Hybrid Surety Underwriting Intern

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in the United States offers a Surety Underwriting Intern role designed to build critical thinking, communication, and underwriting fundamentals. The 12-week program is hybrid (3 days in office) across locations including NYC, Des Moines, Avon, Philadelphia, and Houston, with a focus on real-world risk assessment and collaborative problem solving.

As an intern, you will review risks, input data into the system, support underwriting transactions, and engage with

Qualifications

• Pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Insurance, economics, or related field.
• Completion of junior year is preferred.
• Involvement in student activities and/or some work experience.
• General understanding of basic analytical and financial techniques preferred.
• Verbal and written communication skills necessary to interact with all levels of internal and external contacts.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend solutions to work-related problems.
• Ability to analyze insurance risks to determine the degree of acceptability and pricing.
• Effective time management skills and competencies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Captures information from multiple sources, account to company guidelines to support underwriting.
• Review individual risks for acceptability and handles those within authority, based on company guidelines and standards.
• Completes assigned Underwriting transactions and tasks within established time and service standard.
• Analysis and review of CPA and company financial statements and schedules.
• Input of those into the surety system.
• Determines necessary steps to process work.
• Decides to accept, reject, or modify based on level of authority.
• Consults with agents and internal partners.
• Recommends opportunities for business development and service capabilities
• Enters policies and runs reports for the underwriting file.
• Works cooperatively and builds strong working relationships with territory, field, claims, sales, and other associates to share and gather information necessary to complete work.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Education

Pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Insurance, economics, or related field

Job description

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in the United States offers a Surety Underwriting Intern role designed to build critical thinking, communication, and underwriting fundamentals. The 12-week program is hybrid (3 days in office) across locations including NYC, Des Moines, Avon, Philadelphia, and Houston, with a focus on real-world risk assessment and collaborative problem solving.

As an intern, you will review risks, input data into the system, support underwriting transactions, and engage with