Actuarial Intern - Summer 2026

Job Description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

The Sun Life Actuarial Internship Program is designed for aspiring actuarial professionals and supports the continuing development of our actuarial community by promoting an environment conducive to a student's successful passing of actuarial exams. 

What’s it like to work at Sun Life?

You’ll find it dynamic and highly professional; collaborative and supportive. We encourage career mobility. Sun Life is also a socially responsible employer, supporting the communities in which we live and work, with a globally recognized commitment to the environment and sustainability.

Actuarial Interns can expect to build technical skills, learn insurance concepts and gain an understanding of product features and contracts. You’ll gain an understanding of the insurance business in general, while learning to leverage technology based tools to perform analysis and solve problems. In addition to building your skills and knowledge, interns provide meaningful contributions to their respective teams by completing real entry-level actuarial projects. Towards the end of your internship, you will also have the opportunity to give a presentation on summer experience to your peers, managers and other members of the Sun Life actuarial community.

But it’s not all work! We offer a well-rounded summer experience, including lunch & learn sessions, networking opportunities with business leaders and members of the actuarial community and social activities with other interns from across the organization. 

Internship will be hybrid, and interns must be located near one of our US based offices - Wellesley, MA; Kansas City, MO; Hartford, CT; Portland, ME; Milwaukee, WI.

Requirements: 

Must be currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program, preferably in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science or related area

Expected graduation between December 2026 to June 2027 preferred

Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0

Demonstrated interest and commitment to actuarial profession

Ability to translate complex, abstract concepts and theory

Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment

Analytical, problem-solving and conceptual thinking skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Prior actuarial internship experience a plus

Excel/VBA proficiency preferred

Programming skills preferred