What are the responsibilities and job description for the Biotech Underwriter Leader position at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.?
Job Overview
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. is seeking an experienced professional to join the Middle Market team in San Francisco. As a Middle Market Life Sciences Underwriter, you will partner with your manager to set a flexible work schedule that supports you, our customers, and our brokers and agents. This role requires you to be visible in the marketplace to meet with our agents and brokers and be in the office on a regular schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent and 5 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area OR High School Diploma or Equivalent and 10 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area OR Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 3 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area OR Zurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support area.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Experience working on time restraints for quotes on new and renewal business.
- Experience working in a team environment.
