Automation Insights Intern (6 months)

Are you ready to dive into a dynamic, multicultural team at the forefront of Specialty Underwriting in Zurich? At Swiss Re’s Digital Business unit, you'll collaborate with top experts across underwriting, product, and technology—driving innovation and shaping the future of our Specialty business. If you thrive in a fast-paced, global environment where teamwork fuels success, this is the opportunity for you!

About the Role

The future is digital and data-driven! As we support and accelerate our clients' efforts to automate their operations, the need for fast, smart insights is clear. Your role will be pivotal in helping design and develop an interactive dashboard to enable continuous monitoring for one of Swiss Re's digital business offerings:

• Gather and integrate data from multiple sources, including transaction details and system logs
• Identify key usage patterns, bottlenecks, and trends and provide actionable insights to improve accuracy, speed, and user adoption.
• Utilize tools like Tableau, Power BI, R or Python to build a user-friendly dashboard
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the dashboard meets likely needs and requirements
• Test the findings with targeted questions to selected clients, to understand commercial attractiveness
• Prepare and present the findings and recommendations for key stakeholders.

The internship will be for 6 months, starting in June 2025 in Zurich.

About the Team

Speciality is a diverse team of problem solvers driven by passion and powered by knowledge. With over 200 underwriters across 10+ offices, our team combines Swiss Re's dedicated Specialty lines of business in the Reinsurance P&C business unit. We are Agriculture, Aviation, Credit & Surety, Cyber, Engineering and Marine & Energy. Our purpose is to make today's and tomorrow's complex risks more accessible and lead Swiss Re's innovation and sustainability ambitions.

About You

We are looking for a brilliant critical thinker who is naturally detail-oriented and possesses strong interpersonal skills. Your flexibility and curiosity enable you to learn new skills quickly. Ideal candidates will have:

• Master student in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and self-starter demeanour.
• Proficiency in statistic software as well as Microsoft Office.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to dynamic insurance industry requirements.
• Team player who thrives in an international work environment.
• Reliable, open-minded, creative, and enthusiastic.
• Excellent oral and written English. Other languages are a plus.

Due to immigration regulations non-EU/EFTA and UK citizens must provide a certificate from a Swiss university confirming that an internship is integral to their course of study. Kindly submit the mandatory letter from your University with your application documents.

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