academic background-? i have been called for a interview by a finance & insurance company, but i have a degree in bachelor of science. fortunately, the company is offering training do you think i will manage

You will have no trouble. You will get the initial training to set you off and then if you wish to progress there are many exams to be taken over the coming years. What a pity to waste a BSc on commerce.

I work for a large insurance company and don't have a degree or background as you suggest! I am doing brilliant! Good Luck you'll be fine, they wouldn't give you an interview if they didn't think you could cope!

Of course you can , when they look at your CV, whilst a finance related degree would help, its not esential - what the degree proves is that you can apply yourself and that academically you can work at a high level, basically your clever - in insurance you may have to take exams , to comply with the financial services authority, but after that you'll be fine. At the end of the day I'm not convinved that degrees really prepare you for the real working world as business' have their way of doing things that won't fit nicely into chapter 4 of that business studies book, trust me my degree subject matter didn't really transpose itself into my working life - go for it