Overview: 

If you're looking for the stability of a profitable, growing company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a startup, we're hiring. SageSure, a leader in catastrophe-exposed property insurance, is seeking an Intern to join the Rising Pioneer Program as part of our Commercial Underwriting team.

Working with the Commercial Property underwriting team, you will gain hands-on experience supporting a strategic growth area as the business expands products and markets, improves submission intake, and manages workflows across our systems. You will help document and strengthen operational processes, support an external AI-based submission intake solution, and identify practical opportunities to reduce manual work so underwriters can focus on writing and retaining profitable business.

What you’d be doing:

• Support Commercial Property submission intake and related administrative workflows.
• Document current processes, business requirements, handoffs, and operating procedures across GeoVera and SageSure systems.
• Analyze workflows to identify bottlenecks, manual work, data quality issues, and opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Assist with implementation and scaling of an external AI-based submission intake solution.
• Track issues, action items, milestones, and follow-up activities to support consistent workflow execution.
• Prepare basic reports and maintain accurate spreadsheets that support operating and reporting discipline.
• Collaborate with underwriting, product, technology, and actuarial partners on process improvement initiatives.
• Help develop practical recommendations that improve submission intake, workflow handoffs, and underwriting capacity.
• Complete collaborative project work and an individual or team Capstone focused on a Commercial operational challenge.
• Receive coaching, mentoring, and developmental feedback from SageSure professionals

 

We’re looking for someone who has: 

• An undergraduate education pursuing a degree in business, insurance, risk management, operations, analytics, information systems, or a related field.
• A graduation date in May 2027.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reasoning skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to organize details, manage multiple priorities, and follow through on commitments.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team member.
• Curiosity, initiative, and an interest in learning underwriting operations and process improvement.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

 

Highly preferred candidates also have: 

• Prior internship, project, or coursework experience related to insurance, underwriting, operations, analytics, or process improvement.
• GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Experience documenting processes, workflows, or business requirements.
• Experience using spreadsheets to organize, validate, analyze, or report data.
• Familiarity with project tracking, issue tracking, or continuous improvement concepts.
• AI automation, or workflow technology experience or coursework, including applied AI, machine learning, natural language processing, or workplace analytics tools.
• Interest in commercial property insurance and operational effectiveness.

About SageSure:

Named among the Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance for four years in a row (2020-2023), SageSure is one of the largest managing general underwriters (MGU) focused on catastrophe-exposed property in the US. Since its founding in 2009, SageSure has experienced exceptional growth while generating underwriting profits for carrier partners through hurricanes, wildfires, and hail. Available in 16 states, SageSure offers more than 110 home, flood, and commercial products on behalf of its highly rated carrier partners. Today, SageSure manages more than $3.2 billion of inforce premium and helps protect more than 970,000 policyholders.  

 We have more than 1,000 employees in a distributed workforce environment across 12 offices—Fairfield, CA; Mountain View, CA; Cheshire, CT; Jacksonville, FL; Tallahassee, FL; Tampa, FL; Chicago, IL; Jersey City, NJ; Marlton, NJ; Cincinnati, OH; Houston, TX; Sheboygan, WI—who are tackling the industry’s toughest challenges.     

SageSure is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a workforce that reflects the spectrum of perspectives, experiences, and abilities of the world we live in. We recognize that our differences make us strong, and we actively seek out diverse candidates through partnerships with organizations, institutions and communities that represent various backgrounds. We champion belonging and inclusion for all identities, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, ability status, gender, and country of origin, striving to create a culture where all individuals feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. 

Our nimble, highly responsive culture nurtures critical thinkers who run toward problems and engineer solutions. We relentlessly pursue better outcomes by investing in the technology, talent, and tools that position us to succeed in demanding markets. Come join our team! Visit sagesure.com/careers to find a position for you. 

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