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Senior Life Sciences Underwriter

Zurich Insurance Company
New York, NY, US
Full-time

Zurich is currently hiring an experienced Life Sciences Underwriter to join the Middle Market team in NY / NJ.

This role will be filled at the Senior (Level III).

Responsibilities include :

  • Serving as a Life Science industry practice advocate with a focus on improving the customer experience by understanding their risk and offering the best end to end solution for their insurance needs.
  • Using a disciplined approach to exposure evaluation, risk assessment and pricing
  • Using risk insights, data and models to drive informed decisions at point of sale
  • Assisting in the refinement of underwriting guidelines for life science exposures
  • Identifying gaps in customer’s programs and aligning Zurich’s products and value proposition to offer a solution that provides the contract certainty the customer needs
  • Demonstrating strong analytical skills and executing as an innovative advisor
  • Underwriting, analyzing and generating new and renewal business for Life Science risks
  • Demonstrating strong coverage analysis skills and understanding and ability to communicate life science defenses and exposure analysis for product liability
  • Market facing and production within the growing Middle Markets division
  • Collaborating with multiple groups within Zurich to build knowledge and understanding of life science exposures, controls, market requirements, and opportunities
  • Administering and monitoring underwriting rules and guidelines, insurance laws and regulations and rating manual rules
  • Developing and maintaining agency and broker relationships
  • Working within broad limits and authorities on highly complex assignments

Senior Middle Markets Underwriter (Level III) Basic Qualifications :

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Knowledge of Middle Markets Property and Casualty Life Science Underwriting
  • 5 or more years experience underwriting Life Science product liability on a primary basis

Preferred Qualifications Level III :

  • Existing broker relationships in East Coast region
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong relationship building, active listening, needs analysis, and win-win negotiating skills. Demonstrates presentation skills and a solutions and service orientation
  • Knowledge of underwriting philosophy, techniques, national / local filing regulations and guidelines

As a condition of employment at Zurich, employees must adhere to any COVID-related health and safety protocols in place at that time ().

30+ days ago
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