Summer 2027 Commercial Lines Underwriting Intern (Small Commercial)

About the role

Nationwide is a Fortune 100 company with a mission to protect people, businesses, and futures with extraordinary care. The Summer Internship Program is designed to empower you, allowing you to forge a strong foundation for your career. Over the course of 12 weeks, interns take part in key business assignments that make a difference, all while enhancing their leadership competencies.

Responsibilities

• Shadow underwriters as they review new and renewal business, evaluate risk, and decide whether and how to insure a business.
• Support Risk Evaluation & Pricing: Help gather and review account information, look at exposures, and see how pricing and coverage decisions are made.
• Analyze Risk & Portfolio Data: Review data to spot trends in risk, profitability, and retention that help underwriters make better decisions.
• Support Agency Relationships: See how underwriters partner with agents to win and keep business, and help prepare for those conversations.
• Explore AI & Automation: Learn how AI and automation speed up file review and routine tasks and help test or research these tools.
• Create Visuals & Presentations: Build simple dashboards or slide decks to share findings clearly, including your end-of-summer project to leaders.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work alongside portfolio managers, sales partners, and analysts to understand how different roles contribute to business outcomes.
• Grow Professionally: Attend team meetings, training sessions, and intern events to build industry knowledge, confidence, and a network.
• Own a Real Project: Take on a project tied to an actual underwriting priority and present your findings and recommendations to Small Commercial leaders.

Requirements

Desired Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Comfort working in teams and contributing to group efforts
• Time management and organizational skills
• Curiosity and willingness to learn
• Professional, dependable, and eager to learn
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an eye for detail
• Good judgment and comfort making decisions when you don’t have every answer
• Comfort with technology and interest in how AI can improve the way we work
• Genuine desire to learn

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program
• Strong academic performance
• Interest in the insurance and financial services industry
• Experience with data analysis and problem-solving
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Benefits

Real, resume-worthy experience on projects that matter to the business
Mentorship from experienced portfolio managers and leaders
Exposure to how a Fortune 100 insurer uses data and AI to make decisions
A built-in network of peers, professionals, and executives

Pay

The national hourly pay range for Nationwide Internships is: $23 - $50

Schedule

12-week internship program