Weare currently looking for an AVP/Senior Market Facing UnderwritingSpecialist for our Property Underwriting team in our New York office\. As amember of Zurich's Global Corporate Property Underwriting Group, you will enjoythe opportunity to fully apply and hone your underwriting and marketing skills\.Specifically, you will underwrite and analyze new and renewal large commercialproperty business\. This is a market facing position and you will work with allclasses of business including Global and Domestic programs from softoccupancies to industrial/manufacturing risks\. In addition, you will work within broad limits and authority on highly complexaccounts\.
Our AVP/Senior Market Facing Underwriting Specialist is responsible for:
1\. Production and underwriting of new and renewal Property business\.
2\. Internal marketing and production within Zurich North America in support ofour cross sell efforts\.
3\. Execution of the Global Corporate Property East region’s external marketingstrategy\.
4\. Adherence to underwriting rules and guidelines, insurance laws, regulationsand the Zurich Way of underwriting\.
5\. Establish new as well as develop existing agency and broker relationships\.
6\. Working within limits and authorities on assignments of varying degrees ofcomplexity\.
Basic Qualifications:
\* 8 years of Underwriting, Brokerage or Commercial Property Insurance industry\.
\* Experience negotiating account terms and conditions\.
\* Demonstrated technical knowledge and skills reflective of progression ofpositions of increasing responsibility
Preferred Qualifications:
\* Bachelor’s Degree
\* In\-depth knowledge of Property insurance programs
\* Ability to effectively assess risk
\* Strong negotiation skills
\* Strong broker relationships
\* Superior skills in relationship building, active listening, needs analysis,and win\-win negotiation\.
\* Possess a high level of customer service by meeting or exceeding broker andor customer expectations with respect to required deadlines
\* Excellent oral and written communication skills
\* Strong knowledge of underwriting philosophy, techniques, national/localfiling regulations and guidelines
\* PC and related software skills
Imagine working for a values\-driven organization that has the ambition anddesire to be the best global insurance provider in the world\.
Zurich is that place where 55,000 employees across approximately 200 countriesand territories are all focused on helping people and helping companies protectwhat is truly most important to them\. We are a values\-driven organization thattakes pride in the work that we do every day and we have the ambition to be thebest global insurer in the world\.
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Imagine working for a company that truly cares about theiremployees, customers, stakeholders, and communities they serve\.
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**Title:** _AVP/Senior Market Facing Underwriting Specialist, Property, New York_
**Location:** _New York\-New York_
**Requisition ID:** _1600052S_