Alexander Forbes is a leading financial services provider, specialising in short-term and long-term insurance, health, retirement and multimanager investment solutions. Our reason for existence is to help our clients make their financial dreams come true \u2013 and to live without regret.<\/p>\n
When any Alexander Forbes employee helps a client we understand that we\u2019re responding to a higher purpose. Every interaction is an opportunity to enhance our clients\u2019 quality of life and provide peace of mind now and for the future.<\/p>\n
Our business conduct and client interactions are driven by a clear client-centered SERVE model. It invites every employee at Alexander Forbes to continually strive to deliver to our clients with greater Simplicity, and Expert innovative solutions. We do this to create long-term Relationships, based on the priceless Value of hard-earned trust, so that we can Enrich people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
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To be the best you must work with the best. Alexander Forbes gives you the chance to work with some of the greatest business leaders in the financial services industry. You could tap into various leadership and development programmes. Work your way up the corporate ladder by taking advantage of promotion opportunities to enrich your life.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re committed to develop each individual through career pathing initiatives. To give our employees the best knowledge, experience and reputation, we offer bursaries and learnership opportunities. We also have work based learning, graduate and internship programmes. We offer employees opportunities to tap into recognised coaching and mentoring programmes.<\/p>\n
Alexander Forbes is committed to develop and retain specialised skills. We embarked on a journey to build a strong pool of talent and re-engineer ourselves to survive as a global entity. We currently have the following programmes comprising of young talented individuals, in partnership with the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA).<\/p>\n
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Graduate development programme<\/strong><\/p>\n New graduates from university with an actuarial degree or an honours degree in financial planning, economics, risk management or law are given the opportunity to gain practical experience in the company.<\/p>\n Graduates are permanently employed for a minimum of two years. They rotate to various business units to learn and grasp an in-depth overview of what our business is about. The overall objective is to groom these young graduates to become senior and executive managers, over time.<\/p>\n Alexander Forbes is working to close the skills gap in the South African insurance industry as the number of black South African actuaries is incredibly low. We are a gold sponsor of the South African Actuaries Development Programme, an initiative established to develop black actuaries.<\/p>\n Internship programme<\/strong><\/p>\n This programme consists of new university graduates without honours degrees. It is run in partnership with INSETA. The main purpose of the programme is to develop specialists, as these graduates do not have a rotational component in their programme.<\/p>\n Learnership programme<\/strong><\/p>\n Both permanent and temporary external learners with a minimum matric qualification join the programme which is sponsored by INSETA. The programme grooms employees to ultimately become certified financial planners through an articulation process from Wealth Management Level 5 \u2013 7, the latter level being the prestigious CFP qualification.<\/p>\n Learners can complete each level within one year of in-house class attendance. Permanent employees with years of retirement funding experience have an opportunity to balance their experience with formal academic certification as experts in the industry.<\/p>\n Alexander Forbes sponsors employees to study relevant courses with accredited universities. This helps them to grow their expertise and develop their careers. Alexander Forbes does not have an open bursary scheme for external people.<\/p>\n Performance management<\/strong><\/p>\n To align employee activities with the company\u2019s strategic goals, our employees also have access to a fair performance management processes and personal development plans to help them achieve their career goals with regular performance feedback sessions. Rewards are aligned to performance achievements and our higher purpose.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nEmployee bursaries<\/h3>\n