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Recruitment Special Part 2: Starting a Career in Insurance (With George Barker)
Season 4, Ep. 29
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Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode Peter is joined by George Barker, Assistant Underwriter at Aspen Insurance and they discuss why he has chosen a career in insurance.
In this episode we cover:
- Why George chose insurance as a career.
- His experience applying for a graduate scheme.
- Why George chose to apply for the Aspen graduate scheme.
- The training involved as part of the graduate scheme.
- His role as a crisis management underwriter.
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