Profile
Alisha-Shine Cheyaden
“Chubb shows how invested the company is in bringing in new talent and offering us everything possible to grow and find a lucrative career in insurance.”
Originally from Mumbai, Alisha-Shine Cheyaden has been studying computers since the fifth grade.
Being a tech grad with a master’s degree in information technology and analytics, Cheyaden never imagined working for an insurance company. But when looking for her first full-time job, she was impressed by the learning opportunities Chubb offers — such as the Technology Associate Program (TAP) — and was attracted by the fact that we are “the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company and a global company with operations in 54 countries!”
Chubb created TAP to ensure the company has a strong team to manage future technology projects. With TAP, early-in-career IT employees are immersed in a two-year development program comprising educational opportunities, lectures, networking, and social events. As Nicole Braun, Program Manager for TAP, observed, “The goal of TAP is to provide Chubb with an in-house technology talent pipeline while offering our associates the ability to grow as technologists and professionals and to grow as future leaders of a world-class insurance organization.”
Within five months of joining Chubb, Cheyaden moved onto an international team, a transition that presented opportunities to work on projects with colleagues in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. For Cheyaden, the experience reinforced that a successful career in insurtech means knowing the core business as well as the fundamentals of technology and staying abreast of new technologies.
“Chubb shows how invested the company is in bringing in new talent and offering us everything possible to grow and find a lucrative career in insurance,” she said. “They made me realize that it is important to always keep growing and learning and instilled that, when I’m a manager someday, I too will promote continuous learning.”