Early Careers: Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) Graduate Development Program Analyst – Broking Placement – Multiple Locations - 2027

Location: New York, NY, United States Department: Graduate

Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity. We will only consider candidates who are currently authorized to work in the United States and who will not require sponsorship now or in the future. Please note: student visas, CPT, OPT, H-1B, TN, and other temporary work authorizations are considered restricted forms of employment eligibility. Once these expire, the candidate must be able to present another valid form of work authorization.

Start Date: August 2nd, 2027

Hybrid

Locations: New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Graduate Program Overview

The CRB Graduate Development Program (GDP) is a non-rotational 17-month program that provides the opportunity to develop a broad knowledge base, varied skills, and diverse network. This program is designed to set you up with a holistic view of CRB with hands-on experience, insight, and opportunities to make an impact and shape your own career.

GDP participants will be immersed in a 1-week orientation followed by a robust onboarding training learning about various functions within CRB. Our program is designed to provide graduates with a well-rounded understanding of the industry while having the opportunity to deep dive within their respective business area.

Placement Overview

WTW’s Placement teams deliver superior results for our clients’ business and risk management needs through deep product and industry expertise. The role of a broker is to help our clients mitigate their total cost of risk. The Placement team operates as the firm’s intellectual capital where we work with our clients to assess, model, and structure risk. Once modeled, the broker personally escorts the clients’ risk into the market and draws upon their market relationships and their negotiation skills to secure quotations from the insurance carriers. While the nature of the work is similar day-to-day, no two placements are the same and common tasks may include: preparing and sending out submissions, liaising with markets, analyzing exposures, working through risk models, and negotiating quotations.

Responsibilities

Gather information and analytics to assess and evaluate client risks to support the placement of client risks into the market.

Create Loss Summaries, review program binders for accuracy, check policies, and aide's brokers & senior brokers

With the support of more experienced brokers prepare draft submission documents and finalize submissions for delivery.

With support of more experienced brokers review quotes against specifications and develop side-by side comparisons.

With support of more experienced brokers prepare program proposals.

With support of more experienced brokers, develop client and prospect presentations to secure new, and build on existing, relationships.

Assist on any deliverables for Client Renewal Strategy Meeting & RFPs

Research market solutions to learn how to identify and develop optimum risk solutions for clients.

Facilitate initial introductions to carrier and trading partners

Begin your understanding of core insurance principles and brokerage concepts

Ensure that quality and compliance procedures and processes are adhered to.

Record and maintain all information accurately on the appropriate systems, including initial introduction to and utilization of Broking Platform.

Obtain the required insurance license within ninety (90) days of your date of hire (as such date is recorded in the Company’s business records).

You must also obtain and maintain an active surplus lines license for your resident state within 120 days of either: (a) your date of hire, if you already hold a resident state insurance license upon your date of hire; or (b) within 120 days of obtaining your resident state insurance license, if you do not already hold a resident state insurance license upon your date of hire

Education and Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3.0 GPA

Preferred Majors: Risk Management, Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Liberal Arts, Geology (BS), Environmental Geology (BS), Sociology

Date of Graduation between May 2026 – May 2027

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Intermediate to advance Excel skills

Demonstration of strong time and task management skills

Ability to take direction, receive constructive feedback and deliver accurate work product

Relationship management and customer focus; ability to interface with customers and collaborate internally with teammates to serve customers

Able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without Visa sponsorship

Competencies

Excellent written & verbal communication skills

Excellent presentation skills, analytically driven and detail oriented

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Proficient in time management

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation (Producer roles only).

The hourly rate being offered for this role is $37.00hr – $41.00hr USD. This role is also eligible for overtime.

Company Benefits

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wel