Underwriting Services Apprenticeship 2025 - Commercial Underwriting (Fareham)

Underwriting Service Apprenticeship 2025 

Location:Fareham  

Salary: £23,387 

Qualification: Level 4 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 

Do you want to develop your skills, gain real experience, and support our Commercial Underwriters while working towards a professional qualification? 

What’s underwriting, you ask? Underwriting is when an insurance company agrees to cover the cost if a customer experiences a financial loss, like from a fire or storm, in exchange for a payment called a premium. Our goal at Zurich is to offer protection and solutions for both individuals and businesses. 

Your role could involve:  

• Building relationships and developing your negotiation skills to stronger work with various stakeholders 

• Working with an experience team of people who will support you and help you navigate a dynamic and rapidly changing insurance market. 

• Understanding our various processes and how we can all work to improve them through things like automation and artificial intelligence. 

• Working with Zurich’s global network to help process and invoice our customers the right amount in a timely manner. 

• Occasional travel to London to support our underwriting teams and collaborate to best support our customers. 

• Working to support our large commercial global customers. 

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 while 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 experience team who will support you through your journey 

Alongside your day-to-day work activities, you‘ll complete an Insurance Professional Level 4 Apprenticeship as well as an insurance industry recognised Diploma in Insurance via the Chartered Insurance Institute. The apprenticeship will take around 24 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: 

• £23,387 starting salary 

• 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days 

• Flexible bank holidays for religious/cultural events 

• Contribution to 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 regulations, we cannot accept applications from those who require sponsorship to work in the UK. You must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 consecutive years. 

• Minimum of three A Levels at A*- C (or equivalent) 

• 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  

• Commitment & dedication to study an apprenticeship qualification 

• Ability to use some independent thinking  

• Good interpersonal and communication skills 

• The ability to work in a team 

• Effective personal planning and organisation 

• Desire to improve processes & problem solve 

• Future thinking  

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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