Students looking for a career in international business have been advised they should work abroad after graduation to help guarantee a job in Bermuda.

Zuri Phillip, a junior reinsurance analyst at Hamilton Re, told pupils at Berkeley Institute: “Work overseas after you graduate and come back to Bermuda with some experience. You will be a much more valuable employee.”

Ms Phillip was part of a three-strong team from Hamilton Re, the reinsurance arm of Hamilton Insurance Group, who visited the school on Friday as part of Insurance Careers Month.

She was joined by Kelli Nusum, Hamilton Re assistant vice-president for operations and claims, and Ebony Brockington, assistant underwriter. Together, the trio outlined how they found a rewarding career in reinsurance.

Ms Brockington said: “I interned at Amlin for two years and as a recipient of a scholarship from the Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies, I had the opportunity to gain more experience by working on-site at a number of different companies before I joined Hamilton Re.

“This helped me decide that I really like to underwrite.”

Ms Nusum said she had trained as an accountant and had never considered reinsurance as a career.

She added: “I’ve been at Hamilton for six months and love coming to work every day.”

Ms Phillip was the youngest employee at Hamilton Re when she joined, aged 22, after gaining a double major in maths and mathematical programming from the University of Tampa in Florida. She told Berkeley pupils that they should work out what kind of study interested them.

“There are so many different types of jobs in this industry, so don’t feel you have to study risk management or actuarial science,” she said.

“If you’re interested in human resources, communications, marketing or technology, there will be something for you.”

The visit was part of a month-long series of events held in the US, Britain and Bermuda to highlight the insurance and reinsurance sectors as career choices.

The drive was sparked as the baby boomer generation retires, which will open up 400,000 posts in the US. There is a concern that the millennial generation has a lack of interest in pursuing a career in the insurance world.

More than 600 companies in Bermuda, the US and Britain have taken part in Insurance Careers Month.