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What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
The 10-week internship program offers cross-disciplined legal internship opportunities providing interns with valuable projects, mentorship opportunities, educational sessions and potential future employment opportunities.
As a Markel Claims Legal Intern, you will gain valuable hands-on experience working in our stimulating work environment. You will apply your educational insights and learning in a real-world business setting as you gain knowledge about the insurance industry. You will have a broad range of responsibilities from across the Claims organization which may include legal research projects, drafting legal opinions, contract review, and claims-handling tasks to support the various functions within the Claims organization at Markel. The 2025 Summer Claims Legal Internship Program runs from June 2 to August 8. This is a paid internship.
Markel's Internship program will provide you with exposure to Claims including but not limited to claims operations, claims coverage, claims litigation and claims compliance.
Qualifications:
- Law student in good standing from an ABA accredited law school (rising 3L)
- Strong academic performance (3.0 GPA minimum)
- Highly adaptable and comfortable with fast pace and shifting priorities.
- Detail-oriented and well-organized.
- Strong desire to learn and apply knowledge.
- Confident and intellectually curious.
- Excellent analytical ability and legal research and drafting skills.
- Ability to exhibit effective communication and interpersonal skills with high degree of professionalism.
- Ability to work in Chicago, IL for the summer. Housing and relocation are not provided.
Application requirements:
- Resume
- Law School transcript (unofficial)
- Legal writing sample
US Work Authorization
- US Work Authorization required. Markel does not provide visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.
Pay information:
The base salary offered for the successful candidate will be based on compensable factors such as job-relevant education, job-relevant experience, training, licensure, demonstrated competencies, geographic location, and other factors. The hourly salary for the position is $21.00 to $28.50 with a 0% bonus potential.
Who we are:
Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.
We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better
We enjoy the everyday | We think further
What’s in it for you:
In keeping with the values of the Markel Style, we strive to support our employees in living their lives to the fullest at home and at work.
We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.
Are you ready to play your part?
Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Caution: Employment scams
Markel is aware of employment-related scams where scammers will impersonate recruiters by sending fake job offers to those actively seeking employment in order to steal personal information. Frequently, the scammer will reach out to individuals who have posted their resume online. These "job offers" include convincing offer letters and frequently ask for confidential personal information. Therefore, for your safety, please note that:
All legitimate job postings with Markel will be posted on Markel Careers. No other URL should be trusted for job postings.
All legitimate communications with Markel recruiters will come from Markel.com email addresses.
We would also ask that you please report any job employment scams related to Markel to rarecruiting@markel.com.
Markel is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic. This includes race; color; sex; religion; creed; national origin or place of birth; ancestry; age; disability; affectional or sexual orientation; gender expression or identity; genetic information, sickle cell trait, or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait; refusal to submit to genetic tests or make genetic test results available; medical condition; citizenship status; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, or family responsibilities; military or veteran status, including unfavorable discharge from military service; personal appearance, height, or weight; matriculation or political affiliation; expunged juvenile records; arrest and court records where prohibited by applicable law; status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence; public assistance status; order of protection status; status as a smoker or nonsmoker; membership or activity in local commissions; the use or nonuse of lawful products off employer premises during non-work hours; declining to attend meetings or participate in communications about religious or political matters; or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Should you require any accommodation through the application process, please send an e-mail to the rarecruiting@markel.com.
No agencies please.
- $21 - $28.50
