Senior Underwriter - Onshore Energy

Starr Insurance Companies is a leading insurance and investment organization, providing commercial property and casualty insurance, including travel and accident coverage, to almost every imaginable business and industry in virtually every part of the world.

Role Purpose

Starr Insurance Companies has a requirement for an Onshore Energy Underwriter to join our dynamic Zurich-based team and work closely with counterparts across our European network and in the UK within the matrix structure.

The main focus of the role will be to write profitable Onshore Energy business in line with the underwriting plan, using professional judgement to achieve the target premium revenue, expected return on capital, and business growth, while operating in accordance with the underwriting manual, compliance, regulatory, and company procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement the Starr Companies' underwriting strategy, portfolio, and customer/channel propositions that optimize local and regional business opportunities while considering Starr Companies' strategy and risk appetite.
• Support the underwriting community by underwriting this market segment and helping execute their business strategy.
• Authorize and/or make recommendations regarding Onshore Energy and risk exposures, recognizing local risk appetites and integrating these into final underwriting decisions.
• Monitor the marketplace to identify, assess, and make recommendations about underwriting opportunities and threats from new and emerging risks.
• Identify and develop opportunities for cross-company cooperation and synergies within the wider Starr Companies group offerings.
• Deliver effective oversight and underwriting risks in line with policies and risk appetite, reporting and making recommendations to management.
• Develop broker and client relationships to optimize opportunities to lead business, including arranging or attending regular meetings, presentations, and events.
• Knowledge of risk engineering is optional but understanding and interpretative abilities are required.

To be successful in this role, you will need significant underwriting experience within the European Onshore Energy market, including risk engineering. You should have advanced knowledge of this specific class of business, be familiar with market wordings, trends, and insurance practices. Proven relationship-building, communication, influencing, and negotiation skills are essential. Strong language skills in French and/or German, in addition to English, will be highly advantageous.

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, considering all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnicity, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and offer excellent training and development opportunities to all employees. Our goal is to nurture talent and bring out the best in our people.