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Underwriting Administrator
Zurich Insurance Group
Chicago, IL, United States
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Job Summary
Zurich North America is looking for an Underwriting Authority Administrator based in our North American headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. The Underwriting Authority Administrator supports overall Underwriter Empowerment through the management of the underwriter letter of authority governance framework.
Responsibilities include:
• Actively managing current underwriter letters of authority (LOA), including issuance, revocation and suspension.
• Leading triennial reviews with technical and market facing teams to ensure that authority levels and grants are current and appropriate for business needs and underwriter skills.
• Responding to inquiries and requests from market facing underwriters & managers, business leaders and technical teams relating to authority grants, clarifications, or status.
• Ensuring authority values and tables are properly maintained and updated within the Global Underwriting Quality Workstation (GUQA), the go-forward platform for LOAs.
• Partnering with Business Continuity & IT to identify implement system enhancements for the GUQA platform.
• Decommissioning the legacy authority management database upon completion of the system transition.
• Partnering with the line of business technical teams and the UW Governance Director to understand and respond to authority requirements arising from new or revised underwriting guidelines, both local and global.
• Providing clear and consumable reporting to managers, business leaders and technical teams to allow for analytical review and decisions relating to the current empowerment landscape.
• Ensuring the authority management process is supported with effective governance controls.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to support continued efficiency and effectiveness in the underwriter letter of authority governance framework.
Job Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree and 6 or more years of experience in the Project Management area
OR
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 8 or more years of experience in the Project Management area
AND
• Knowledge in organizational design and development
• Experience leading organizational change
Preferred Qualifications:
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships
• Strong analysis and problem solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong data management skills
• Ability to understand the user experience when creating process or implementing system changes
• Ability to effectively communicate business needs that can translate to business requirements
• Strong documentation skills
• Adherence to process and requirements
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
Additional Information
Imagine working for a company that truly cares about their employees, customers, stakeholders, and communities they serve. Imagine working for a values-driven organization that has the ambition and desire to be the best global insurance provider in the world. Zurich is that place where 55,000 employees across approximately 200 countries and territories are all focused on helping people and helping companies protect what is truly most important to them. We are a values-driven organization that takes pride in the work that we do every day and we have the ambition to be the best global insurer in the world.
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