Zurich Insurance
Global multi-line insurer with 75M customers
Change & Technology Management Intern
Must live within commuting distance and work in the office at least two days per week.
About the job
- Be in the penultimate year of university and on track to receive a 2:1 degree in any undergraduate or equivalent discipline.
- Have at least 96 UCAS points, equivalent to CCC grades from three A-level subjects excluding general studies.
- Have achieved grades A* to C, or 9 to 4, in Mathematics and English GCSEs.
- Have indefinite, full right to work and reside in the United Kingdom without requiring sponsorship.
- Have resided in the United Kingdom for a minimum of three consecutive years.
- Be within commuting distance of the stated office workplace and able to work in the office at least two days per week.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Be able to build strong working relationships.
- Be able to grasp complex concepts in a business environment.
- Demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness in a varied role involving people and partners based around the world.
- Contribute to a project or workstream focused on managing change in the business.
- Take ownership of discrete elements of delivery.
- Explore other roles within the change function and develop an understanding of the wider business.
- An interest in working in technology.
About the company
Zurich Insurance Group is a global insurer that provides a range of insurance products for individuals, small businesses, mid-sized and large companies, and multinational corporations. It operates across property and casualty, life, health, and specialty lines, helping customers protect themselves, their assets, and their income from risk. Zurich underwrites risk by selling policies that specify covered events, premiums, policy terms, and claims processes; customers pay regular premiums, and Zurich pays claims or provides services when covered events occur, while also offering risk management support and guidance. The company's global reach—serving more than 75 million customers in over 200 countries and territories—sets it apart from many peers, along with a long history (founded in 1872 in Zurich, Switzerland), a large and diversified product portfolio, and a strong track record of delivering shareholder value. Zurich emphasizes a unified, purpose-driven approach under
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Founded
1872
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Beazley shareholders approved Zurich's £8.1 billion takeover on April 22, 2026.
- WTW signed a September 21, 2026 global Radar agreement, improving pricing and risk selection.
- Zurich launched Swiss Prime in March 2026, adding higher-margin savings and legacy products.
What critics are saying
- FINMA enforcement on Zurich's Swiss corporate life unit began July 27, 2026, with a sales ban.
- Beazley integration after the CHF 3.9 billion raise strains capital, execution, and underwriting discipline.
- Any FINMA escalation in 2026 can choke Swiss growth and damage Zurich's license economics.
What makes Zurich Insurance unique
- Zurich pairs global retail scale with specialty breadth through Beazley, closing October 1, 2026.
- Alex Wells led Zurich U.S. middle market to double-digit growth before his September 2026 promotion.
- Zurich deployed Cytora across five countries in 90 days, then expanded WTW Radar globally.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Hybrid Work Options
Professional Development Budget
Company News
Zurich board of directors confirms appointment of new head of Zurich U.S. At the insurer Zurich, the board of directors has confirmed the appointment of Alex Wells as the new CEO of Zurich U.S. and member of the group executive committee. The appointment is effective immediately, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday evening. 22.09.2026 11:30 Wells thus succeeds Sierra Signorelli, who has left the company, as Zurich had already announced last week. In recent years, Wells had managed, among other things, the Middle Market customer segment with medium-sized corporate clients in Zurich's U.S. business.
Zurich and Cytora win 2026 Datos Impact award for Data innovation in Commercial Insurance. Recognition honors the AI-powered submission transformation that cut manual processing and triage time by 80% across 20+ global markets. September 22, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Cytora Chicago, IL, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Cytora today announced that Zurich Commercial Insurance and Cytora have been named winners in the Data category of the 2026 Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology. The recognition honors the two organizations' joint program to deploy Cytora's Agentic AI platform across Zurich's global mid-market underwriting operations, achieving an 80% reduction in manual submission triage time and improving digitization accuracy from below 80% to 98% across more than 20 countries. The Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology is the largest peer-juried award program for insurer CIOs and their teams. Submissions are anonymously evaluated by members of the Datos Insights Insurance Technology Executive Council, a body of senior insurance technology leaders with direct experience managing complex, large-scale technology initiatives. The Data category recognizes projects fundamentally focused on accessing and using information to deliver measurable business outcomes across the insurance value chain. "Speed and accuracy in mid-market underwriting are not just operational goals - they are competitive ones, and this program has delivered on both," said Armin Schaefer, Head of Customer & Digital IT, Zurich Commercial Insurance. "Deploying a globally consistent, AI-powered intake across more than 20 markets in under 16 months is a milestone for our underwriting teams, and recognition from Datos confirms the real business impact this work has generated." "Zurich set out to solve one of commercial insurance's hardest operational problems - turning a fragmented, manual submission process into a globally consistent, decision-ready workflow at scale," said Juan de Castro, President, Cytora. "This recognition from Datos reflects what Zurich's underwriting and technology teams built: a program at industry-leading pace that is scaling globally while adapting to each market's local needs" About Cytora Cytora is the pioneer of agentic AI applied to commercial insurance workflows to digitize and automate risk workflows at unparalleled levels of performance, configurability and scalability across the enterprise. With Cytora, commercial insurers uplift their premiums, improve control over risk selection and transform service to brokers and clients.
