Underwriting Apprenticeship 2025 - Zurich Municipal

Underwriting Apprenticeship 2025 (Zurich Municipal) 

Location: Birmingham, Farnborough or London 

Salary: £23,387 

Qualification: Level 3 Insurance Practitioner 

Start Date: September 2025 

Closing date for applications: 23rd March 2025 

Insurance is so much more than you think! 

Are you looking for a career that will excite, challenge and inspire you? If so, an apprenticeship could be the ideal role for you! You’ll find the perfect balance of real life, on the job experience, whilst having time to complete your studies, apply your knowledge and earn qualifications too. With plenty of support around you, including your buddy, you’ll have lots of opportunities to shape your career and to make a difference to our customers at a time when they need us the most. 

This is a permanent role; your apprenticeship is just the start of your career with us. We'll continue to cheer you on every step of the way once you’ve finished and will remain committed to help you grow. Working in insurance is so varied, you’ll find that there are so many different opportunities for you to explore. An apprenticeship is the perfect way to fast-track your career! 

Your Opportunity 

As an Underwriting Apprentice within our Municipal business, you'll be contributing to the development and management of a specific area of insurance. This apprenticeship is a great opportunity for someone who would like to start a career with one of the world’s most successful insurance companies. 

You'll support our team delivering a first-class service to our customers. We have direct contact with our customers and are responsible for maintaining a profitable book of Public Sector business, whilst supporting customers in managing the ever-changing risks they face. 

Your role could involve:  

• Understanding the risks a customer can face and how our products and services can support them 

• Assessing what could go wrong for a customer and how we make sure we charge them the right amount to ensure we have enough funds available to support them when they need us 

• Review what kinds of situations need to be covered and make sure our policy is worded to provide the right protection 

• Building relationships and developing your negotiation skills to work more strongly with our customers and partners. 

• Working with experienced underwriters who will support you and help you navigate a dynamic and rapidly changing insurance market. 

What can I look forward to? 

During your apprenticeship you’ll: 

• Learn how to manage business relationships, determining and evaluating their insurance requirements and identifying opportunities to enhance their insurance programmes with us 

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the insurance market and the various products and services 

• Understand the importance of being proactive in developing relationships and networks required to be successful. All whilst achieving business objectives and making sure the customers' needs are met 

• Discover more about the impact of change within the insurance market and how it affects your role and the wider organisation. 

• Build relationships with key stakeholders to support our customers and brokers needs 

• Work with and learn from an experienced team who will support you through your journey 

Alongside your day-to-day work, you‘ll complete an Insurance Practitioner Level 3 Apprenticeship as well as an insurance industry recognised Certificate in Insurance via the Chartered Insurance Institute. The apprenticeship will take around 15 months. 

In addition to investing in your learning, we give you time to study as well as the opportunity to put what you learn into practice.  

Your qualification is just the start of your career at Zurich. Once your apprenticeship is complete you will have plenty of opportunities to put your new skills into practice while continuing to develop and grow. 

What’s in it for you? 

As well as joining a company that is passionate about our people, sustainability, and our customers, we also have a competitive rewards and lifestyle benefits package.  

You’ll receive: 

• Starting salary of £23,387 

• London allowance £3,200 per annum (if applicable)

• 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days 

• Flexible bank holidays for religious/cultural events 

• Private medical cover 

• 12% company pension contribution 

• Annual company bonus 

• Discounted gym membership 

• Discounted gadget insurance 

• Discounted technology offers 

What you’ll need: 

• Full right to work and reside in the UK – Due to apprenticeship funding rules, You must have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the last three years and have the right to work in the UK. We cannot accept applications from those who require sponsorship to work in the UK 

• A minimum of five GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade C/4 including Maths and English.  

• A professional attitude with a positive ‘can do’ approach to your work 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

• Ability to build strong working relationships  

• Effective personal planning and organisation- it can get quite busy at times so you will need to be organised. Customers rely on us, so we need to be good at managing ours, and their time 

• The talent to deliver excellent customer service- The customer is at the heart of everything we do. We need you to live and breathe this ethos 

NB: Due to Apprenticeship funding rules, we can only accept applicants who haven’t completed a qualification in the same field at the same or higher level to the course you are applying for 

Are you ready to create a brighter future? 

At Zurich our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. For our partners, to collaborate to create mutual value and for the planet, to drive positive impact by integrating our sustainability work into how we do business. We put our customers at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us. 

We’re passionate about diversity and inclusion, we want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work. You’ll have every opportunity to use your drive and enthusiasm to innovate the future of Zurich. Everybody is made to feel welcome, different opinions are valued, personal needs are respected, and opportunity is equal for all. 

So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us. 

Please note we are unable to progress your application if you don't meet our criteria listed above. Please ensure you have the right to reside and work in the UK before you apply as we are unable to provide sponsorship. You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of three consecutive years in order to apply.  

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