What are the responsibilities and job description for the Underwriting Intern (Personal Lines) position at Winick Realty Group?
We are looking for an Underwriting Intern to join our underwriting team at Western Reserve Group during the summer of 2025. The ideal candidate would be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in business administration, finance, risk management, or equivalent.
Salary Grade (5) 17.07 - 21.34 - 25.60
The goal of this internship is to provide a unique learning opportunity for a soon to be college graduate and provide valuable support to our underwriting team. The internship will provide practical experience within an insurance company with a focus on underwriting, but with exposure to Product Management, Claims, IT, and Marketing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Assist underwriting team members with wide range of underwriting tasks
- Job shadow with various underwriting team members and others throughout the organization
- Work directly with AVP on key projects identified within the department
Qualifications / Education / Experience :
The ideal candidate will have a desire to learn and growth within the insurance industry. Involvement within on-campus activities and display of leadership qualities will be important.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The individual must be able to effectively and clearly communicate with agents, department and company personnel via telephone, fax, email, and one-on-one dialog, in a highly professional manner.
REASONING ABILITY
The position requires the individual to apply common sense, understanding, reasoning, and sound educated judgment to properly evaluate and analyze situations.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
N / A
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Employees are required to sit at a workstation to perform various PC and / or terminal functions. Additionally, the employee is required to devote substantial time to telephone communication.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The intern will be assigned a specific work cubicle station and / or individual work area. The workstation will be located adjacent to other similar workstations. The workstation has the necessary equipment to perform the position duties including personal computer, telephone, file space, and needed worktable space.
The environment is reasonably quiet with needed interaction between other unit employees, immediate supervisor, and other Company staff. Moderate noise from telephoned calls is expected.
