Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - Career Wiki

Company Name: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

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Profile:Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - an international service provider - plans, designs, and administers a full array of customized, cost-effective property/casualty insurance and risk management programs. The company also furnishes a broad range of risk management services-including claims and information management, risk control consulting and appraisals-to help corporations and institutions reduce their cost of risk. In addition, the company consults clients in all areas of their employee health/welfare and retirement plans, including plan design, funding and administration.

AJG focuses on clients in areas such as:

. Real-Estate
. Healthcare
. Environmental
. Garment
. Entertainment
. International
. Marine
. Captives
. Higher Education
. Agriculture
. Aviation
. Employee Benefits Services
. Religious
. Construction
. Hospitality
. Public Entity
. Transportation
. Restaurants
. Professional Services

Our role as Insurance Brokers and Consultants is to serve as an intermediary between clients and insurance companies. The broker's basic function is to find insurance companies with the best price-coverage combination most suitable for the client. However, activities in an insurance brokerage office are not limited to placing insurance. Other consulting services include loss control, employee benefit trend and compliance expertise, claims administration, risk analysis, actuarial and risk financing.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is a public company that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AJG". Additional information on AJG can be found by visiting the company's website: www.ajg.com.

Culture

AJG prides itself on culture driven success. Our shared core beliefs focus on service, quality and growth. We believe that our clients are our number-one priority. We believe that when we serve our clients well, everyone benefits, including our shareholder and our employees. We believe in the power of teamwork, so we've structured our operations to maximize our ability to collaborate effectively and grow. We believe that this is a noble business, and we demand and foster integrity at every level of our organization.

AJG is committed to bringing new talent into our business and our company. Our nine week summer internship program draws talent from colleges across the United States. Interns learn about the sales process by shadowing and working with sales producers in their host branch locations.

Job Description(s): Summer Intern Program

AJG is seeking qualified candidates for its Summer Intern Program. This program presents a hands-on learning experience in a supportive, mentoring environment that provides participants with a realistic look at an insurance brokering and consulting career.

In our program, we will teach you basic insurance concepts, and show you what a broker does and where Gallagher fits in the world of insurance. The experience provides you with a chance to assess a sales and consulting career in insurance, while Gallagher evaluates your potential as a future broker.

The optimal internship experience spans two summers-beginning the summer before your junior year and concluding the summer before your senior year. Each summer consists of a nine-week program that includes a week of orientation with Interns from across the country. During this orientation week you will be introduced to many facets of both the insurance industry and our company. You will also have a chance to meet our division heads, operational leaders and successful producers (sales professionals) who serve as instructors-many of whom are former Gallagher interns.

The remaining weeks of the internship include many opportunities for growth and development. You will work on your presentation skills, observe the sales cycle and negotiation process and learn about various insurance risks and coverage. The primary activity in the program is to shadow successful brokers as they work and participate in different phases of the sales cycle. As an intern, you are not responsible for selling, but you will gain an understanding of the process while helping to prepare proposals, gather data and accompany producers as they make sales calls, meet with clients and negotiate with vendor partners.

Job Description(s): Successful candidates for our program must have a balanced profile of success in both academic and extracurricular activities in their high school and college experiences. We are looking for students with above-average grades and a resume that reflects involvement in a variety of activities like sports, speech team, student government, community service projects, clubs or part-time jobs. Other strengths should include excellent people skills and a competitive nature.

The program is open to college men and women from all areas of academic study who are interested in exploring a consulting and business to business sales career path.

It is ideal to begin the program before their junior year and participate for two years, but we will consider those entering their senior year who can participate for only one summer. We do not recruit freshmen or post-graduate students.