Junior Underwriter Financial Lines

Zurich 56 Company Ltd; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Zurich Nordic is seeking a Junior Underwriter to join the Financial Lines team in Sweden. You will develop underwriting skills, assess risk, prepare quotes, and build relationships with brokers and customers in an international environment.

You will learn from a collaborative team and gradually take on more responsibility for your own portfolio, while supporting ongoing risk assessment and policy terms. This is an excellent entry path in commercial insurance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, law, business, finance, insurance, or another relevant field.
• Interest in commercial insurance, risk analysis and customer relationships.
• Willingness to learn and develop within Financial Lines underwriting.
• Solid verbal and written communication in English and Swedish (C2 level).

Responsibilities

• Support underwriting for new business and renewals.
• Analyze information to support risk assessment and underwriting decisions.
• Prepare quotations and policy-related materials.
• Collaborate with brokers and customers to deliver high service levels.
• Contribute to customer acquisition, retention and profitable portfolio development.
• Develop understanding of Zurich’s Financial Lines offering and the broader market.

Skills

English proficiency

Swedish proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Customer relationships

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in economics, law, business, finance, insurance

Job description

Junior Underwriter Financial Lines

We are looking for a Junior Underwriter to join our Financial Lines team in Sweden. This role is for someone who is curious, motivated to learn, and eager to grow in an international and business-driven environment.

You may already have some experience from insurance, law, finance, economics, or a related field. Most importantly, you have a strong interest in risk, client relationships, and developing a career in underwriting.

About the role

As a Junior Underwriter within Financial Lines, you will be part of an experienced and highly engaged underwriting team, working with products such as directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, professional indemnity, and crime insurance.

In this role, you will gradually develop your underwriting skills and learn how to assess and evaluate risk, prepare quotes and policy terms, support and manage insurance policies, analyse customer needs and tailor solutions, and build and maintain strong relationships with brokers, customers, and internal stakeholders.

You will work closely with senior colleagues and have continuous guidance and support as you grow into taking more responsibility for your own portfolio over time.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Supporting the underwriting process for new business and renewals
• Analyzing information and documentation to support risk assessment and underwriting decisions
• Preparing quotations and policy-related material in a timely and structured way
• Collaborating with colleagues, brokers, and customers to deliver a high level of service
• Contributing to customer acquisition, retention, and profitable portfolio development
• Developing your understanding of Zurich’s Financial Lines offering and the broader commercial insurance market

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to take the next step into underwriting and build a career within Financial Lines, in a supportive, knowledgeable, and international environment.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, law, business, finance, insurance, or another relevant field
• Previous professional experience from insurance, financial services, legal services, risk, claims, broking, or another relevant field (experience from Financial Lines is a plus)
• An interest in commercial insurance, risk analysis, and customer relationships
• Willingness to learn and develop within Financial Lines underwriting
• Solid verbal and written communication skills in English and Swedish equivalent to C2 level

Skills and competencies

• Collaborative team player who enjoys working with others and contributing to shared goals.
• Ability to interpret financial statements and other key underwriting information
• Proactive, solution-oriented and commercially minded
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and good negotiation abilityService-minded and focused on delivering a positive customer and broker experience, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships
• Confident presentation and communication skills, both internally and externally
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail

You are a collaborative team player with strong analytical skills. You demonstrate a business and customer focus, with a keen interest in building customer relationships and managing negotiations. You are adaptable, quick to respond to change, and comfortable working independently. At the same time, you excel at collaborating effectively with both customers and colleagues.

The selection process will run continuously, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. Please note that, due to the summer holiday period, the recruitment process may take slightly longer than usual. We appreciate your understanding.

Who we are

Zurich Nordic is the local arm of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading insurance companies with over 65000 employees. Zurich has been operating in the Nordic market for 150 years with offices in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki, where we also serve the Baltic market.

Zurich Nordic is a leading provider of commercial insurance solutions, as well as a wide range of risk management products and services, for businesses in the large corporate and middle market segment. We support companies with local and global presence, in more than 200 countries and territories.

Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. Its core values Optimism, Caring, Reliability, Togetherness, Forward-Thinking and Results Orientation guides its employees and informs every action they take. With Zurich, you can expect to work on challenges that will help you grow and to collaborate with a diverse and inclusive global team.