Intern- Data Science

EMC Insurance Companies•Iowa - Work From Home, IA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Explore a variety of careers in insurance with EMC! By participating in our paid intern program, you’ll develop industry-related knowledge, enhance skills that are transferable to any professional setting and do meaningful work to help achieve our goals. Your daily responsibilities, special projects and activities will provide both structured and unstructured opportunities to help you learn and grow as a professional. When you network with executives, connect with a mentor, explore other departments and volunteer in the community, you’ll see your impact at EMC on a larger level. Plus, successful interns are invited to apply for regular full-time positions. Join us at EMC! You’re going to love it here—you can count on it.

Requirements

Data science, actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, or finance major
Completion of junior year preferred
Interest in property casualty insurance career
Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Analytical ability
Strong organizational skills
Sound decision-making and problem-solving
Attention to detail
Good computer skills

Responsibilities

Builds data science solutions under close supervision.
Gathers structured and/or unstructured data to create a modeling dataset, including cleaning and pre-processing data.
Performs exploratory data analysis to ensure the data is fit for purpose, discovers and identifies existing relationships, patterns, and trends within the data, and shares results with supervisor for review.
Learns EMC and departmental culture, structure, and functions across branches.
Researches and makes recommendations on at least one emerging technology or innovation.
Develops understanding of insurance operations, ratemaking, statistical analysis, data management and computer programming.