Location: Manchester / Leeds / Hybrid Salary: £30,000 to £40,000 depending on experience plus excellent benefits and career development opportunities The opportunity Are you a Property and Casualty Underwriter looking to take that next step? If so, we would love to hear from you This is an opportunity to benefit from the development and opportunity for growth that we have to offer, you will join our team of experienced underwriters, driving growth through our new and renewal book of business. This is a chance to continue creating your future here at Zurich When it comes to where you will work, we have flexibility in the role. We’re not expecting you to be in the office all week as we know the work-life balance is important, although, this is a market facing role so ultimately the majority of the time will be in the office overall, and you will need to be located within a commutable distance to Manchester or Leeds. This role is available part-time, job-share or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. What will you be doing? Well, you can expect no two days to be the same, you’ll be working with your team and reporting into the Business Manager as well as interacting with brokers and intermediaries daily. As an Underwriter, you’ll be analysing and underwriting our held business. This means you’ll be in a Market facing role, so it’s really important that you are great at communicating and have a built in passion for doing the right thing for our customers. You will be meeting and building relationships with external brokers and customers within the market to promote and sell Zurich’s proposition as well as working with internal colleagues and teams to support and implement initiatives and deliverables. What are we looking for? Ideally, you will be an experienced Property and Casualty Underwriter within new and renewal business. You will have the ability to collaborate, negotiate and communicate effectively and will also be able to undertake research when required. You will be a team player, playing your part to meet the company and undrwriting teams financial plans and metrics. You will ensure customer service standards and metrics are met, for example NPS, contact certainty etc, while successfully delivering on an assigned project for the benefit of the team or its customers. You will work in and promote diversity in all your actions and behaviours and ensure all company governance and compliance standards are adhered to at all times. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do so if you share the same passion, this role could be for you Who we are With about 55,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. If you're interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. The success of our business is built on the contributions of our highly talented employees - people who work every day to position us at the forefront of the insurance industry. We therefore look to hire great people and we encourage those people to give their best. You’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company. A long-standing player in the insurance industry, we make every effort to address the career development needs and plans of our employees to ensure their success in the future. Our Culture At Zurich we are proud of our culture. We are passionate about Diversity and Inclusion. We want you to bring your whole self to work we have a diverse mix of customers and we want our employee base to reflect that. Our diversity and inclusion initiatives are creating an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of protected characteristics. With the above in mind we accept applications from everyone regardless of your background, beliefs or culture however we especially welcome applications from women, people from ethnic minorities, people with a disability and people who are LGBT as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation. We are committed to continuous improvement and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities. Zurich is passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity through the Zurich Community Trust. So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.