What are the responsibilities and job description for the Risk Management & Underwriting Summer Internship Program position at The Cigna Group?
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If you’re looking to add value, make an impact, and use strong analytical and math skills in a fast-paced environment, starting your career within the Risk Management & Underwriting Leadership Development Summer Internship Program (RULDP) will allow you to do all this and more. Underwriters evaluate the risk of insuring a potential customer and use that information to set premium rates for insurance coverage. As part of our internship program, you will directly impact our business on a daily basis by protecting the company's sound financial position and enabling us to meet our financial commitments to our clients.
What you’ll do:
Our Risk Management & Underwriting Leadership Development Program (RULDP) is looking for motivated individuals to join us in the 10-week RULDP Explore Summer Internship Program. The internship is designed to further develop analytical skills and business acumen in a dynamic and flexible work environment. With a strong focus on providing, you with the experience of being a full-time employee, our internship is a great way to assess whether the underwriting profession and The Cigna Group are a good fit for you. RULDP Explore Internship offerings:
Real Work: you will be assigned underwriting responsibilities to make direct contributions to our underwriting goals, as well as an intern project that will challenge your problem-solving and innovation skills.
Dedicated Training: We will provide you with the foundational underwriting knowledge you need to be successful within the internship program. then Real Work: you will be assigned underwriting responsibilities to make real, direct contributions to our underwriting goals through live casework
Community: you will have the opportunity for visibility with senior management as well as one-on-one learning with underwriting professionals, who will share their knowledge, experience and assume roles as individual coaches and mentors.
Speaker Series: you and your fellow interns will be exposed to a variety of lectures and presentations given by members of the community.
Compensation: earn a highly competitive hourly rate in addition to gaining valuable work experience.
What you need to do the job:
Ideal candidates will be progressing toward a bachelor's degree and have completed 3 years in a preferred major and/or minors including Risk Management, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, Mathematics, and Business
Preferred GPA of 3.0 or higher
Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
High comfort level with math/numbers
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficiency with Microsoft office software, especially Microsoft Word and Excel
An interest in pursuing a career in underwriting
Customer-centric mindset
Additional Information:
Location: Hybrid in Denver, CO. A hybrid position means that you will be expected to work in-person at your assigned office location 3 days a week with flexibility to work at home for balance of time. The internship is paid, and housing assistance is not offered. Geographical preference is for the incumbent to be in the Denver, CO area.
Timeline: Our recruitment process consists of several rounds including a recruiter phone screen and 2 rounds of interviews.
Start Date: May 19th, 2025
Market Range: For this position, we anticipate offering an hourly rate of $24/hr depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.
Work Authorization: One goal of this internship program is to prepare and identify qualified candidates for roles with Cigna post-graduation. Therefore, this temporary internship is open only to individuals who are eligible for employment in the United States and who would not require visa support including H-1B, CPT/OPT/STEM, etc., now or in the future.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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