Assistant Underwriter

A new adventure awaits… 

How does 5 weeks leave per year, an impactful career that you’ll truly love, and working for a great organisation that empowers wellbeing sound like to you?

At Zurich we’re on a journey towards a brighter future… A brighter future for you - focused on your career, your wellbeing, and your community - as well as our customers and the planet.

This exciting adventure will drive positive impact. So, if you want to be part of a values led organisation, that is a leader in the insurance industry with a track record of making a real difference and continuously taking steps toward a sustainable future for our people, customers, communities, and our planet…read on! 

Let’s create a brighter future together, let’s make a difference  

Work is something you do, not only somewhere you go. The way we work continues to evolve and at Zurich we are committed to creating ways of working that ensure you are helping to create a brighter future. It’s important to know, what you do matters.

A fantastic opportunity exists to join Zurich’s General Insurance Underwriting team as an Assistant Underwriter.

In this varied role, you will utilise and develop a broad knowledge across multiple lines of business to handle complex tasks across the Liability underwriting portfolios. You will support broker and customers queries and support general underwriting operations, including processing invoices, policies, endorsements, and cancellations.  Collaborating with Underwriters and Service Consultants, you will ensure service activities are achieved within service level agreements and coordinate responses with appropriate stakeholders where required. 

If you want to work in a professional, supportive culture with ongoing mentoring/training, flexibility, and great benefits, we want to hear from you!

Important to your success - let's grow together  

• Previous experience within an insurance role, with a general knowledge of insurance products and services. 
• Ability to ensure prompt and effective response to client requests and interactions. 
• Exceptional customer service delivery
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain trustful, working relationships at all levels of the organisation. 
• Strong attention detail with the ability to process information with a high level of accuracy. 

Belong. Zurich is here to support you 

There are so many reasons why Zurich is a great place to be, but here are just a few:

5 weeks leave per year for permanent staff through our new Z leave initiative, as well as 15 days personal/carer’s leave (as we empower our people to manage their own wellbeing); Grow, and thrive in your career (we support and encourage it) with award winning training programs; Work with global, diverse, and inclusive teams; Explore your passions, fuel innovation, drive equity, collaborate and make a positive difference beyond your role; Access programs to stay healthy and feel healthier along with receiving a AUD$500 wellbeing payment per year, plus a AUD$295 new starter e-voucher for your WFH set up (flex work - hybrid working), and other great benefits through our Shine portal; Access to Family Care (parental leave); Volunteer; Work in our state-of-the-art Green Star rated offices (when you are in the office); and dress for your day. We also plant a tree for every new employee – one of many local initiatives driving our contribution to ambitious global sustainability targets…

…We could go on, but the main point is that Zurich is a great place to be, where you can truly belong and thrive. 

Zurich is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all candidates. If you require any special accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, we encourage you to please let us know at the time of your application.  

So, if you want to come on an adventure that will build a brighter future together, and feel a sense of togetherness, then please apply today to start your adventure!