Actuarial Intern Review

I greatly enjoyed my internship here at Aon and feel like I picked up many skills which will be invaluable for the future. My team was warm and welcoming and quickly gave me serious and legitimate work to contribute. I feel like I was valued for my contributions and ingratiated well with the team.

I feel like the rest of the team that I was in contact were extremely helpful and provided great guidance and support. I had a constant stream of work without being overloaded and there were plenty of people I could approach with any issues or problems that I needed help with

Within the first two weeks of my internship I sat down with my manager to discuss my goals and what I hoped to achieve from the internship. I feel like this opportunity to discuss my aims helped keep me focused on what I was here for and was invaluable. Moreover, I found all the management and supervisors that I came into contact with were friendly and approachable

Workload was fairly consistent, and I feel like I had real, important work to contribute without being overburdened or stressed. In the infrequent cases when I was light on work it was very easy to approach a member of the team and they were all very quick with coming up with things that I could contribute.

At no point throughout my internship was I under the impression that the work i was doing wasn't important. I was fortunate to quickly be given important and interesting work that was both challenging and rewarding upon completion. I was assigned projects to assist upon on a weekly basis and felt like a full member of each of the teams that I assisted.

As I return for my final year at university I feel like I've been given a much stronger idea of how my studies will translate to the world of work. As a Maths student at university I feel like it can be very useful to get an idea of not only the concepts that you're learning but also a strong idea of how they will be applied vocationally after the conclusion of your studies

From the first day I was impressed by the warmth and welcoming atmosphere of the office. Everyone on the team was keen to engage me not only on a professional basis but also on a personal basis. I was delighted with the friendliness of everyone on the team and although apprehensive about getting started I quickly was put at ease by the team.

Overall I would say that the internship was well organised. We received 3 days training at the start of the internship which I feel helped me to develop many skills which proved invaluable throughout the remainder of the internship. There were many social opportunities offered by the company and I felt these were very well organised and ran very smoothly

We received at the start of the internship a 2 day course in Cheltenham that focused on development of soft skills and then a 1 day course for our specific streams. In hindsight, while I enjoyed my time in Cheltenham, I would have preferred to have learned more specifically about my personal stream rather than the focus on soft skills that we received.

From what I gather there is a high conversion rate to achieving the graduate scheme and hopefully this is something that I'll be able to achieve at the end of my internship. The graduate scheme seems like a great opportunity for those looking to develop their careers and working with such a large firm means that there is great support and opportunities for growth

I found that the social scene amongst the interns was very strong. There would be many social events including weekly drinks and I know people got involved in sports leagues. I found in general that they were a very friendly group of people whom made a lot of effort to get involved socially with one another

London is an expensive city to live in and even more expensive to go out in. This will however be typical of any job in London so I can't fault the company for that. Depending on the area you live in and your willingness to commute the rent you'll pay for accommodation will vary wildly. I know many interns were fortunate to have friends or family living in the London area that were willing to house them for the duration of the internship

London nightlife is world famous and I feel like this summer i got a great experience of it. There are many bars surrounding the London office with great atmospheres. Drinks are expensive but you can avoid a lot of the cost by going during happy hour when there are reduced deals on certain drinks

I feel like there were many opportunities offered by my team and the aon office in general in terms of out of work activies. There were several people recently passing their chartered exams while I was with the team so social events organised by the team were frequent and great fun