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Brown & Brown Graduate Programme

Build your career with one of the world’s leading insurance brokers

If you are a graduate looking to start your career in a supportive, ambitious and people focused organisation, the Brown & Brown Graduate Programme offers the opportunity to grow with one of the UK’s largest insurance brokers and the 5th largest insurance brokerage group globally. You will join a business that believes in developing people locally, supporting them properly, and helping them build long term careers in insurance.

Why Brown & Brown?

A large business, with a personal approach

Brown & Brown combines global scale with strong regional networks across the UK. Our culture is built around care, collaboration and doing the right thing for our people, our customers and our communities.

  • One of the UK’s leading insurance brokers, backed by global strength
  • A people led culture that values teamwork, integrity and long-term relationships
  • Roles based in regional offices, close to local clients and markets
  • A business that invests in development, not box-ticking programmes
  • Competitive starting salary and benefits

The Graduate Programme

Our Graduate Programme is designed to give you a strong foundation in insurance while allowing you to explore where your strengths and interests lie. We build programmes which will allow you to see many aspects of insurance broking, rotating through business departments in order to equip you for a long successful career with Brown & Brown.

What Can You Expect from our Programme?

  • A structured, rotational programme that introduces you to the fundamentals of insurance broking
  • Exposure to real client work and live business activity from an early stage
  • Support from experienced colleagues and leaders who are invested in your development
  • Training and learning aligned to professional qualifications and career pathways

Rather than a one size fits all approach, we focus on helping graduates build careers that suit both their ambitions and the needs of the business.

What's In It For You

Through the programme, our graduates develop:

  • Commercial awareness and practical industry knowledge
  • Confidence working with clients, insurers and internal teams
  • A strong professional network across Brown & Brown’s UK business
  • Skills that support progression into specialist, client facing or leadership roles
  • Further qualifications through the Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII)

Who We Are Looking For

We’re interested in graduates who are:

  • Curious, motivated and keen to learn
  • Comfortable building relationships and working as part of a team
  • Interested in a long term career in insurance or financial services

You don’t need a specific degree discipline. Enthusiasm, mindset and a willingness to develop matter more than prior insurance knowledge.

Locations and Ways of Working

Rooted in regions, connected nationally

Graduate roles are based in regional offices across the UK, supporting local customers and teams. Our working approach balances office based collaboration with flexibility, recognising the importance of learning, support and connection in the early stages of your career.

Reward & Progression

  • Competitive graduate salary
  • Clear development and progression pathways
  • Ongoing learning, professional support and internal opportunities

Our aim is not just to recruit graduates but to retain and develop future specialists and leaders within Brown & Brown.

Discover Our Open Opportunities

Start Your Career with
Brown & Brown

If you are interested in learning more about our Graduate Programme and available roles, see our list of vacancies here and how you can apply.

Graduate Programme FAQs

Our Graduate Programme is designed to give graduates a strong foundation in insurance broking, alongside structured learning, on the job experience and long term career development. You will join the business as a valued team member, making an immediate impact on the areas where you will work.

The programme is aimed at graduates who are:

  • Curious, motivated and keen to learn
  • Interested in a career in insurance or financial services
  • Comfortable building relationships and working as part of a team

Most importantly you do not need prior insurance experience to apply.

No. We welcome applications from graduates across a wide range of degree disciplines. Your mindset, attitude and willingness to develop are more important than your subject of study.

Graduate roles may sit across areas such as:

  • Servicing customers and broking support
  • Account management and sales
  • Commercial and specialty insurance teams
  • Claims and marketing roles

Roles are based within real business teams, supporting live business and customer activity.

Graduate roles are based in regional offices across the UK, allowing you to build experience close to local customers and teammates. This regional focus is central to how Brown & Brown operates.

  • Structured learning to build insurance knowledge
  • Opportunity to achieve ACII Qualification
  • Support from experienced colleagues and managers
  • Ongoing development aligned to career pathways and professional growth
  • The programme is designed to evolve with you as you progress

Most graduate roles will be primarily office based, particularly early on, to support learning, collaboration and development. Working arrangements may vary by role and location.

We offer a competitive graduate salary, alongside a range of benefits. Specific details are shared when roles are advertised.

Yes. Graduate roles are permanent positions, with the aim of building long term careers within Brown & Brown.

You can apply directly via our careers site when graduate roles are live. From there, you’ll be guided through the recruitment process.