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Underwriter
Zurich Insurance Group
Chicago, IL, United States
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Zurich Insurance is currently looking for an experienced Senior Underwriter to support the growing Umbrella book of business of our Midwest region. This is a market-facing position based in Chicago and you will work within broad limits and authority. This position requires a strong Excess Casualty background in underwriting middle market, national and global companies as well as large construction risks including both practice policies and project/wrap-up programs. Well-developed technical expertise and marketing skills are needed. Candidates with existing broker relationships in the Midwest territory and good working knowledge of the region would be ideal.
As a member of Zurich’s Underwriting Team, you will enjoy opportunities for career development as you hone your underwriting and sales execution skills. Specifically, you will be responsible for selecting, underwriting, pricing and growing profitable umbrella and excess business with your assigned brokers.
Client Externally Focused - The job’s core deliverables rely on delivering service to external clients/customers while also building strong relationships with key distributors and promoting the company.
Our Senior Umbrella Underwriter is responsible for:
• Underwriting, analyzing and generating new and renewal umbrella business
• Marketing and production for the Commercial Insurance Casualty Division
• Following underwriting rules and guidelines, insurance laws and regulations and rating rules.
• Developing and maintaining agency and broker relationships
• Working within broad limits and authorities on highly complex assignments.
Basic Qualifications:
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 5 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area
OR
• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 10 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area
OR
• Zurich approved Apprenticeship program including an Associate Degree and 3 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area
OR
• Zurich approved Apprenticeship program including an Associate Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area
AND
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Experience working in a team environment
• Experience with umbrella underwriting
Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience within Umbrella specifically construction underwriting in the midwest
• Strong knowledge of Excess Casualty and Umbrella lines of business.
• Strong Retail Broker relationships
• Demonstrated technical knowledge (including risk selection and analysis), and skills reflective of progression of positions of increasing responsibility.
• Ability to understand and support price adequacy initiatives with underwriting actions.
• Experience working on time restraints for quotes on new and renewal business
• Maintain superior skills in relationship building, active listening, needs analysis, and win-win negotiating
• Motivation to own certain broker relationships and to design action plans for improvement when needed
• Desire to “pipeline” accounts with particular brokers such that new business is constantly in focus.
• Ability to cross-sell with other departments in a team-playing environment
• PC and related software skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office
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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