Frequently asked questions by our Pathfinders™.

No. Pathfinders are selected for aptitude, attitude and potential, not experience: numeracy, problem solving, learning agility, communication and the motivation to build a career in insurance pricing. The 10-week Academy teaches the insurance and pricing part. We welcome STEM and maths graduates (graduates and early careers), ex-armed forces people and career returners and changers.

The Academy is open to people with the right to work in the UK. Background screening and right-to-work checks are carried out before you join.

Register your interest with your details and your CV. We review applications against the places in our next Academy, and if your profile is a good fit we will be in touch to invite you to an assessment centre day that tests numeracy, learning agility, communication and motivation. Pass that and you have a place in the next Academy.

We get a lot of interest, so we cannot reply to everyone individually. If you are a good fit for our next Academy, we will contact you.

Yes. The Pathfinders Academy is fully funded. There is nothing to pay and no exit fees.

Yes. You are paid a salary for the ten weeks of the Academy.

Ten weeks of insurance pricing, taught by practising pricing experts: insurance and product fundamentals; data and tools (SQL, Python, MI); pricing techniques (GLMs, segmentation, monitoring, GBM); common pricing tools including Radar; deployment and testing; regulation, governance and Consumer Duty; and communication and stakeholder management. About the Pathfinders Academy has the fortnight-by-fortnight outline.

Mostly online, through modules you work through at your own pace, live training and webinars with the pricing team, with some in-person days as well, which are a good chance to share ideas with your fellow Pathfinders. The schedule flexes from one Academy to the next, so if you are invited to the next stage the team will explain how yours will run.

The Academy is intensive and full time, so we advise against other work or study while you are on it.

Circumstances change. If you need to withdraw, tell the team as soon as you can and we will talk through the options, which may include joining a later Academy.

We only train as many Pathfinders as our clients have told us they need, so places on the Academy are matched to roles with UK insurers. Clients' plans can occasionally change, and if that happens we will talk to you about the options. How you perform during the Academy, and in any client interview, matters too.

You join a UK insurer's pricing team as a junior pricing analyst on an initial contract, typically 24 months. The work is real from the first week: MI and analytics, model refresh and monitoring, rate deployment support or transformation projects, depending on the team. At the end of the contract the insurer can take you on permanently.

Mentors and trainers who are insurance pricing experts, ongoing development resources, a community of other Pathfinders, and pastoral and career support with regular check-ins throughout your time with the insurer.