Internship, Financial Solutions

About the Role

This is an 8-week Summer Internship Program in New York, offering a Hybrid work environment. The program is designed for university-level students primarily one year away from achieving their bachelor’s degree and serves as a pipeline into the full-time Graduate Development Program (GDP). Interns will gain an understanding of the risk landscape and hands-on experience working with clients in the insurance industry. The internship aims to build a technical foundation and provide exposure to clients through meaningful work assignments and projects.

Financial Solutions Trade Credit Placement Overview

WTW’s Broking teams deliver superior results for clients' business and risk management needs through deep industry-specific expertise. The role of a broker involves helping clients mitigate their total cost of risk by assessing, modeling, and structuring risk. Brokers then escort clients' risk into the market, using market relationships and negotiation skills to secure quotations from insurance carriers. Common tasks include preparing and sending submissions, liaising with markets, analyzing exposures, working through risk models, and negotiating quotations.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside colleagues of all levels and learn from WTW Senior leadership.
• Gain exposure to client accounts ranging from the Fortune 500 sector to smaller local business areas.
• Collaboratively work with the intern class on priority projects.
• Support the development and implementation of new strategies and products.
• Gain insight into various organizational roles across segments and present job duties and responsibilities.
• Learn and demonstrate select WTW’s analytic models.
• Develop soft and hard skills through professional development training.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program with a target graduation date of May 2028.
• Eligible candidates must be going into their Senior Year in Fall 2027.
• Minimum of 3.0 GPA or higher.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills, analytically driven and detail-oriented.
• Aptitude to learn and be proactive.
• Proficient in time management.
• Intermediate to proficient Microsoft Excel user; Power BI experience is a plus.
• Able to work legally in the United States indefinitely and without Visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Preferred Majors: Risk Management, Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Liberal Arts, Geology (BS), Environmental Geology (BS), Sociology.

Compensation

• Hourly rate: $31.00 - $34.00 USD.
• Eligible for overtime.