Actuarial Consultant Review

by Aon

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I worked on a variety of client projects, using Excel and programming to achieve this. Did work on loss forecasting, solvency ii, and reserving, working with a range of people on the team. Also had projects to do with the wider group of aon interns.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • My excel skills have dramatically increased. I learned new programming languages as well. My teamwork and communication skills have also benefited. It has been a very valuable experience in terms of education as I have been given experience into so much.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Lots of responsibility from day 1. Worked on multiple client projects where my work was actually for the client, and given lots of guidance by my team. Some projects would only have a few other people working on them so you gain a lot of responsibility.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Lots of support. Had training throughout the first 2 weeks and ongoing study sessions throughout. Whenever you started a new project people would walk you through what needed to be done and how. You could always ask questions and get support.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • It was a great place to work. The culture was very inclusive and friendly. Everyone was nice to work with and seemed to care. It was a very flat environment and even met the CEO on one call.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I loved it! It was a very valuable 9 weeks and I learnt so much. I thoroughly enjoyed my work and it gave me a great insight into the actuarial career. My team were great and was really enjoyable.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Aon
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Aon to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Aon
  • Make sure you are sure which job stream you want to do, as they are all quite varied. Make sure to brush up on your excel skills as well! But don't think you have to know everything as they'll teach you what you need to know.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

London

August 2021


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