Underwriting Intern at Erie Insurance in Erie, Pennsylvania 41600

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Job Description

Req#: 41600

Division or Field Office:	Underwriting Division
Department of Position:	Undw Spclty/Middle Market Dept
Work from:	Corporate Office in Erie, PA
Salary Range:	$33,755.00 - $53,921.00 * salary range is for this level and may vary based on actual level of role hired for

*This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired.

At Erie Insurance, we believe in professional and personal development. With our Future Focus Internship Program, both are provided in abundance. Not only do we offer the opportunity to gain professional experience in a challenging and competitive setting, but we welcome you as part of the ERIE family. We ensure that our interns receive the best internship experience possible, which includes multiple educational, developmental, professional, social and networking opportunities. The esteem ERIE holds in its Future Focus Internship Program is evident at every level of the organization, defined even further by multiple opportunities for socializing with high level leaders, up to and including our President and CEO. Are you ready for the internship experience of a lifetime? Look no further.

Position Summary

Opportunity to join our Future Focus Internship Program as an Underwriting Intern

Erie Insurance is committed to helping you learn and grow with a challenging internship position that will offer you relevant and real-world business experience. We are currently seeking many high-potential applicants for our upcoming summer internship program as Underwriting Interns!

Who should apply?

Applications are accepted from full-time college students currently attending an accredited college or university to pursue a four-year degree or to complete a master's degree program full-time
A four-year degree student should be completing sophomore, junior, or senior year
A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required to be considered for an internship

About the Internship: The internship includes orientation to the company and the insurance industry through:

A variety of challenging assignments in a stimulating work environment
A personal mentor
A welcome breakfast, monthly lunches and wrap up event
A variety of educational, social and community service events allowing for collaboration with other interns
Social events and other networking activities with senior leaders including the CEO
Opportunity to participate in company-wide innovation challenges
Relocation assistance may be available to those who qualify
We have multiple talent programs and initiatives currently focused on attracting underrepresented students for internships, and other job opportunities here at ERIE Insurance, and ensuring our procedures are free from biases.

Duties and Responsibilities

As an Underwriting Intern, you will:

Be involved in risk selection, analyzing risk, risk management, decision making, account/portfolio management, managing business relationships and trend analysis.
Gain hands on project experience surrounding investigations on emerging commercial and personal lines trends and data analysis of existing portfolio
Collaborate between Underwriting and Risk Control to develop recommendations for underwriting new and existing business and improving risk management techniques for ERIE's portfolio
Gain shadowing opportunities that allow for exhibition of underwriting and independent agent interaction and decision making process, as well as experience with new business applications, re-underwriting analysis and system utilization
Present to upper management on underwriting project topics and the development of product and coverage recommendations for the underwriting department to evaluate and incorporate into Erie’s risk appetite
Learn fundamentals of the insurance industry, different insurance coverages, and professional business etiquette

This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instruction and to perform any other duties as requested by their supervisor, or as become evident.

Competencies

Values Diversity

Information Management Skills

Nimble Learning

Self-Development

Job-Specific Knowledge

Collaborates

Customer Focus

Cultivates Innovation

Instills Trust

Optimizes Work Processes

Ensures Accountability

Decision Quality

Qualifications

High school diploma, or equivalent, required. Pursuit of Bachelor's degree with completion of sophomore year in a relevant field required. Minimum 3.0 GPA required. Working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software preferred.