Financial Lines Underwriting Intern

Qbena; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

QBE North America is seeking a college student for a full-time, hybrid internship in Chicago, IL, requiring 4 days in-office. You will gain hands-on experience in financial lines, underwriting concepts, and professional development during a structured 8-week program.

Responsibilities include learning QBE values, coaching plans, agency partner relations, and participation in weekly training sessions across North America.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a 4 year college or university with pursuit of bachelor’s degree in insurance, risk management, or any quantitative field
• Course work or relevant experience with demonstrated achievements
• Ability to work from June 1st, 2026 to August 6th, 2026

Responsibilities

• Learn and model QBE values through participation in required training classes
• Develop and implement performance and developmental coaching plans with the support of your manager
• Build relationships with agency partners via phone calls and emails that drive profitable growth
• Participate in weekly training sessions gaining insight across QBE North America
• Build relationships with other senior underwriters, underwriters, assistant underwriters, and claims
• Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations and influencing others to reward performance and value can do people, accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity and fun
• Support QBE values in personal work behaviors, decision-making, contributions and interpersonal interactions; manage own career development by soliciting feedback and valuing other perspective
• Professional Liability initiatives: Support and learn Cyber Product underwriting process.
• Management Liability Initiatives: Support and learn Directors and Officers, Employment Practices Liability, Crime and Fiduciary underwriting process

Skills

Communication

Microsoft Excel

Time Management

Problem Solving

Customer Service

Collaborative

Education

Pursuing bachelor's degree in insurance, risk management, or quantitative field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
The Opportunity: We are interested in college students looking to develop functional insurance industry knowledge and skills related to industry principles, operations, and concepts. You will develop procedural knowledge within the Financial Lines business unit, work with all levels of the organization to get used to an office environment, and develop interpersonal skills needed to succeed.

Location: Chicago, IL

Work Arrangement: This role is hybrid, where you will be expected to be in the Chicago office 4 days per week.

The pay rate: $22.50

Responsibilities

• Learn and model QBE values through participation in required training classes
• Develop and implement performance and developmental coaching plans with the support of your manager
• Build relationships with agency partners via phone calls and emails that drive profitable growth
• Participate in weekly training sessions gaining insight across QBE North America
• Build relationships with other senior underwriters, underwriters, assistant underwriters, and claims
• Contribute to a positive work environment by demonstrating cultural expectations and influencing others to reward performance and value "can do" people, accountability, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, continuous improvement, collaboration, creativity and fun
• Support QBE values in personal work behaviors, decision-making, contributions and interpersonal interactions; manage own career development by soliciting feedback and valuing other perspective
• Professional Liability initiatives: Support and learn Cyber Product underwriting process.
• Management Liability Initiatives: Support and learn Directors and Officers, Employment Practices Liability, Crime and Fiduciary underwriting process

Qualifications

Necessary Qualifications include:

• Enrolled in a 4 year college or university with the pursuit of bachelor's degree in insurance, risk management, or any quantitative field
• Course work or relevant experience with demonstrated achievements
• Ability to work from June 1st, 2026 to August 6th, 2026

Preferred Competencies/Skills

• Follow established guidelines to focus on details and complete tasks attentively and thoroughly
• Communicate information in a clear, well-organized, and professional manner
• Understand customer needs and goals actively look for ways to meet them
• Multi-task and handle competing priorities
• Escalate issues when necessary
• Show drive and initiative
• Be a willing, effective, and efficient learner
• Professional, polished, poised and positive demeanor
• Demonstrated interest in enhancing knowledge; seeks opportunities to learn and grow
• Use multiple resources to gather and review information and use logic to address work-related issues and problem
• Service industry, self-starting marketing drive, efficient priority of time and teamwork

Preferred Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Principles and processes for providing customer service
• Terminology, function and fundamental capabilities of common computer, software, information and communication technology devices, components, and concepts

Why QBE? What if you could have a positive impact - at work and in the world?

At QBE, we're enabling a more resilient future - for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We're building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the center of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you'll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And our international scale means we're big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

Join us now, so you can be part of our success - and we can be part of yours!

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Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; protected veteran status; or disability or any other legally protected status.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Supplementary information

Skills:

• Collaboration Tools
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Data Entry
• Document Management
• Email Management
• Financial Products
• Hands-On Learning
• Intentional collaboration
• Managing performance
• Microsoft Applications
• Report Writing
• Research Analysis
• Self Motivation
• Time Management

Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.