Senior Underwiting Officer

Purpose:
Zurich Financial Services (www.zurich.com) is an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network that focuses its activities on its key markets in North America and Europe. Founded in 1872, Zurich is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Through its offices in more than 50 countries, 57,000 Zurich employees serve clients in more than 120 countries. In North America, Zurich (www.zurichna.com) is a leading commercial property-casualty insurance provider serving the global corporate, large corporate, middle market, small business (not offered in Canada), specialties and programs sectors.

Position ID: 12250

Position Title: Senior Underwiting Officer

Travel Percentage: 10-25%

Job Summary:
Under minimal supervision, position is responsible for various duties within a section of the home office underwriting function of a business unit or the equivalent. Position responsibilities include three or more of the following:
1. Provide expert consultation and guidance to field underwriters
2. Develops, administers and monitors underwriting rules and guidelines .
3. Participate in product development efforts
4. Leads and participates on project and key initiative teams
5. Contribute to process improvement and technology innovation
6. Participate in complex underwriting technical reviews/audits.
7. Review and develop policy language, including review of manuscript f orms
8. Provide training support from a technical underwriting standpoint
9. Acts as a lead in a specific portion(s) of a business unit from a te chnical standpoint
10. Account financial analysis
11. Address governance and regulatory issues

Job Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent

6 or more years of related experience.

1. Position requires strong verbal, listening and written communicationskills.
2. Demonstrates the ability to work effectively with a broad range of people and other departments, and needs to be an effective team player.
3. Demonstrates the ability to handle multiple and varied complex assignments.
4. Position requires strong problem solving skills.

We have the vision to provide the compensation, training and development opportunities to attract world class talent like you. An EEO/AA Employer, Zurich supports a diverse workforce.

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