Senior Underwriter Financial Lines

Senior Underwriter Financial Lines to Zurich Nordic

Are you a highly experienced professional in the insurance industry with a strong background in underwriting within financial lines? If so, we have the opportunity for you. We are currently seeking a Senior Underwriter to join our dynamic team in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Senior Underwriter Financial Lines

Zurich is one of the most specialized insurance companies within non-life insurance for local and international business in the Nordic market. We are now looking for a customer focused individual to join our Danish Underwriting team as Senior Underwriter within Financial Lines. At Financial Lines we work with Management Liability Commercial, Management Liability Financial Institutions, , Cyber, Professional indemnity and Crime insurance.

Job Description:

As a Senior Underwriter, you will build and be responsible for your own portfolio of contracts and customers with assignments such as risk selection, premium setting, quoting, negotiating, measuring exposure, and analyzing risk. You will build relationships to support customer acquisition and retention. Further, you will be part of diversifying our portfolio and enhancing our customer offering by proactively contributing ideas on product development and finding new business opportunities. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and the ability to build relationships across the industry.

This is an exciting time to join our growing team!

Qualifications:

• Several years of professional experience from the Insurance Industry within Financial Lines and Underwriting
• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Economics, Law or equivalent
• Solid written and verbal communication skills in English
• Leadership expertise is highly regarded

Skills and competencies:

• Ability to deliver excellent customer service
• Good understanding of the underwriting process for specific and standard insurance products
• Knowledge of risk analysis and selection, pricing for new business and renewals
• Good negotiation skills and sales oriented
• Strong presentation skills

As a person, you are a team player and an analytical thinker. You have a strong business and customer focus and interest in customer relationships and negotiation. You are fast-moving and flexible. You like working independently but with good abilities to co-operate with both customers and colleagues.

Please refer your questions to Hanna Engren, Nordic of UW Financial Lines, +46 76 135 06 45, hanna.engren@zurich.com or Carl-Arvid Nilsson, Nordic Talent Acquisition Specialist, +46 76 720 33 50, carlarvid.nilsson@zurich.com.  

You are welcome to submit your application online on May 25, 2025, at the latest. The selection process will run continuously. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Who we are

Zurich Nordic is the local arm of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading insurance companies with over 63 000 employees. Zurich has been operating in the Nordic market for 150 years with offices in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki, where we also serve the Baltic market.

Zurich Nordic is a leading provider of commercial insurance solutions, as well as a wide range of risk management products and services, for businesses in the large corporate and middle market segment. We support companies with local and global presence, in more than 200 countries and territories.

Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. Its core values Optimism, Caring, Reliability, Togetherness, Forward-Thinking and Results Orientation guides its employees and informs every action they take. With Zurich, you can expect to work on challenges that will help you grow and to collaborate with a diverse and inclusive global team.

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