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After completing the part-time internship at FWD, I joined RGA to start my first full-time internship from Jan to Jun 2024. I worked in the regional valuation department during these six months. As RGA is a reinsurance company, it helps me gain a wider view of the entire insurance industry and also a better understanding on the main difference between direct insurance and reinsurance businesses. Thanks to my former experience at FWD, I got more chances to participate in projects from different fields. It is an excellent experience to choose RGA as my second internship company.

Working as a summer intern at the Insurance Authority in year 2018 is definitely a profound experience of mine. It has established my fundamental understanding from the perspective of a regulator of how the insurance industry of Hong Kong looks and how it actually runs. Consolidating insurance datum, attending briefings to officials and students and taking part in few ad-hoc projects, not just following on paper or by notes as if you are in the university most of the time, have practically enriched my insights and they are valuable memories to me.

During the summer break, I am glad that I got the opportunity to work and learn as an intern at Tai Wo Chiyu Bank. Even though I am not a banking student but luckily there were many colleagues there to support me. After three months working in the bank, I not only became familiar with the internal functions of a bank but also acquired skills that enabled me to cooperate with my colleagues and serve clients. Moreover, I realise the importance of taking responsibility in the workplace, which inspires me and helps me to be a responsible person. In a word, this internship experience made me explore more about myself and my career path. What I gained from this internship is more than what I had expected.

In this internship, I worked in FTLife as an actuarial intern. I was assigned to work in the Model team and my duties included conducting UAT, adjusting model structures in Prophet, and automating tasks by writing macros. This experience gave me a chance to be exposed to the actual business environment and run actuarial software. I have significantly strengthened my technical skills by working there. Therefore, I highly recommend my fellow students to join the internship program in FTLife.

I had internship with Aon since year 1 which gave me a precious chance to learn and practice. I feel that quality internship is essential to develop key skills that you can’t get in a classroom such as multitasking. I learned knowledge of how Insurance industry actually works. Besides, I assisted in insurance quotation and handled customer service. This experience really inspired me and broadened my horizon.

What I have learnt from this internship is how to use Prophet, such as model running and spreadsheet checking to see if there is any error inside. I have also used the skills learnt from school such as Excel formulae, VBA and some actuarial skills in Excel. I think these skills are important to be an actuary. My supervisor gave me a lot of tasks which were quite difficult for me. Although I had spent much time to read and understand, I could handle them eventually. There are three important things to be an intern: be patient, be careful and ask supervisor for help if facing any problem.

By joining the full-time internship program at Prudential Hong Kong Limited, I got practical skills by participating in the pricing and reporting team. Besides, I am glad that I have received the return offer from Prudential.

In the pricing team, the routine job is to prepare policy administration cases related to policy movements, handle special quotation requests, and assist in User Acceptance Testings, such as product publication, and data patching. My responsibilities on the reporting team include preparing month-end reporting tasks such as Asset Share Roll Forward and running models, as well as doing sample policy checks for new products. Not only have I gained professional knowledge, such as product-related information and essential software abilities, but I have also obtained job-related soft skills, such as workplace communication, as a result of my time at Prudential.