Underwriting Apprenticeship 2025 - Commercial Underwriting (London)

at  Zurich insurance

COMMERCIAL INSURANCE UNDERWRITING APPRENTICESHIP 2025 - LONDON

Location: London
Salary: £23,387 plus £3,200 location allowance
Qualification: Level 4 Insurance Professional
Start Date: September 2025
Closing date for applications: 23rd March 2025

INSURANCE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU THINK!

Are you looking for a career that will excite, challenge and inspire you? If so, this apprenticeship could be the ideal role for you! You’ll find the perfect balance of real life, on the job experience, whilst having time to complete your studies and earn qualifications too. With plenty of support around you, you’ll have lots of opportunities to shape and grow your career and to make a difference to our customers at a time when they need us the most.

ARE YOU READY TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE?

At Zurich our brand purpose is to create a brighter future together, for our customers, our partners, our employees and the planet. It’s a promise that for our customers, we will put their needs at the heart of everything we do and for our employees, to grow and develop together. For our partners, to collaborate to create mutual value and for the planet, to drive positive impact by integrating our sustainability work into how we do business. We put our customers at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us on our journey.
We’re passionate about diversity and inclusion, we want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work. You’ll have every opportunity to use your drive and enthusiasm to innovate the future of Zurich. Everybody is made to feel welcome, different opinions are valued, personal needs are respected, and opportunity is equal for all
So, make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE UNABLE TO PROGRESS YOUR APPLICATION IF YOU DON’T MEET OUR CRITERIA DUE THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDERS. PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK BEFORE YOU APPLY AS WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP.

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Within Real Estate you’ll work with national and international Real Estate customers and our key broking partners. Your role could involve:

• Understanding the risks a customer can face and how our products and services can support them
• Assessing what could go wrong for a customer and how we make sure we charge them the right amount to ensure we have enough funds available to support them when they need us
• Review what kinds of situations need to be covered and make sure our policy is worded to provide the right protection
• Building relationships and developing your negotiation skills to stronger work with our customers and partners.
• Working with experienced underwriters who will support you and help you navigate a dynamic and rapidly changing insurance market

In our Customer Distribution team, you will be part of one of the market leading team’s, a team that is the envy of our competitors! Your role could involve:

• Negotiating with brokers and customers
• Gaining insight into the legal environment of insurance
• Understanding the insurance needs of some of the largest organisations
• Learning how multinational programs are structured and issued
• Providing further value and products to our customers by developing stronger relationship