and guidance from our graduate community and rotational managers to help you succeed! Your success is our success. Please find some of the great benefits we offer here at Hastings Direct;

• £30,000 starting salary with up to 5% bonus earning potential.

• We’re committed to hybrid working, so you’ll need to be able to get to our Bexhill, London or Leicester office regularly, with the option and flexibility of working from.
• Pension 1:1 match up to 10%
• 25 days holiday – buy or sell (up to 5 days)
• Flexible benefits – dental plan, health care cash plan, tech scheme
• Discounted Hastings Direct products (who doesn’t want insurance to be cheaper)

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.
Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks. Job posting end date: 05/03/2023