AXA Graduate Programme Mallika Natarajan Why AXA? The World’s Largest Insurance Brand Present in 57 countries 102 million clients worldwide 160,000 Employees AXA UK comprises of 4 - AXA Wealth operating companies: - AXA PPP Healthcare - AXA Insurance - AXA Ireland Industry Recognised - 15th in Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For (2011) 29th in Brand Finance’s Global 500 (2010) 9th Largest Company in the World by revenue - Twice size of BMW - Three times bigger than Microsoft - Over 5 times the size of Apple - And six times bigger than Coca-Cola 2 Who am I? • International student from India • Studied BSc Hons MORSE at the University of Warwick • Loved the idea of challenging myself in a career where I could be highly influential in the high level strategic decisions made my large companies and governments 3 What is AXA’s Global Actuarial Graduate Program all about? • Rotation every 18 months with exposure to Pricing, Reserving and Capital – the key fields in General Insurance • Potential of an international placement for high performing student actuaries • The chance to work on market leading processes in all 3 fields • To top it off excellent study package 4 My highlights • Solving business problems using financial and statistical techniques: • Working on the pricing of products at an occupation level • Reserving for long tail classes of business with a latency of nearly 40 years! • Analysing trends within our data and approaching any emerging risks before they become a problem • Working on the capital requirement required by solvency 2 • • • • 5 Need an eye for detail Be ahead of the game- understand the market trends Understand the business you work for Most importantly: Make sure you’re having fun where you are! Find out more at: www.axa.co.uk/graduates Thank you for your time 6