Actuary Internship P&C Summer 2027
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
How many actuarial exams have you passed or are you studying for, and how do you fit studying around school?
What they are checking: Their commitment to the exam path, which is central to an actuarial career.
Tell me about a project where you had to learn a new method quickly to finish the work.
What they are checking: How fast they learn, since interns are exposed to many products and methods in one summer.
Tell me about a time your analysis was wrong. How did you find out?
What they are checking: Whether they check their work and own mistakes, which matters when numbers drive pricing.
What would you do
You are compiling claims data and notice a chunk of records with odd values. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they question and investigate data before running analysis on it.
How would you explain a statistical result to a manager who is not a math person?
What they are checking: Whether they can communicate technical results clearly to business partners.
How would you make the most of having a mentor this summer?
What they are checking: Whether they will seek feedback and ask questions, which the internship is built around.
About the work
What is rate adequacy, and how might an actuary check whether a line of business is priced correctly?
What they are checking: Their basic understanding of pricing work interns help monitor.
In simple terms, what are loss reserves and why does an insurance company need them?
What they are checking: Whether they grasp reserving, one of the core property and casualty actuarial functions.
What is the difference between how a property and casualty actuary and a life actuary spend their time?
What they are checking: Whether they have thought about why they want P&C work in particular.
Which tools have you used for data and statistics, like Excel, SQL, R or Python? What did you do with them?
What they are checking: Their practical analysis skills for the data and statistical work in the internship.
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