Shape a more secure future for insurers and pension savers.
Programme overview
On the Actuarial Summer Internship, you’ll help shape the future with confidence while gaining insight into Life Insurance, Non-Life Insurance or Pensions. Working alongside high-performing teams, you’ll use data, technology and analytical thinking to help insurers and pension providers navigate change and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges. As a Shaper of the future, you’ll build valuable skills, make a meaningful contribution and help create a more resilient industry.
Core skills for success
- Analytical thinking and judgement – using data, modelling and insight to help clients navigate risk and make informed decisions.
- Curiosity Mindset – continuously building new technical, digital and professional skills to stay future-ready.
- Collaboration and communication – working with diverse teams and translating complex findings into clear, actionable insights.
- Digital, data and AI fluency – using technology and innovation to uncover insights and improve the way we work.
- Integrity and accountability – taking ownership and applying sound judgement to build trust and deliver quality outcomes.
- Adaptability and resilience – embracing change and learning quickly to solve challenges in a dynamic environment.
What you will be doing
- Working across the full capabilities of Actuarial, including: Life-Insurance, Non-Life Insurance and Pensions.
- Working on real-world projects that help insurers and pension providers navigate risk and prepare for the future.
- Collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative actuarial and business transformation solutions.
- Using data, modelling and technology to uncover insights and solve complex business challenges.
- Developing your skills through hands-on experience, coaching and exposure to areas including investments, environmental, social and governance (ESG), mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and regulatory change.
Please note: Due to UK policies, you must be based in the UK for the entire duration of the programme.
Eligibility for applying
If you’re in your penultimate year at university, or if you’re already in your final year but will be doing a one-year Master’s degree, or taking a gap year, this internship is for you.
You will, however, need to be working towards an honours degree in a numbers-based subject like Maths, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science or Technology, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, or in your home language if you do not hold English Language GCSE, and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent), including an A grade at A Level/Higher Maths (or equivalent carrying at least 48 UCAS points) to be eligible to apply.
While we welcome applications from candidates of all academic backgrounds, we are looking to recruit individuals who will succeed at EY in the role and future qualifications. We have completed several studies on academic attainment at A level (or equivalents), candidate performance in the online assessments in the EY recruitment process, and how that predicts future performance at EY.
Throughout the recruitment process, we therefore assess your suitability for the EY role you have applied to by considering your scores in the online assessments and your academic attainment at A level or equivalent. This approach is designed to ensure our joiners are successful in role and, where relevant, in the achievement of their professional qualifications. It is important to EY, and we have a duty of care which we take very seriously, to ensure our joiners are set up for long-term success.
We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.