Actuarial Internship

What’s Actuary in our Finance Division?  The Actuarial Department ensures that Wellmark’s products are adequately priced to meet financial goals and reserves are established to cover Wellmark’s unpaid claim liabilities.  Actuarial team members create models and perform analyses to support pricing, reserving and forecasting functions.  The evolving health insurance environment provides team members opportunities to develop and utilize their actuarial skill set and technical knowledge. What projects might I support? Although subject to change, examples of projects are included below:Conduct experience studies and review of established procedures (i.e. claim trends, rating factors) Perform research of premium and product data for competitive analysisAssist with annual individual and small group market performance analysisProduce ad hoc modeling for impacts of health care reformUpdate large group market rating factorsUse Federal Actuarial Value (AV) calculator to determine actuarial values for various benefit designsSupport individual and small group annual and quarterly rate filings, including data collection, setting factors and populating rating templatesAssist with enrollment, claims and income projections for solvency testing and budget purposesCollect, manipulate and analyze data, utilizing Microsoft Excel, Access, VBA and SAS for various ad hoc requestsReady to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here’s what’s next! Review the qualifications below. If the position is a match with your passion and interests, submit your application today!This internship will start in May of 2026, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.