2026 Summer Intern - Property Underwriting

Skyward Specialty

14d • Hybrid

About The Position

Skyward Specialty Insurance has been awarded as "Elite 50" internship program within the insurance industry for the last four years in a row! We are now actively seeking intern candidates for our 2026 summer program which we plan on being our best yet. As a company we are dynamic, entrepreneurial, and agile. We challenge each other by setting high standards and being accountable. We foster an environment that is diverse, inclusive, collaborative, and highly interconnected. We strive for personal and professional growth with the goal of continually improving our performance. We are high achievers who are also humble enough to know that we must be a cohesive team and collaborate to maximize our results. Here is an article that sheds more light on our culture/environment: https://resources.skywardinsurance.com/annual-people-report Does this sound like a fit for you? If so, please keep reading. This internship within the Inland Marine Underwriting team with a focus on the wholesale, E&S market. We are looking for someone with strong technical skills, good communication, and high intellectual curiosity. A successful intern will also: Have the opportunity to assist with real world, challenging projects that add value to the organization. Learn about our industry, our business, and our operations through both formal presentations and informal, on the job training. Build relationships and network with experts, leaders, and industry veterans willing to mentor, share knowledge, and offer career advice. Gain valuable, foundational experiences that will both prepare you for your profession and help inform your future career decisions. Additional details on our program: The program will be 10 weeks long, from 5/26/26-7/31/26. The program will be on a Hybrid schedule with virtual/remote work, some days in-office, and with some travel. The schedule is full-time, Monday through Friday, during standard business hours. We will also schedule a few after hour, fun events to promote networking and camaraderie, as circumstances allow. You will have an assigned mentor who will guide your project(s) and your experience with Skyward for the summer. The summer will end with presentations by the interns to members of the company leadership team, to summarize their project(s) and learnings. Skyward Specialty is a rapidly growing and innovative specialty insurance company, delivering commercial P&C products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis. The Company operates through eight underwriting divisions – Accident & Health, Captives, Global Property & Agriculture, Industry Solutions, Professional Lines, Programs, Surety and Transactional E&S. At Skyward Specialty, we approach insurance differently. Our specialty insurance experts are empowered to dig deeper to customize solutions that help brokers and agents deliver impactful solutions to their clients. We operate at the complex end of the specialty market and leverage technology to bring disruptive, innovative insurance solutions to market. We are agile and steadfastly focused on our strategy to lead in the select markets in which we choose to do business. We call this our rule our niche strategy.

Requirements

• Degree program in Finance, Risk Management, Business or similar (Bachelors or Masters candidates)
• Students must be actively enrolled and on schedule to graduate after the fall semester of 2026 or the spring semester of 2027
• Cumulative GPA must be 3.0 or higher
• Students must be permanently authorized to work in the US without sponsorship
• strong technical skills
• good communication
• high intellectual curiosity

Responsibilities

• Assist with real world, challenging projects that add value to the organization.
• Learn about our industry, our business, and our operations through both formal presentations and informal, on the job training.
• Build relationships and network with experts, leaders, and industry veterans willing to mentor, share knowledge, and offer career advice.
• Gain valuable, foundational experiences that will both prepare you for your profession and help inform your future career decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern