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Actuarial Intern - Pensions Review

at Aon

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

London

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.9 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role
5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.8/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Throughout the 9 weeks, my team of interns and I had to prepare an Aon Business focused project about a topic allocated to us. This involved various meetings, compiling data through surveys and interviews, which we presented back to our managers, other interns and early careers team at the end of the internship. On the side of this, I also took part in difficult actuarial work - calculations for pension members, creating cashflow models on excel along with day to day admin work.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Was responsible for completing given tasks to a high standard - and fixing any inevitable mistakes made along the way.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Massively improved my technical and excel skills - completed excel training which helped me to create and update models involving pension scheme cashflows. Also developed my organisation and communication skills as I was required to communicate my work capacity to other employees when asking for more or less work.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
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

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A lot of support and guidance given from both the early careers team, who held various learning sessions throughout the internship, and from my buddy, manager and other grads in my office, who delegated me work and made strong efforts to help understand the pension industry.
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?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Different offices are very different : the atmosphere in the London office feels very busy with people from diverse backgrounds, people are always happy to help and it is a really nice vibe there. I would say the Epsom office is a bit less diverse, but everyone is still very friendly and happy to help
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Really enjoyed my experience - met great people and learnt a lot in such a short time.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Aon
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Aon to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Aon
Speak to as many people as you can, say yes to all opportunities and believe in yourself!
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