Intern - AXIS Research Center

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance.  We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture.  As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance.  We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk-taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined, and ethical corporate culture.  As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

The Pricing team has responsibility for developing consistent world-wide pricing practices within the AXIS Reinsurance segment and is primarily responsible for Pricing Individual Accounts and providing insight into the risk those accounts bring to our organization. The successful candidate will provide actuarial support to the US Casualty group through the creation of a database of our internal submission data and actuarial analysis.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

·         Read and understand a reinsurance treaty submission, including standard exhibits provided for actuarial pricing work.

·         Organize historical actuarial analysis into a centralized database, allowing analysis of the various components of these analysis:

o    Historical Loss ratios

o    Loss Development

o    Rate Changes

o    Actuarial Rating Plan components, such as Increase Limits Factors

o    Exposure Profiles

·         Create efficient process to save data and query the database for benchmarking analysis

·         Communicate progress, as well as pertinent findings to manager

Required Education/Training & Experience:

·         Self-starter, proactive and with the ability to develop, recommend and implement new approaches

·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to establish credibility with senior underwriters, business unit leaders and divisional leadership.

·         Working knowledge of computer systems and software; Microsoft Excel, VBA and SQL preferred

·         Working knowledge of statistical methodologies and specialized math including calculus and probability preferred

Minimum Qualifications:

·         Progress towards an Undergraduate or post-secondary degree in Actuarial Science and progress toward actuarial exams with the CAS or SOA.

·         Current student in good standing with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

·         This is a part time position during the semester while school is in session and full time during the summer. Working hours are scheduled as the student’s class schedule permits between 8am and 6pm on weekdays, totaling 15-20 hours a week during the academic year.

Salary : $21