Careers

Chaucer is a respected leader in its chosen markets because of the exceptional calibre of its people and the positive culture that surrounds them.

Whatever your professional background, whether in underwriting, claims, finance, actuarial, risk, technology, operations, analytics, marketing or HR, this is a place where you will feel valued from day one.

Why join Chaucer?

Chaucer has professional teams who work closely together across disciplines, offices and countries to achieve remarkable results. Our people often shoulder more responsibility earlier in their careers, and are empowered to make decisions. If you are ambitious, this is an exciting place to build a rewarding career, with personal progression paths, overseas opportunities and the sense of being part of something special.

Development built around you

Our development approach is built around the individual, at every stage of their career. When you join us, we will help you to identify and access the learning and development you need for your personal growth. We will support you in attaining professional qualification and provide you with the opportunity for skills building, and networking with the industry.

A friendly professional environment

While we take what we do seriously, we do not take ourselves too seriously. Become part of the Chaucer Team and you will find yourself among bright, open people, always willing to help each other. Chaucer is a sociable place too, with a wide range of sports and activities that help bring us all together. If you are an ambitious professional ready to take the next step, take a look at our current vacancies or send a CV and covering letter explaining why you belong at Chaucer.

Returning to work support

We recognise that a diverse workforce, and an inclusive workplace, are core to our success as a business and we recruit from the widest available pool of talent to help us achieve this.

We appreciate that returning to work after a career break can often be a daunting prospect and know how important it is to have the right support in place to help you to re-integrate into the workforce.

We tailor our support services to suit your development needs: whether for flexible working, coaching or a skills refresh, a confidence-building course or a mentor to help you find your feet and build a network across the business. We also partner with external providers who specialise in supporting people who are returning to work from an extended career break to ensure that we offer the right return to work package for you.

We are delighted to announce the opening of our 2023 Graduate Schemes. Check out our new video where you’ll hear from current and previous grads and apprentices about all that a Chaucer programme has to offer. To learn more and apply, please see the Graduate section below.

If you are a bright graduate with a 2.2 or higher (or an undergraduate with predicted grades of 2.2 or higher) and you are full of ideas and energy, Chaucer could be a great place to launch your career.

Chaucer is a leader in insurance and reinsurance markets worldwide, working through Lloyd’s of London to provide businesses and individuals with protection against risk. From mathematics, finance and business, to languages and humanities, we welcome bright people from a broad range of disciplines.

Graduate Programmes 2023

The 2023 Chaucer Graduate Programmes are now open to applicants. Click the links below to learn more about our programmes and to apply.

• Risk and Regulatory Graduate Programme
  
• Underwriting Graduate Programme

The application window for both programmes closes on 6th February.

Why join Chaucer?

Chaucer is a thriving and dynamic firm, protecting businesses around the world from a wide range of risks. That could be hurricane damage to property in Florida, the theft of a bullion truck in Libya or the disruption and loss of revenue following the closure of an airport in the US after a cyber-attack. We have inclusive team-orientated culture and as an enthusiastic,new member of staff, you will be made to feel very welcome and will be encouraged to take real responsibility as you learn.

Graduate development

As a graduate, we will create a development plan for you. This will include rotations around the business so that you get a deep understanding of what each area does and meet more of our teams. We will also do our best to support your efforts towards a professional qualification. If you show us you are a high flyer, you will join our Advance Programme with greater opportunities for skills building, networking and mentoring with wider industry experts. While most of our graduates begin in London, we have teams in Dublin, Copenhagen, Bermuda, Miami, Dubai and Singapore offering the potential to work abroad.

Award-winning opportunities

We are proud to have been voted the ‘Top Company for Graduates to work for’ in the Accountancy and Insurance category, for the past four years by The Job Crowd and to be awarded first place for 2022/23. We were also honoured to have won the 'Best Results' in the Accountancy & Insurance category. In addition, we were voted first place in both the 'Company Culture' and 'Management' category results for Graduates.

We were also honoured to have won the ‘Best Support’ Award in the smaller employer category for 2016/2017.

If you have three A Levels, grade A to C, or the BTEC equivalent, our bespoke Apprenticeship Programme offers an excellent start to your career in (re)insurance, giving you the opportunity to work and progress in the City of London and the support for your professional insurance qualification (ACII) or a related qualification to your programme.

Chaucer is a leader in insurance and reinsurance markets, working through Lloyd’s of London and international markets to provide businesses with protection for the risks confronted. An apprenticeship with Chaucer is respected throughout our industry. Work hard and it could set you up for life.

Apprenticeship Scheme 2023

The 2023 Chaucer Apprenticeship Scheme is now open to applicants. Click HERE to learn more and to apply.

The application window for the programme closes Friday 1st September.

Why join Chaucer?

Chaucer is a thriving and dynamic firm, protecting businesses around the world from a wide range of risks. That could be hurricane damage to property in Florida, the theft of a bullion truck in Libya or the disruption and loss of revenue following the closure of an airport in the US after a cyber-attack.

Inclusive and team-orientated

As an enthusiastic team member, you will be made to feel very welcome and will be encouraged to take real responsibility as you learn.

Your development

We build the Apprenticeship Programme around you. This will include exposure to different parts of the business to ensure that you get a deep understanding of how we work and meet more of our team. We expect you to study for an insurance or your programme related professional qualification, which we will fully support financially and with study time. If you show us you are a high flyer, you will take part in our Advance Programme with greater opportunities for skills building, networking and mentoring with wider industry experts.

Award-winning opportunities

We are proud to have been voted the ‘Top Company for Graduates to work for’ in the Accountancy and Insurance category, for the past four years by The Job Crowd and to be awarded first place for 2022/23. We were also honoured to have won the 'Best Results' in the Accountancy & Insurance category. In addition, we were voted first place in both the 'Company Culture' and 'Management' category results for Graduates.

We were also honoured to have won the ‘Best Support’ Award in the smaller employer category for 2016/2017.

An exciting place to work

If you are successful, you will work in the heart of the City of London in a modern, dynamic, fast-moving environment. It is not all work though – you will find lots of people to socialise with and there are plenty of opportunities for sports activities too.

The success of Chaucer is the result of a diverse mix of people and culture. We put our people first by providing an environment of conscious equity and inclusion, where everybody feels that they are respected and belong.

We’re proud of our inclusive family friendly policies that support our people to be their unique selves at work and promote a healthy work-life balance. We aim to show how we value our people by offering them a competitive salary with generous benefits as we recognise our people as our greatest asset.

At Chaucer, we are committed to the wellness of our people – both physically and mentally. We recognise and celebrate the individuality of our people and allow them to choose the benefits that are best suited to their needs. Our benefits vary from country to country, and a selection of what we offer is:

Competitive salary and benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, if you do a good job, your efforts will be rewarded.

Flexible working

Whether in the office or at home, we’ll do what we can to accommodate what works best for you.

Family friendly policies

We provide staff with competitive maternity and paternity leave as well as shared parental leave, and adoption leave.

Pension and insurances

We offer eligible staff a generous pension scheme as well health and life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection.

Mental health support

We have several mental health resources available to staff including a 24/7 mental health support app and AXA’s Stronger Minds service, which offers fast access to care. We also encourage and support staff to train as Mental Health First Aiders.