Actuarial Intern (Data Science)

Division or Field Office:

Office of Sales & Products
Department of Position: Data Department
Work from:
Corporate Office in Erie, PA Pay Rate
$26-$27.50

At Erie Insurance, we believe in professional and personal development.

With our Future Focus Internship Program, both are provided in abundance.

Not only do we offer the opportunity to gain professional experience in a challenging and competitive setting, but we welcome you as part of the ERIE family.

We ensure that our interns receive the best internship experience possible, which includes multiple educational, developmental, professional, social and networking opportunities.

The esteem ERIE holds in its Future Focus Internship Program is evident at every level of the organization, defined even further by multiple opportunities for socializing with high level leaders, up to and including our President and CEO.

Are you ready for the internship experience of a lifetime? Look no further.

2027 Future Focus Internship Program Start Dates:Monday, May 17th or Monday, May 24th, 2027

2027 Future Focus Internship Program End Date:Friday, August 6th, 2027

Position Summary

Working with experienced departmental staff conducts actuarial studies for auto, property and commercial lines of business.

Presents findings and proposals to management.

Supports the work of actuarial analysts while learning the actuarial analyst job function.

As a Data Science intern, you will focus on the following duties and responsibilites:


* Works with experienced departmental staff to learn data science techniques, data sources, tools, and business applications to conduct analysis.


* Assists in conducting detailed analysis to identify insights and opportunities to improve business performance and decision-making.


* Assists with researching emerging trends, tools, and techniques relevant to data science and the insurance industry.


* Communicates findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.

Duties and Responsibilities



* Works with experienced departmental staff to learn actuarial techniques, data sources, and spreadsheets to conduct reviews of rating factors.


* Assists in conducting detailed analysis of The ERIE's insurance programs, profitability, rating factors, reserve studies, dynamic financial analysis, and experience exhibits.

Typical projects have included: deductible studies, trend and forecasts of average paid losses and frequencies, effect of large losses on rate indications, and competitive analysis.


* Creates exhibits, reports, and charts for actuarial and reserve studies, state insurance department filings, and rate recommendations.

Determines appropriate presentation format.


* Develops a basic knowledge of ratemaking procedures used by The ERIE, competitors, and rate bureaus.

Writes programs in SAS and Visual Basic to extract data to spreadsheet format.

Reviews data for reasonableness and accuracy.


* Gathers ERIE and Industry information...