Summer Intern - Underwriting

Position Overview

As an RGA Underwriting Summer Intern, you will get the opportunity to exercise critical thinking skills and get hands-on experience at a top global reinsurance company. Underwriters utilize data to assess mortality risk for insurance policies. By assessing personal background information and applying risk assessment strategies, underwriters play an integral role in the insurance industry.

If you are a student who seeks to learn more about risk management, reinsurance, medical, and insurance topics, all while collaborating at a Fortune 250 company, consider Underwriting at RGA.

Responsibilities

Our expectation is that all interns participate in a core training program where we will provide limited review of new business cases and project assignments. Special projects/research will be assigned among the interns and rotated as much as possible so they get a variety of experience. We will emphasize risk management and analysis, specifically good risks vs. bad risks and how each impact the business. The intern will exercise strong analytical and research skills.

Projects assigned will be both group and individual and will be based on department need at the time of hire date. Duties may include:

• Assist in medical research as part of Underwriting Manual review
• Assist in underwriting research to include ongoing Underwriting Specialty reviews and updates
• Learn the basics of underwriting and how to use various systems and applications
• Work in team settings with other RGA interns and employees
• Attend lunch and learns to dive deeper into medical and insurance topics
• Participate in underwriting continuing medical education
• Review small new business underwriting cases
• Build business and professional skills that will prepare you for underwriting positions
• Participate in special projects and assume additional responsibilities as necessary from time to time for the improvement of the sales and underwriting performance of the region/company.

Requirements

• Must be currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA; additional requirements may apply
• Effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to provide information in a clear, concise manner
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships
• Effective analytical skills to gather information, analyze facts, and draw conclusion

Company Overview

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance, with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting and product development. Our mission is to enhance our clients' prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities.