Gallagher - Risk Control, application via RippleMatch

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Introduction

Welcome to Gallagher – a global leader in insurance, risk management, and consulting services. With a growing team of more than 45,000 professionals worldwide, we empower businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you can build a career whether it’s with our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team. Experience The Gallagher Way, a culture fueled by shared values and a collective passion for excellence. Join one of our dynamic teams, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping Gallagher's future and unlocking unparalleled opportunities for both clients and yourself.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

U.S internship program includes additional office locations available within application!

Your summer with us

National Risk Control professionals can start their career as interns. Gallagher is a unique organization defined and made better every single day by our dedicated employees. In addition, our comprehensive “learning by doing” experience that provides you with a realistic look at what it means to be a Gallagher Risk Control Consultant.

You will have an opportunity to work in National Risk Control, within Gallagher Global Brokerage, in one of five areas. Your skills, knowledge and experience, will be used to help clients analyse and understand the risks of their operations and develop and implement controls to advance their organization’s profitability and success.

Please note your top two areas of interest from the table below in your cover letter when you formally apply.

Area of Interest - Risk Control

We partner with our Gallagher clients to improve their safety, health and environmental programs, and practices, by providing strategic solutions that improve productivity and reduce losses. Some examples of these solutions include field risk assessments, gap analyses, e-services, onsite training, auditing, risk improvement strategies, and property risk improvements.

Background - Occupational Safety and Health, Public Health, Industrial Safety, Property/Industrial Engineering

Area of Interest - Claims Advocacy

We partner with our Gallagher clients and work with insurers to ensure that our clients’ claims are handled in an expeditious manner and resolved at the best possible outcome for our clients. Further we provide other strategic services to assist in managing their total cost of risk.

Background - Business Studies, Construction Management, Law, Communication, Liberal Arts

Area of Interest - Risk Solutions and Analytics

We partner with our Gallagher clients to evaluate the different risks associated with their primary insurance programs. Our solutions range from data driven reports to inform our clients of their claim and loss experience trends & cost drivers to actuarial and predictive analytics reports for the purpose of evaluating liabilities associated with loss sensitive programs. We also advise our clients on constructing insurance programs that will generate optimal total cost of risk.

Background - Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting, Economics, Finance, and other related business studies

Area of Interest - Operations

We partner with NRC functional leaders to support various operational initiatives for Claims, Loss Control and Analytics practice groups. The Intern will provide support in broader areas such as process improvement, reporting, technology support, coordination with training & communication, and be a liaison to key stakeholders.

Background - Business Studies, Business Administration, Information Technology

Area of Interest - Business Continuity

We partner with Global Brokerage business to help clients manage or mitigate non-insured or uninsured losses. The Business Continuity Intern will have the opportunity to network with all levels of leadership and gain exposure to assessment, planning and testing/training deliverables. The successful candidate will gain hands-on experience in business continuity planning, exercises, business impact analysis, assist with the roll-out of resiliency program tools, learn about crisis management.

Background - Business Administration, Finance or International Relations

How you'll make an impact

• Understanding Consultative Solutions: Shadowing Gallagher consultants, producers, and underwriting teams as they meet with clients and prospects to gain a better understanding of Gallagher’s risk improvement, insurance, sales and marketing process.

• Professional Development: Attending various weekly training engagements to further develop critical qualities of a successful consultant, client service and sales professional (i.e. communications, business etiquette, etc.)

• Competition: Participating in various innovative risk improvement competitions to challenge your passion for prevention and mitigation of accidents, injuries, business disruption and the associated costs within the insurance brokerage world

• Building Professional Acumen: Learning about Gallagher’s Risk Management, Benefits, Wholesale and Claims businesses to gain a better understanding of clients’ needs and opportunities for growth

• Gain understanding of processes and systems to undertake loss and operational analysis, risk assessments and risk improvement solutions, while quantifying the impact to our client’s risk improvement strategies.

• Contribute to operational improvements as an engaged member of the team which includes providing input and suggesting solutions while preparing client risk improvement strategies and while participating in National Risk Control initiatives.

• Assist with research and in building internal and external resources to promote the evolution of the National Risk Control model.

• Integrate new technologies within existing tools and processes to improve efficiency and visibility for effective risk improvement.

• Learn from Loss Control and Claim Professionals in the field to experience effective techniques in prevention, mitigation and claims advocacy through job shadowing at client locations.

About You

• Rising sophomores and juniors with an expected graduation date between December 2025 and June 2027

• Availability to participant within program dates: June 2nd, 2025 and ends: August 1st, 2025

• Unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States. For U.S. employment opportunities, Gallagher hires U.S. citizens, permanent residents, refugees, and temporary residents. Temporary residence does not include those with non-immigrant work authorization (F, J, H or L visas), such as students in practical training status. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. We will require proof of work authorization

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Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. 

 Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!

• Life and accident insurance

• 401(K) and Roth options

• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)

• Educational expense reimbursement

• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)

• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)

• Training programs

• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing

• Charitable matching gift program

• And more...

We value inclusion and diversity

Click Here to review our U.S. Eligibility Requirements

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.