AVP, Underwriting Manager or VP Sr. Underwriting Manager, Large Property
- Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.
- San Francisco, California
- Full Time
p style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackZurich North America is hiring an AVP, Underwriting Manager or VP Sr. Underwriting Manager, Large Property to join our Large Property underwriting team in Zurichs San Francisco office. We are also open to hiring this role at our office Seattle. While this position will be based out of a Zurich office, you will have the flexibility to work on a hybrid basis. You will partner with your manager to set a flexible work schedule that supports you, our customers, and our brokers and agents. This role will require you to be visible in the marketplace to meet with our agents and brokers and be in the office/market three days per week.brbr/span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackAs a member of Zurichs Underwriting management team, you will enjoy the opportunity to fully apply and hone your underwriting management and marketing skills. Specifically, you will manage a market facing underwriting unit, and aid in making appropriate underwriting decisions./span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackThis role will be filled at either AVP or VP level. The hiring manager will determine the appropriate level based upon the selected applicants experience and skill set relative to the qualifications listed for this position./span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackThere will be approximately 25% travel for this position. br /span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackIn this role you will be responsible for:/span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black /span/pul style=margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in type=discli style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackManaging market facing underwriters and underwriting associates who proactively seek renewal and new account opportunities./span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackIdentifies new growth opportunities with key distributors for areas of responsibility./span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackEnsure that accounts are qualified, and meet with the organizations appetite, balanced with sound business opportunity./span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackAlong with underwriters in areas supervised, make agents/broker/customer and on-sight calls with a planned and well-prepared purpose./span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackOversee negotiations of Terms amp; Conditions and closes deals./span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackEnsure cross-sell within areas of responsibility to increase product density with the account./span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackProvide continuous coaching on sales best practices, mentor staff to develop strong broker and client networks as related to industries underwritten by Business Unit.br/span/li/ulp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackBasic Qualifications (AVP Level):br /span/pul style=margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in type=discli style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackHigh School Diploma or Equivalent and 7 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing areabrOR/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackHigh School Diploma or Equivalent and 14 or more years of experience in the Claims or Underwriting Support areabrOR/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackZurich Certified Insurance Apprentice including an Associate Degree and 5 or more years of experience in the Underwriting or Market Facing areabrAND/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black2 or more years of management experience/span/li/ulp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackOR/span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackBasic Qualifications (VP Level):/span/pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pul style=margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in type=discli style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackBachelors Degree and 10 or more years of experience in the Underwriting, Market Facing, Broker, Carrier or Risk Management area within the Commercial Insurance industrybrOR/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackBachelors Degree with 20 or more years of experience in Claims or Underwriting Support area within the Commercial Insurance industry/spanspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;color:black /spanbrspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackAND/span/li/ulul style=margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in type=discli style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackExperience in the Large Property line of business/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black2 or more years of people management experiencebr /span/li/ulp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pp style=margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serifspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackPreferred Qualifications:br /span/pul style=margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in type=discli style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackCPCU/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackAdvanced knowledge of Commercial Property product lines, the commercial insurance industry/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackStrong Broker relationships in West region/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackExcellent communication skills/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackExcellent skills in relationship building/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackStrong presentation skills/span/lili style=margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:blackResults oriented/span/li/ulp style=margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif /pdiv/divdivp /ppspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serifYour pay at Zurich is based on your role, location, skills, and experience. We follow local laws to ensure fair compensation. You may also be eligible for bonuses and merit increases. If your expectations are above the listed range, we still encourage you to applyyour unique background matters to us. The pay range shown is a national average and may vary by location. The combined salary range for this position is $150,000.00 - $285,000.00. The proposed salary range for the AVP, Underwriting Manager is $150,000.00 - $235,000.00, with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 20%. The proposed salary range for the VP Sr. Underwriting Manager is $200,000.00 - $285,000.00, with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 25%./span/p/divp /ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptWe offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for employees and their families. [Learn more about Total Rewards a title= href= target=_selfhere/a.]/span/ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptstrong /strong/span/ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptstrongWhy Zurich?/strong/span/ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptAt Zurich, we value your ideas and experience. We offer growth, inclusion, and a supportive environmentso you can help shape the future of insurance. Zurich North America is a leader in risk management, with over 150 years of expertise and coverage across 25+ industries, including 90% of the Fortune 500./span/pp /ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptJoin us for a brighter futurefor yourself and our customers./span/pp /ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptZurich in North America does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer disability/vets./span/pp /ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptZurich complies with 18 U.S. Code 1033./span/ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptstrong /strong/span/ppspan style=font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0ptstrongPlease note:/strong Zurich does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Preferred vendors should use our Recruiting Agency Portal./span/pp /ppspan style=font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serifLocation(s): AM - San Francisco, AM - SeattlebrRemote Working: HybridbrSchedule: Full TimebrEmployment Sponsorship Offered: No br brspan style=color:#ffffffLinkedin Recruiter Tag: #LI-BN1 #LI-EXECUTIVE #LI-HYBRID /span/span/pp /pp /p
Job ID: 523134115
Originally Posted on: 6/1/2026
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