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While it’s good to get an idea of what it’s like to work at a company from people doing the job you’re applying for, it’s also useful to soak up the knowledge and experience of senior leaders. A few of ours give some valuable opinion and advice to help you on your career path with us.

Joe Clabby

Division President, Global Accounts, Global Services

Time with ACE: 12.5 years

What led me to ACE was the quality…

…Frankly, it was the desire to be associated with a strong global company that was establishing itself at the time, as a true leader in the industry - I wanted to be a part of that.

Relationships have always been important to us

While we’re very technical and have a good grasp of where we want to go and how we want to get there, we don’t minimise the importance of relationship building - and enhancing those relationships along the way is absolutely key to our success.

If I could give you one piece of career advice, it would be…

…Pick your mentors. Pick your relationships wisely – thoughtfully – never burn that bridge. Keep those important relationships where you’ve learnt a lot, and if you move on, don’t allow the relationship to move away, maintain it. It’s a long journey.

David Robinson

Regional President UK & Ireland

Time at ACE: 9 years

I love the dynamism at ACE

ACE has grown a lot since I joined, but it’s always been very flat structured, very nimble with a very quick decision making processes – you get an awful lot done in a day, it’s very dynamic. We are a very disciplined underwriting company and that discipline, especially around acquisitions we’ve made, has really helped us a lot.

We really are a truly international company

A lot of companies have operations outside the US – but few are truly international. If you look at our international operations - as part of the group – we’re huge – completely international. In terms of what that means to the way we work - significant authority rests in the local operation - so you are hugely empowered to make decisions and you’ll be held accountable for them.

Now is a great time to join us…

We’re good at managing change and embracing technology and new ways of working to become a more streamlined and effective business, utilising data and MI in our underwriting decisions, to make smarter and more commercial decisions – not to replace the underwriter, but to give them better tools to make better decisions.

“Manage your own career, don’t wait for things to happen. Don’t be afraid to put your hand up.”