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Alternance - Actuarial Reserving

CompanyAXA
LocationParis
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 24, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The role involves applying and improving knowledge in statistics, modeling, data analysis, reinsurance, and reserving, while implementing new models and tools for technical provision monitoring. The incumbent will also exchange with other teams to understand cashflow projection needs and improve forecast accuracy for financial steering.
Internship Type
intern
Company Size
143946
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters. Protection has always been at the core of our business, helping individuals, businesses and societies to thrive. And AXA has always been a leader, an innovator, an entrepreneurial company, fostering progress in all its dimensions. Our purpose also links back to the Group's roots. From the outset, AXA has been committed to acting as a force for collective good. From solidarity-based actions with AXA Hearts In Action to work on prevention issues with the AXA Research Fund and the fight against climate change, AXA has always been attentive to its social environment and embraced its responsibility as an insurer: responsibility for taking action upstream in order to better understand risks, with one goal in mind: to ensure better protection. Discover more: https://www.axa.com/en/about-us/our-purpose To know more about AXA's Privacy Policy - https://www-axa-com.cdn.axa-contento-118412.eu/www-axa-com/1cd44dfb-3b7a-4cf7-933b-06024cf7f25b_axa_privacypolicy_internetusers_va.pdf
About the Role

YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT

     

Why AXA?

 

At AXA, we work together every day for human progress by protecting what matters. It’s a foundation of our actions, our strategy, and the way we collaborate across the Group. Every day, we contribute to human progress in a way that is practical, responsible, and meaningful, creating a shared sense of direction, commitment, and collective impact that connects people across teams, countries, and roles.

 

As one of the world’s leading insurers in the protection of property, people, and assets, AXA brings together 154,000 employees and contributors across 50 countries, serving over 95 million customers worldwide.

 

As a responsible corporate citizen, AXA is deeply engaged in social and environmental initiatives and actively promotes an inclusive culture where every voice matters, differences are valued, and everyone is encouraged to grow through our strategy Care and Dare.

 

 

About AXA Group Headquarters (GIE AXA)

 

AXA Group Headquarters (GIE AXA) brings together the Group’s corporate functions and plays a central role in shaping and driving AXA’s global strategy. It supports subsidiaries worldwide by ensuring strategic alignment, governance, operational and technical excellence, consistency of standards, and the sharing of best practices across the organization.

 

With nearly 1,000 employees representing 45 nationalities, the headquarters embodies AXA’s strong international culture and offers a dynamic, collaborative, and intellectually stimulating environment: where global impact meets everyday teamwork.

 

If these ambitions resonate with you, come and help shape the future of protection with us!

 

 

You will join the Group Finance department. Within this Department, you will be part of the Actuarial Reserving team which is responsible for technical reserve calculation of major life and non-life reinsurance risks from AXA Group entities. The team mission is to anticipate and cover future claims arising from reinsurance treaties underwritten by AXA SA.

 

Technical reserves must be estimated as accurately as possible based on information on claims, and in particular their development between various phases: occurrence, declaration, payments, and closure.

 

About the Actuarial Reserving Team: the Team is composed of 6 actuaries of Institut des Actuaires with 2 to 10 years of experience and of different cultures.

 

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

   

  • Apply and improve your knowledge of statistics, modelling, data analysis, reinsurance and reserving
  • Implement new models and tools to enable AXA SA Technical provisions to be properly modelled and monitored
  • Exchange with other teams in Group Finance to understand their needs with respect to technical cashflows projections
  • Improve accuracy of technical cashflows forecast to contribute to a more efficient financial steering

 

YOUR PROFILE

  You are a student in applied mathematics/actuarial science, currently performing a master’s degree in applied mathematics in an actuarial or engineering school or university

  • You have some experience in programming (R, python, VBA…) and in Excel
  • You enjoy teamwork, sharing knowledge and information
  • You are keen to innovate and bring initiatives on new subjects
  • You are fluent in French and in English

WHY JOIN US

     

You will join:

  • A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet 
  • A company with strong values
  • A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees
  • A company offering many benefits (learn more here: AXA Careers)
  • A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.

In line with our commitments, we celebrate each new hire by taking action for global reforestation: we plant a tree for every recruitment. So, are you ready to apply?

 

AXA Group Headquarters (GIE AXA) is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA Group Headquarters, we know that an inclusive culture enables business growth and is critical to our success.

Key Skills
StatisticsModellingData AnalysisReinsuranceReservingProgrammingRPythonVBAExcelTeamworkInnovation
Categories
Finance & AccountingScience & ResearchData & Analytics