Underwriting Intern - P&C LATAM,

Company Description

Because this is a company where you can make a real impact, where you will quickly get to know all your colleagues, where collaboration and diversity are valued, where personal development is enabled, and where you will get a true sense of the contribution you make to the company's success.

Become part of a leading reinsurance company of over 1,000 professionals spread across 20 world locations - a company that prides itself in delivering the best possible risk solutions to its insurance clients and brokers. For more on the extensive and fascinating range of risks we protect: https://partnerre.com/risk-solutions/

Become part of a culture based on trust, initiative, responsibility, and openness. We are always looking for bright, proactive individuals to join our team!

We look forward to receiving your application.

Job Description

About this job:
Our mission is to provide an Underwriting Reinsurance Intern with a professional work experience and offer learning opportunities focused on the insurance and reinsurance industry through exposure to the various integral functions within our reinsurance organization, with particular emphasis on Underwriting and Underwriting Operations, to help attract and prepare interns for a future career in this industry.

Reporting to: PartnerRe U.S. P&C Treaty Underwriting Department.

About the team:
PartnerRe is a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line risk management solutions around the world. Risks reinsured include property, casualty, motor, agriculture, aviation / space, catastrophe, credit / surety, engineering, energy, marine, specialty property, specialty casualty, multiline and other lines, mortality, longevity, health, and alternative risk products.

PartnerRe U.S. is a division of PartnerRe, providing risk management solutions to U.S.-based property and casualty insurance markets. Our team of experienced professionals develop innovative and client-specific solutions by thoroughly understanding our clients' goals, market, risk tolerance and exposures.

Duties & Responsibilities:
Over the course of this 8-week program, selected interns will be immersed in the property & casualty reinsurance industry.  Interns are entrusted to work on business activities and projects that will have an impact on PartnerRe underwriting. The program will involve both educational and project-based components. Educational sessions will cover Actuarial, Treaty and Facultative Underwriting, Claims, Operations, Accounting, and Catastrophe Modeling. Interns can anticipate not only gaining a broad understanding of the (re)insurance industry, but also starting to develop or refine key skills essential for a successful professional career, including personal time management, business etiquette, presentation skills, networking opportunities and exposure to senior management.

Qualifications

We are looking for well-rounded, energetic, and talented students who possess the following criteria:

• Currently a Junior or Senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree (above 3.0 GPA preferred) or a Graduate pursing a Master’s Degree
• Majors in risk management, actuarial science, mathematics, economics, accounting, finance, business administration, or related field
• Fully bilingual (oral and written), English and Spanish required. Portuguese is a plus
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience in conducting research
• Analytically minded
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Interested in learning about business operations in reinsurance and risk management
• Self-motivated and the ability to work in a collaborative team
• Organized and detail-oriented

A copy of the candidate’s most recent transcript will be required.

Additional Information

Additional Information:

• This is a paid internship
• The duration of this internship is an 8-week period, beginning late May and ending in late August
• At this time securing housing remains the responsibility of the intern

PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best.  We invite you to