Research Analyst Intern

About Laurentian Assurance:

Agents, brokers and direct customers all buy through our platforms, with policy administration on Guidewire. We employ 400 people across underwriting, claims, actuarial, IT and customer service.

The internship:

Our Business Development team uses research to decide pricing and positioning. The intern's findings go straight into those discussions. Remote within Canada. The team meets in Toronto once a quarter, travel covered. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

Responsibilities:

• Draft short recommendation notes based on what the data shows
• Design online surveys in Google Forms or Typeform and clean the responses
• Maintain a research library in Notion or Google Drive
• Build lists of potential customer segments with company size and location
• Conduct remote customer interviews over Zoom and write up key quotes
• Check data sources for accuracy and note where each number came from

What we're looking for:

• Available for the full internship period
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Eligible to work in Canada
• Good Excel or Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables and charts
• Strong written English for summaries and reports
• Laptop, headset and a stable internet connection for remote interviews
• Able to make clean, simple slides in PowerPoint or Google Slides
• Curious, and careful about where numbers come from
• Basic knowledge of research methods: surveys, sampling and questionnaire design

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $22.00 - $23.50 an hour

Perks:

• Paid sick time
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Final presentation to leadership

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Laurentian Assurance.