Summer Personal Lines Underwriting Intern

Auto-Owners Insurance; Brentwood (MD); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Auto-Owners Insurance in Brentwood, Maryland, is seeking an Underwriter Intern for the summer of 2027. The role involves learning underwriting decisions, studying policies, analyzing risk, and communicating with independent agents and team members.

The internship focuses on understanding company procedures, endorsements, and forms, with opportunities to gain product knowledge and develop decision-making skills in a collaborative, professional environment.

Qualifications

• Student should be currently enrolled and entering their junior or senior year in college
• Ability to organize data, multi-task and make decisions independently
• Above-average communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to resolve complex issues
• An interest in developing product knowledge through participation in approved educational programs

Responsibilities

• Learn various insurance coverages and contracts along with company philosophy and procedures, in order to make underwriting decisions.
• Become familiar with company policies, manuals, forms and endorsements in order to understand their meaning and use.
• Analyze loss experience, financial conditions and physical characteristics of risks.
• Acquire a working knowledge of supporting sections of the underwriting department.
• Effectively communicate with independent agents and other employees through verbal and/or written means.

Skills

Data organization

Multitasking

Decision making

Communication skills

Issue resolution

Product knowledge development

Education

Currently enrolled, junior or senior in college

Job description

Auto-Owners Insurance in Brentwood, Maryland, is seeking an Underwriter Intern for the summer of 2027. The role involves learning underwriting decisions, studying policies, analyzing risk, and communicating with independent agents and team members.

The internship focuses on understanding company procedures, endorsements, and forms, with opportunities to gain product knowledge and develop decision-making skills in a collaborative, professional environment.