Mosaic Insurance has welcomed its third year of summer interns, expanding the programme to include five students at its Bermuda, New York, Chicago and London offices.

Meron Simons and Kriston Adams are working as communications and strategy interns at the global speciality insurer’s Bermuda headquarters. Meghan Haran is based at Mosaic’s Chicago office, where she supports the cyber underwriting team. Gaurav Roychowdhury is in New York, where he works with the firm’s corporate finance and accounting team, and David Glendinning is at the London office, honing his skills in pre-underwriting processes in Mosaic’s financial institutions division.

All five came together virtually for product knowledge sessions led by Mosaic underwriters across units and jurisdictions.

“We’re excited to be expanding our summer internship programme this year across business lines,” Mosaic’s global human resources business partner, Haviland Dunne, said. “We value developing and immersing junior talent within our business.”

Ms Dunne said this year’s interns will work closely with senior leadership, learning about operations and the company’s unique business model.

“This provides them with invaluable insights and exposure, which we believe are key in a successful career,” she said.

Ms Simons, a Saltus Grammar School graduate, starts marketing studies at Nottingham Trent University in England this fall. Mr Adams graduated recently as Berkeley Institute head boy and plans to pursue an associate degree in business management. Mosaic selected them through local community engagement initiatives. Ms Simons was a member of Bermuda’s Future Leaders programme, where Mosaic’s first intern, law student McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, is an assistant director. Mr Adams met a Mosaic executive volunteer while participating in Berkeley’s long-running mock interview programme for graduating students.

“Our initial focus was on preparing students for scholarship interviews, a crucial step towards securing their future academic and professional pursuits,” Berkeley school principal Keisha Douglas said. “Our efforts have yielded impressive results, and we continue to leverage the valuable input and support of Berkeley alumni, community members and industry partners to ensure our graduating seniors are fully prepared for the real-world job market.”

Ms Haran, a University of Alabama senior, is studying international peace and conflict. She is spending the summer immersed in Mosaic’s fastest-growing speciality line, cyber, where she assists with pre-underwriting and rating accounts, and has been researching the topic of weaponisation, where cybercriminals develop malware to attack systems and processes.

Mr Roychowdhury has completed his first year at Rutgers University in New Jersey studying for a bachelor of science in finance and business analytics and information technologies, with a concentration in entrepreneurship. At Mosaic, he assists with analysis of the company’s accounting and finance functions, supporting monthly closing and reporting. He is also analysing the firm’s annual statement filings.

Mr Glendinning is a third-year student at Royal Agricultural University, Gloucestershire, England working towards his bachelor of science degree in international business management. He supports Mosaic’s financial institutions team by pre-underwriting and rating risks, gathering peer reviews, sending written risks down to bind and keeping the team’s risk tracker up to date.

Mosaic began its summer internship programme in 2021, just a few months after the company launched, and has continued to find networking and professional opportunities for programme alumni.

Ms Tuckett, now a student at Bristol University, in England, was invited to join Mosaic’s claims team for a learning stint last year at its London office, as well as a virtual experience programme with Mosaic’s law firm, RPC. This fall, 2022 Bermudian intern Skyler Powell, a recent graduate of Rollins College, Florida returns to Mosaic in a full-time position in London as a junior underwriter trainee.

“We’re committed to staying connected and continuing to build relationships with our interns — it’s a great chance to keep the career networking going, and the benefits work both ways,” Ms Dunne said. “They’re part of our Mosaic family, not to mention, some of our best goodwill ambassadors.”