Come Smile with Us!
Join our team as a Summer Data Analysis Intern for Delta Dental of Iowa, where you will gain comprehensive exposure to the underwriting and actuarial functions of our business. You will learn alongside a talented team that assesses risk, calculates premium pricing and ensures we remain competitive, profitable and financially stable. This is an opportunity to work on both production and project assignments and analyze data to support business units. You will develop approaches, use data query, calculation and reporting tools. You will learn how our Underwriting and Actuarial team uses data to improve the health and smiles of the people we serve.
Learn first hand from Kiersten what it's like to be a Data Analysis Intern at Delta Dental here .
We are excited to participate in the Iowa Economic Development’s Insure Your Future program, an early-stage internship initiative, designed for freshman/sophomore students to explore the insurance industry. You will gain hands-on experience, learn from subject matter experts, and collaborate with cross functional teams. This is your chance to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom with meaningful work, network with fellow interns, and grow your data analytics career all while making a difference in our community.
This temporary, full-time internship will start in May 2025 and work from our Johnston, Iowa location. Hours will be Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Why Delta Dental of Iowa?
For your smile. For your health. For your community.
At Delta Dental of Iowa, we’re more than just a dental and vision insurance company. Improving health and wellness is at the center of everything we do. As a not-for-profit, we aim to build stronger communities by investing in actions that promote and improve health. Delta Dental of Iowa invests 40% of our dollars directly back into the communities we serve.
Come see why we are passionate about "Bringing Smiles" to our customers. Our team enjoys competitive pay and benefits, an awesome "One Team" approach, and a company culture that fosters "Exceptional Quality Service" and "Leadership at All Levels." Together, we can make a difference – not only in Iowa but across the country.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand data structures and repositories.
- Learn how to use various data query tools.
- Manipulate large amounts of data to answer questions and prove/disprove hypotheses.
- Create and present findings and results.
- Learn underwriting skills and contribute to day-to-day operations.
- Interact with cross functional teams and establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Complete special projects on time with high quality.
- Engage in programs and networking opportunities to strengthen business acumen in the insurance industry.
- Support internship program by motivating and driving participation among intern peers to fully engage with opportunities available throughout the summer.
- Represent Delta Dental of Iowa as well as the other Delta Dental companies in a professional manner both internally and externally.
- Maintain strict confidentiality.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Must be a freshman or sophomore student working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Risk Management, Financial Reporting, Statistics, or related field.
- Must be able to demonstrate current 3.0 GPA or higher through transcripts.
- Must be registered as a student to college or university for the 2025 Fall session.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and intermediate Excel experience.
- Familiarity with PowerPoint, Python, and R preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Participants will be required to submit a written analysis of project work and present a summary of analysis to leadership at the end of the program.
- This position requires successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug test.
- Must be available to participate in Insure Your Future leadership development/networking opportunities on the following dates (times TBD):
a) Thursday, June 5th, 2025
b) Tuesday, June 17, 2025
c) Thursday, July 10, 2025
d) Thursday, July 24, 2025
Delta Dental of Iowa is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons without unlawful regard of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, individuals with disabilities, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
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