Zurich and Cytora win 2026 Datos Impact award for Data innovation in Commercial Insurance. Recognition honors the AI-powered submission transformation that cut manual processing and triage time by 80% across 20+ global markets. Chicago, IL, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Cytora today announced that Zurich Commercial Insurance and Cytora have been named winners in the Data category of the 2026 Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology. The recognition honors the two organizations' joint program to deploy Cytora's Agentic AI platform across Zurich's global mid-market underwriting operations, achieving an 80% reduction in manual submission triage time and improving digitization accuracy from below 80% to 98% across more than 20 countries. The Datos Impact Awards in Insurance Technology is the largest peer-juried award program for insurer CIOs and their teams. Submissions are anonymously evaluated by members of the Datos Insights Insurance Technology Executive Council, a body of senior insurance technology leaders with direct experience managing complex, large-scale technology initiatives. The Data category recognizes projects fundamentally focused on accessing and using information to deliver measurable business outcomes across the insurance value chain. "Speed and accuracy in mid-market underwriting are not just operational goals - they are competitive ones, and this program has delivered on both," said Armin Schaefer, Head of Customer & Digital IT, Zurich Commercial Insurance. "Deploying a globally consistent, AI-powered intake across more than 20 markets in under 16 months is a milestone for our underwriting teams, and recognition from Datos confirms the real business impact this work has generated." "Zurich set out to solve one of commercial insurance's hardest operational problems - turning a fragmented, manual submission process into a globally consistent, decision-ready workflow at scale," said Juan de Castro, President, Cytora. "This recognition from Datos reflects what Zurich's underwriting and technology teams built: a program at industry-leading pace that is scaling globally while adapting to each market's local needs" About Cytora Cytora is the pioneer of agentic AI applied to commercial insurance workflows to digitize and automate risk workflows at unparalleled levels of performance, configurability and scalability across the enterprise. With Cytora, commercial insurers uplift their premiums, improve control over risk selection and transform service to brokers and clients. Lauren Malcolm Cytora 6784385093 [email protected] Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. Alabama Cultural Times do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Zurich promotes Zanichelli to group captives underwriter. Zurich promotes Joey Zanichelli to underwriter for group captives in North America. Zanichelli moves up from underwriting associate, a role held for a year and a half, having joined the insurer through its North America apprenticeship programme in 2022 and worked as a human resources specialist before moving into underwriting. Zanichelli has been with the company for four years. Zurich says it operates more than 45 group captive programmes and has more than 35 years of experience in captive insurance, offering single parent and group captive solutions across underwriting, claims and compliance.
WTW announces new global agreement to deploy Radar. LONDON, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) today announced a global agreement with Zurich Insurance Company Limited (Zurich) to deploy Radar, WTW's market-leading end-to-end rating and analytics software, to help improve pricing sophistication and risk selection across the Swiss insurer's target Retail markets worldwide. This new global agreement, which follows a rigorous selection process, builds on and significantly expands the two companies' existing agreement, under which WTW successfully integrated WTW's Radar technology across its primary Retail lines within a number of country-level markets. Soledad Mune, Group Head of Retail Transformation, Zurich, said: "Improved pricing sophistication and risk selection are critical to long-term profitability in retail. WTW brings proven knowledge and reliability, and Radar offers a market-leading pricing platform, global adoption and ease of scaling through a centralized tech infrastructure. We look forward to further capitalizing on WTW's expertise." Georgy Matov, Managing Director and Zurich Global Relationship Leader, Insurance Consulting and Technology, WTW, said: "We are delighted Zurich has chosen Radar as its global pricing solution, which expands our successful collaboration. We will apply our deep industry expertise and insurance technology solutions to help Zurich enhance its pricing and risk management capabilities through advanced functionality across monitoring, analytics, decision-making and deployment. "Radar continues to develop at an unprecedented pace, with the latest release including ground-breaking insurance-honed AI portfolio management capabilities." Built specifically for the insurance industry, Radar provides a suite of advanced capabilities, helping both personal and commercial lines insurers to unlock smarter, data-driven decision-making at scale. Key benefits include real-time insights for more accurate risk assessments, cutting-edge AI techniques, enhanced pricing accuracy, and unprecedented speed and agility for pricing, portfolio management, claims and underwriting. About Radar Radar is a leading insurance technology platform that unifies pricing, underwriting, and claims into a single end-to-end solution. Built by insurance specialists and backed by more than 30 years of industry innovation, Radar leverages proprietary analytics and advanced generative AI capabilities to help personal and commercial lines insurers make faster, smarter, and more confident decisions across the insurance lifecycle. Trusted by more than 500 insurers worldwide, Radar enables organizations to improve operational efficiency, accelerate growth, and deliver measurable business outcomes at scale. Radar is part of WTW's Insurance Consulting and Technology business, which helps insurers navigate complexity and drive transformation through a unique combination of deep insurance expertise, strategic advisory services, and market-leading technology. About Insurance Consulting and Technology WTW's Insurance Consulting and Technology business is a global leader in P&C, Life, and Health insurance software and advisory services. With over 1,700 colleagues in 35 markets, we combine deep insurance expertise with leading-edge technology to help insurers navigate complexity and unlock value across pricing, underwriting, reserving, financial and capital modeling, claims, portfolio management, and regulatory reporting. We're redefining insurance through innovation and technology. By harnessing Generative and Agentic AI, we're creating next-generation processes that reduce friction, enhance decision-making, and unlock faster, smarter outcomes for our clients. These capabilities accelerate innovation and enable us to deliver with unmatched precision and scale. More than 1,000 insurers across six continents - including many of the world's leading insurance groups - trust our unique combination of advisory insight and advanced software to power their businesses and drive sustainable growth. About WTW At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce and maximize performance. Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success - and provide perspective that moves you.