Zurich Isle of Man on their supportive company culture

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Nigel Simpson, Aalish Harris, and Georgia Wilson discuss Zurich's involvement in Gef 30 Under 30 and how they company culture supports their employee's participation in their local community.

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00:00I'm Nigel Simpson, I'm Head of International Markets at Zurich.

00:03Jeff, 30 under 30, is perfect for us really.

00:05I'm Ailish Harris, I'm Chief Commercial Officer at Zurich.

00:09I was a 2023 Leadership Winner.

00:11Hi, I'm Georgia Wilson, I'm a Trainee Actuary at Zurich.

00:14I was a 2024 Trailblazer.

00:17Internally we have an awful lot of activity that goes on to try and develop young people.

00:2170% of all of our vacancies are filled internally,

00:25which means we have to create that talent pipeline and continual professional development.

00:30To push people along throughout the organisation.

00:32We're also very active externally, both with charities, volunteering.

00:38We give everybody three days volunteering, which they can do whatever they want with.

00:41We are doing a really big campaign to help get some summer interns into the office.

00:46It's all about trying to give people who live on island some experience.

00:49They come in, they work for Zurich for about 10 to 12 weeks in different areas of the business.

00:54We cover IT, we've covered legal in the past, covered business change, project management experience,

00:59risk and compliance, like quite literally all different areas of the business.

01:02And it's to help give people either finishing school or finishing university or in university

01:08a bit of experience for what working in the insurance industry can be.

01:11As somebody that decided not to go to university,

01:13I've massively benefited from working at an organisation like Zurich,

01:16where they do put talent development and people development kind of right in the core

01:20of everything that they look to do.

01:22And it's really nice to see that we are giving these experiences to people.

01:25I think as a school leaver myself, getting taken in by Zurich,

01:29they really looked to hire me based on my values and my ethic.

01:33That and the support that Zurich's given me within their student programme

01:36to get through my actuarial exams, that was invaluable.

01:39And I don't have any regrets not leaving the islands because I really have felt supported.

01:43I think it's odd because none of us have been to university.

01:46So maybe an odd group or a large financial services sector company

01:51with relatively senior, relatively high-talent individuals,

01:56none of which have gone the traditional university route.

01:58We try to get some good quality graduates in, push them along,

02:02but equally we do it from the other end as well

02:04and try to bring school leavers through, rotate them through our teams

02:07to give them practical experience on the way through.

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