2025 Group Benefit Solutions (GBS) Life Insurance Internship

 Job Requisition ID: 90969 

Location Designation: Hybrid - 1 day per week 

Group Benefit Solutions delivers comprehensive insurance and absence management solutions for mid-sized and large companies. Our work fosters a healthier, happier, and more secure workforce, contributing to New York Life’s legacy of being there when we’re needed most. Here, you'll design, implement, and support these solutions directly impacting employees’ lives. At our core, we provide financial security and peace of mind to people through our absence, accident, disability, voluntary benefits, and life insurance solutions. Click here to learn more about Group Benefits solutions.

 

 

Role Overview:

Shape your future with a dynamic internship experience at New York Life. Your internship journey is designed to challenge you through hands-on work experience that will equip you with valuable skills you can use anywhere. The Group Benefit Solutions (GBS) Life Insurance intern is able to work remotely or hybrid out of the Pittsburgh, PA office. This internship provides an opportunity for interns to gain insight into our Life Insurance department and New York Life’s business values and experience a corporate environment, while collaborating on project work across the organization, and participate in professional development activities to further their skills. This is a part-time internship that requires a minimum of 15-20 hours per week during the academic year and up to 40 hours during the summer. The internship will start in January 2025.

 

What You’ll Do:

As a GBS intern, you will work in our Life Insurance department to support Life Specialists in the day to day claim investigation process. The primary duties of the role will include loading claims, sending general correspondences as needed, conducting phone calls, as well as various other claims related projects.

 

What You’ll Bring:

A customer service mindset with the ability to work well with people in a team‐oriented workplace setting.

 

 Required Skills:

• College undergraduate actively pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree with an expected graduation date of 2026. 
• Able to work a minimum 20 hours per week during the summer and minimum of 15 hours per week is required during the academic year. 
• Effective team player with collaborative skills
• Strong organizational and time management abilities
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities

 

Preferred Skills:

• Preferred background in customer service, including proficiency in phone communication
• Knowledge of life insurance industry preferred

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Pay Transparency

Salary range: $21/ hour 

Overtime eligible: Nonexempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: No 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

 

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

 

Our Benefits 

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan r