Actuarial Science Internship
Summer 2025
Founded in 2018, Venerable is a privately held company that owns and manages legacy annuity business acquired from other entities. Created by an investor group led by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., Crestview Partners, Reverence Capital Partners, and Athene Holdings, Ltd. Venerable is a business with well-established, strategic investors, experienced in successfully building and growing insurance businesses with patient, long-term capital. Venerable has office locations in West Chester, PA, Des Moines, IA, and New York, NY and is poised to execute on future transactions in alignment with our overall growth strategy.
The summer 2025 Actuarial Internship positions will be based in West Chester, PA.
Our Actuarial Science Interns have the opportunity to support and gain exposure to one or more business areas including Valuation, Capital Management & Modeling, Product Management, Experience Studies & Assumption Setting, Hedging Operations, Financial Risk Management, Investment and Risk Operations, and Corporate Risk Management.
Specific responsibilities will vary by area, but may include:
- Build an understanding of variable annuity product features and the primary risk drivers.
- Gain an understanding of market data and various metrics that are used to measure risks associated with variable annuities.
- Use data analysis tools to summarize data extracts, organize data at varying levels, and interpret trends in data for various purposes such as product assumption setting, investigation of reserve movements, and risk reporting across liabilities, assets, and/or derivatives.
- Assist with the calculation and reporting of statutory reserves for the deferred annuity and payout annuity businesses.
- Support market, investment risk, and stress testing analysis and the reporting of liquidity, capital, and economic metrics. Specific projects may include weekly liquidity analysis and periodic investment portfolio risk analysis.
- Assist with quantitative analysis, assumption development, completion of strategic projects, and improving processes, documentation, and analytics.
- Update and develop Excel spreadsheets that extensively utilize Excel formulae and data utilities as well as VBA macros.
- Develop and present PowerPoint presentations or memorandums to summarize analysis and results for various types of audiences including immediate teams as well as for the CRO/CFO of the company.
Students applying to our Summer 2025 Actuarial Internship are expected to have a strong mathematical aptitude, solid technical skills, display personal initiative and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong verbal and written communication skills & technical skills inclusive of advanced Excel functions. Exposure to additional programming languages; R, VBA, SQL, is a plus. GPA of 3.0 or higher
Preferred Majors: Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics or other related majors
Competitive pay, study hours, and financial support for pursuit of actuarial exams is included.
Other: Venerable offers a weekly travel stipend to offset some potential commuting expenses. Housing is not offered at this time.
Work schedule: Employees currently adhere to a hybrid schedule; 2 days in the office at the work location; (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) / 3 days from home.
Work location: West Chester, PA
Now accepting applicants for the Summer 2025.
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Venerable Values:
Every position at Venerable has responsibility for living out the company's values as described here:
We are Courageous -
We think critically, ask "why?" and seek out creative solutions.
We are Curious - We take calculated risks, learn from out failures, and challenge traditional ways of thinking.We are Connected - We are connected to each other, our customers and our community.
