AVP Casualty Construction

Zurich is currently seeking an experienced Construction Casualty Underwriter to join the West Region team in our San Francisco or Sacramento office. We will also consider our Los Angeles office location. While this position will be based out of one of our offices, you will have the flexibility to work on a hybrid basis. You will partner with your manager to set a flexible work schedule that supports you, our customers, and our brokers and agents. This role will require you to be visible in the marketplace to meet with our agents and brokers and be in the office/market three days per week. This position will require up to 25-35% travel.

 

Your relationship building and problem-solving expertise will help us drive positive impact with our customers, communities, and each other. Our global footprint and 150+ years of experience enables you to develop your skills and put your risk analysis expertise to use while having the opportunity to work with a wide range of Fortune 500® companies.

 

To bring leading talent into the organization and foster a culture of innovation and excellence, we encourage professionals from wide range of backgrounds and industries to apply and:

 

• Join a global company that gives you an opportunity to collaborate with some of the best talent in the business
• Use your finance, facilities/property management and/or your engineering experience to support the needs of our customers
• Have the autonomy and freedom to be successful in your career
• Experience a customized training program dedicated to those new joiners outside of the insurance industry

  

Zurich is one of the leading insurance providers in the construction industry, our mission is to provide creative solutions for the risks our customers face today and in the future. By providing a broad array of products and services, we work with customers to help save lives and reduce their total cost of risk. Our team of experienced Construction Casualty specialists can help protect our customers with standard job site risks or emerging hazards, we work with to assess risk exposures and recommend Casualty coverages to help meet our customer’s specific needs.
 

As an AVP Construction Casualty Underwriter, you will handle new and renewal accounts across Auto, GL, and Worker’s Compensation. Additional LOB’s will include Excess, Property, and Inland Marine. As a member of Zurich's Underwriting Team, you will enjoy the opportunity to fully apply and hone your underwriting and marketing skills while building relationships with our Preferred Distribution Partners within the West region. This is an exciting time to join Construction at Zurich!

 
The Construction Casualty Underwriter is responsible for:

 

• Serving as a customer industry 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
• Market facing and production within the growing Construction division 
• Administering and monitoring underwriting rules and guidelines, insurance laws and regulations and rating manual rules
• Working within broad limits and authority on complex assignments

 

Basic Qualifications:
 

• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 7 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing area.
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• High S