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Zurich Insurance

Global insurer providing property, casualty, life

Analytics & Pricing Trainee

Actuarial & Risk ModellingUpdated on Nov 14
InternshipBarcelona, Spain€4.62 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university-level educational background related to Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Big Data, or Physics.
  • Be able to formalize a university internship agreement for at least six months, with possible extension.
  • Have the ability to transform and clean data and provide technical insight on actuarial models and risk questions.
  • Have the ability to develop analytical dashboards for business performance monitoring.
  • Have the ability to learn and improve predictive modeling tools, including pricing models, reverse engineering from market information, renewal elasticity and discount models, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and testing and maintaining existing models and tools.
  • Have the ability to support research into new approaches such as web scraping, text analysis, and image processing.
  • Have analytical ability and the ability to develop new approaches and interpret and synthesize results.
  • Have organization, attention to detail, communication, teamwork, learning agility, initiative, autonomy, and continuous-improvement orientation.

Responsibilities

  • Transform and clean data to provide technical insight and advice on actuarial models and risk questions.
  • Develop analytical dashboards to support monitoring of business performance.
  • Learn and contribute to developing and improving predictive modeling tools, including pricing models, reverse engineering from market information, renewal elasticity and discount models, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and testing and maintaining existing models and tools.
  • Learn the business throughout the life of an insurance policy, including product, underwriting, renewal, claims, cancellation, and fraud.
  • Support research into new approaches such as web scraping, text analysis, and image processing.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of statistical and programming tools such as Python, R, SAS, SQL, or other statistical programming languages.
  • B2 level English.
  • Experience in data transformation, cleaning, and quality processes.
  • Experience in insurance, banking, pharmaceutical, mass-market, online-market, or related sectors.
  • Experience in actuarial environments using Emblem, Radar, and generalized linear models.
  • Experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and QlikView.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
  • Previous experience in internships, volunteering, or academic projects.

About the Company

Zurich Insurance

Global insurer providing property, casualty, life

Zurich Insurance Group provides global multi-line insurance for individuals, families, small and mid-sized businesses, public entities, and multinational corporations in more than 200 countries. Its Property & Casualty arm covers personal lines like car and home, plus a wide range of commercial coverages (property, casualty, motor fleet, marine, construction, energy, financial lines, international programs); its Life business offers protection, savings, retirement, and unit-linked products. The Farmers Group manages Farmers Exchanges in the United States. The company also provides risk engineering and prevention services to help customers reduce risk and build climate resilience, with products sold through agents, brokers, bank partners, and direct channels. Its goal is to provide financial protection and risk management solutions that help customers manage uncertainty and build resilience over the long term.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Founded
1872

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