Underwriting Assistant

Atos Group; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic, multicultural working enviro

Extensive salary package

Flat organizational structure

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Ageas, a leading international insurer, invites applications for an underwriting assistant in our Brussels and Zurich offices. You will support underwriters, handle documentation, and maintain accurate risk records to help deliver top-tier service to clients and brokers.

Working with Claims, Accounting, Finance and IT teams, you will ensure compliance, maintain contracts, and prepare briefing materials for meetings. Fluent English and a proactive, detail-driven mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the retail or financial services industries, ideally as an underwriting support.
• Knowledge of reinsurance and contract structures.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Attention to detail and high accuracy in data handling.
• Proactive and reliable; team player.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are assets.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with underwriters and support selected underwriting activities.
• Assist with documentation, filing, tracking, and sanctions screening.
• Prepare contracts for signature and manage documentation.
• Enter risk and contract data into the administration system accurately.
• Prepare reports and briefing materials for meetings and client visits.
• Coordinate with Claims, Accounting, Finance and IT teams to ensure smooth communication.
• Support high workload periods with underwriting assistants.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

English fluency

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Our organisation

Ageasis a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities. As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 19.6 billion in 2025.

Ageas aims to be aGreat place to Growfor all its people, while always staying true to its four values: care, share, deliver and dare. Ageas strives to create a truly inclusive company – attracting the most talented people and offering a working environment where everyone feels they belong, collaborates to achieve our common ambitions and is recognized for their contribution. Ageas encourages its people to think and act differently, to speak up, to be themselves and to contribute their individual skills. For Ageas, diversity and inclusion is a business imperative, providing us with the foundation to achieve sustainable business results across different markets.

Ageas has been re-certified asTop Employerin2026.

Ageas Re

Ageas Re is organized as a Business Unit within ageas SA/NV, the Group holding, on whose balance sheet it underwrites third-party and intra-group reinsurance under the trade nameAgeas Re.Today, Ageas Re serves clients globally, specializing in property and casualty treaty reinsurance.

Your function

Be part of the underwriting team in charge of processing underwriting submissions for business written in our Brussels and Zurich offices.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate closely with underwriters, promote current standards and best practices, and actively support selected underwriting activities.


• Assist underwriters throughout the underwriting process by downloading and filing documentation, maintaining tracking sheets, conducting sanctions screenings, and ensuring compliance with internal underwriting guidelines.


• Prepare contracts for signature and manage overall contractual documentation.


• Accurately and timely enter risk and contract information into the administration system.


• Prepare reports and briefing materials for conferences, client meetings, and business visits.


• Collaborate with the team of underwriting assistants to maintain consistent standards and processes and provide mutual support during periods of high workload.


• Liaise with internal stakeholders across Claims, Accounting, Finance, and Tools & Process Development departments to ensure efficient communication and coordination.


• Contribute to delivering excellent service to clients and brokers.

Your profile

• Previous experience in the retail or financial services industries, ideally as an underwriting support with basic knowledge of reinsurance and contract structures.


• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize effectively, meet deadlines, and work under pressure during renewal seasons.


• Excellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy when handling data, documentation, and administrative processes.

• A strong willingness and ability to quickly learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies.

• Comfortable working collaboratively in a team environment while also managing responsibilities independently.


• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured and process-oriented approach to work.


• Proactive and reliable.


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.


• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.


• Fluent in English, both written and spoken; additional languages are considered an asset.


• A strong interest in potential carer development within Ageas Re, building on the base gained as an UW assistant

We offer

• A dynamic, multicultural working environment.


• An interesting and extensive salary package.


• A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions.


• A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments.


• An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform.