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Zurich Insurance

Global insurer providing property, casualty, life

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UnderwritingUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A secondary school diploma or equivalent and at least 7 years of experience in underwriting or a market-facing function.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Experience working with short turnaround requirements for issuing proposals for new business and renewals.
  • Experience working in a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and develop a portfolio of new business and renewals while generating profitable underwriting results.
  • Establish, strengthen, and maintain relationships with brokers, agents, clients, and key distribution partners.
  • Identify, qualify, and pursue business opportunities aligned with Zurich's underwriting strategy and growth objectives.
  • Analyze complex risks, assess exposures, and develop tailored coverage solutions for client needs.
  • Negotiate pricing, terms, and conditions to achieve profitable outcomes while maintaining strong broker relationships.
  • Act as a trusted underwriting adviser, providing technical expertise and responsive support to brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders.
  • Promote Zurich products and capabilities, identify opportunities to increase account penetration, and cross-sell complementary solutions.
  • Monitor portfolio performance and apply underwriting tools, methodologies, and pricing disciplines to support business objectives.
  • Contribute to underwriting best practices, product development initiatives, underwriting guidelines, and process improvement.
  • Support strategic projects and business initiatives and contribute to operational excellence within underwriting.
  • Share technical expertise with colleagues and contribute to the development of underwriting talent within the team.
  • Proactively pursue renewal and new-account opportunities.
  • Conduct detailed opportunity assessments with key distributors to identify growth opportunities.
  • Qualify accounts to fit the organization's appetite while balancing the potential for strong business opportunities.
  • Conduct planned and well-prepared agent, broker, and client calls and visits.
  • Negotiate general terms and conditions and close agreements.
  • Cross-sell other lines of business to increase product density within accounts.
  • Participate in sales team meetings related to assigned brokers and territories.
  • Engage proactively in the target-account process by managing a qualified list of opportunities 90 to 120 days before the effective date.
  • Update required systems with broker and client visit details and account status within specified timelines.
  • Serve as the key contact for assigned target accounts.
  • Develop strong broker and client networks within the industries underwritten by the business unit.
  • Accurately calculate target prices using underwriting tools appropriately.
  • Measure exposures and analyze risk.
  • Initiate product-development ideas.
  • Assist with staff training and development.
  • Provide expertise on coverage issues related to claims programs and guidelines.
  • Contribute to the development of manuals, programs, and guidelines.
  • Approve facultative purchases.
  • Develop and lead marketing presentations for new and existing agents.
  • Promote organizational products and services to increase penetration within agency portfolios.
  • Support successful project delivery through ongoing communication with business-unit sponsors during major project implementation.
  • Diagnose unique business-unit and client problems and develop recommendations to resolve them.
  • Lead complex or long-term business projects lasting more than six months to implement new or modified systems, programs, or products.
  • Research, recommend, and implement advanced technical solutions that meet client needs.

Desired Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience assessing risks, analyzing exposures, and developing coverage solutions.
  • Experience building and managing broker relationships to support profitable growth.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, negotiate, and close new-business and renewal opportunities.
  • Strong understanding of underwriting principles, pricing methodologies, and risk selection.
  • Ability to balance client needs, underwriting guidelines, and profitability objectives when making business decisions.
  • Experience managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines.
  • Strong relationship-building, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to influence business outcomes through consultative relationship management.
  • Experience contributing to process improvement, underwriting best practices, or strategic business initiatives.
  • Ability to provide technical guidance and underwriting expertise to internal and external stakeholders.

About the Company

Zurich Insurance

Global insurer providing property, casualty, life

Zurich Insurance Group provides global multi-line insurance for individuals, families, small and mid-sized businesses, public entities, and multinational corporations in more than 200 countries. Its Property & Casualty arm covers personal lines like car and home, plus a wide range of commercial coverages (property, casualty, motor fleet, marine, construction, energy, financial lines, international programs); its Life business offers protection, savings, retirement, and unit-linked products. The Farmers Group manages Farmers Exchanges in the United States. The company also provides risk engineering and prevention services to help customers reduce risk and build climate resilience, with products sold through agents, brokers, bank partners, and direct channels. Its goal is to provide financial protection and risk management solutions that help customers manage uncertainty and build resilience over the long term.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Founded
1872

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