About us

Synopsis

Darwin Rhodes - The World's Leading Insurance Recruitment Firm

Darwin Rhodes is one of the world's leading recruitment consultancies specialising in the placement of actuarial and insurance professionals. Each of our consultants works within a dedicated specialist market, enabling them to have comprehensive and up-to-date market knowledge. We strive to meet the needs of both our clients and candidates by tailoring our services to suit them on each and every occasion.

It's our ability to successfully combine specialist expertise with high quality service that led us to become a successful global recruiter.

In 2005 we brought this award winning combination first hand to the Indian market.

About Us

Darwin Rhodes - A Specialist Recruitment Firm

Darwin Rhodes was established in 1996 to serve the insurance and financial services markets. Without exception our competitors of comparable size are subdivisions of generic recruitment firms active simultaneously within wide ranging markets such as secretarial, commercial and IT. We recruit investment and insurance professionals including actuaries, benefit consultants, specialist general insurance staff, investment and compliance specialists and financial advisers. Today we have the largest team of consultants worldwide serving these specialised markets.

Our recruitment consultants develop as specialists within their own fields, working in teams with responsibility for specific markets - Actuarial, Pensions, Investment/Banking, Accounting, General Insurance and Financial Services Distribution. So when an applicant registers a CV or a client registers a vacancy they are guaranteed to speak to a consultant who understands their needs and who speaks their language.

Our Service

Our clients can expect an exceptional level of service from a team that understands the Indian recruitment market and how it relates with the Asia Pacific region as well as to Europe and North America.
As a candidate of Darwin Rhodes you can expect to receive advice on CV preparation, interview technique, salary levels and up to date information on the market place as we pride ourselves on finding you the right position to suit your career aspirations.

Our Operation in India

The Mumbai office works with part-qualified and qualified actuaries up to senior management, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer level, life, non-life and pensions technical staff and underwriters. The range of positions covered includes contract and permanent roles in India within the life, general/reinsurance, employee benefits and investment markets.

Award Winning Recruitment

* 'International Recruitment Company of the Year' in Recruitment International Awards 2009.

* 'Best Recruitment Company' in the Global Investor Awards 2008.

* 'Best Recruitment Consultancy' in London at the REC/RBS sponsored recruitment awards in 2007

* 'Best Asset Management Search Firm' in the 2007 'Financial News' recruitment awards.

* Nominated for 'Recruitment Consultancy of the Year' every year from 2001 to 2008 at the UK Pensions Awards and outright winner for three years.

Darwin Rhodes is a corporate member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation - the professional standards body of the recruitment industry.

Global coverage

Darwin Rhodes was the first insurance recruiter to enter the Indian market and our Mumbai office accommodates the largest specialist team in the Indian sub-continent.

Darwin Rhodes branched into Asia in 2001 and our Hong Kong and Shanghai offices cover the major financial centres of East and South East Asia including Tokyo and Singapore and emerging centres such as Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City.

Darwin Rhodes has its headquarters in the City of London with specialist teams covering the UK market.

Our dedicated European Team covers the actuarial and insurance markets of mainland Europe. The team operates from offices in both London and Zurich, Switzerland.

Our New York and Chicago offices cover the major North American financial centres as well as developing markets in Central and South America.

Our Sydney office covers the wide ranging markets in both Australia and New Zealand.

Darwin Rhodes is unique as the only insurance and actuarial recruitment company with this global capacity.