Property and Casualty Underwriter
Working hours: This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis.
Location: Belfast
Closing date for applications: 20th January 2025
The opportunity:
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity where you’ll get to develop and grow a new area of focus for our Retail business? A role in our Underwriting team could be the one for you!
We like to provide innovative, creative propositions to suit our customer’s needs, and we pride ourselves on going above and beyond. Simply put, we want to exceed all expectations by delivering a high-quality service that sets us apart from our competitors.
As a P&C Underwriter, you’ll be analysing and underwriting business across our existing portfolio and/or seeking new opportunities from our panel of partner brokers. This means you’ll be in a market-facing role, so it’s important that you are great at communicating and have a built-in passion for doing the right thing for our customers.
Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.
Responsibilities:
You can expect no two days to be the same. You’ll be working with your team and reporting into a Business Manager while interacting with brokers and intermediaries daily. We need you to provide a standout service experience for customers and stakeholders and be responsible for delivering quality and timely solutions for them. This means taking ownership of your workload and supporting colleagues to deliver our collective workload - it’s all about being a team player! If you spot ways we can improve things or do them differently, we’d love you to tell us, that’s how we can boost effectiveness and efficiency of our processes.
Requirements:
* You will have established combined New and Existing Underwriting experience of Property and Casualty business and ideally Fleet experience.
* You’ll already be a strong communicator who is happy making a decision.
* We’d like you to be happy to challenge processes and decisions using your attention to detail.
* You’ll naturally adapt your style to different workloads and pressures and be able to think on your feet.
* Finally, organisation and the ability to prioritise is key, our customer is always foremost on our minds!
Who we are:
At Zurich, we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we’re creating a brighter future for our customers, our people and our planet.
With over 55,000 employees in more than 170 countries, you’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company who are a long-standing player in the insurance industry.
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. Be part of something great.
Our Culture:
At Zurich, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly passionate about diversity and inclusion. We want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, beliefs or culture.
We’re also committed to continuous improvement and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities.
Benefits:
* 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme.
* Annual company bonus.
* Income Protection.
* Life cover - four times your salary.
* 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays.
* You can also request to swap UK bank holidays for days off that have cultural or religious significance to you.
* The option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.
* Three days paid volunteering.
* Up to 16 weeks' full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
Your health is important to us:
Access to Private medical insurance, Virtual GP appointments, Discounted gym membership, Free flu jab, and access to a wealth of support from our wellbeing partners.
We're making a difference:
Creating a brighter, more sustainable future underpins all that we do here in Zurich. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, has awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.
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