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About the Role

As a Life Underwriter in our Retail Underwriting team, you’ll play a key role in helping customers protect what matters most. Working closely with advisers, customers and internal partners, you’ll assess risk thoughtfully and make balanced underwriting decisions that support sustainable outcomes. This role sits at the heart of our life insurance business, where technical judgement, customer care and collaboration come together. You will have the opportunity to build your capability, contribute to continuous improvement, and grow your career as we continue our digital transformation journey.

Responsibilities

• Assessing new business, policy additions and alterations across life risk products.
• Making timely, high-quality underwriting decisions aligned to Zurich’s risk appetite and philosophy.
• Providing technical underwriting guidance and support to advisers and internal stakeholders.
• Building strong, trusted relationships with internal teams, reinsurers and distribution partners.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and capability uplift across the team.
• Acting as a positive ambassador for the Retail Underwriting team and Zurich values.

Requirements

• Experience in individual life underwriting, ideally within a retail environment.
• Demonstrated underwriting authority and sound technical decision-making capability.
• Strong understanding of life insurance products, risk assessment and industry practices.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation and underwriting frameworks.
• Ability to manage workload effectively while maintaining quality and turnaround times.
• Confidence using underwriting systems and working in a digitally enabled environment.

Work Type

• Hybrid working arrangement – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home per week for full-time employees.
• Full-time

Benefits

• 5 weeks of annual leave for permanent staff through our Z leave initiative.
• 15 days of personal/carer’s leave.
• Access to Family Care (parental leave).
• AUD$500 wellbeing payment per year.
• AUD$295 new starter e-voucher for your work-from-home setup.
• Award-winning training programs.
• Global mobility opportunities across more than 200 countries worldwide.
• Volunteer opportunities.
• State-of-the-art Green Star rated offices.
• A tree is planted for every new employee.

About the Company

• Forbes 2024 ‘World’s Best Employers’.
• Fortune’s ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ for 2025.
• A leader in the insurance industry.
• On a journey towards a brighter future, focused on career, wellbeing, and community.
• Committed to making a tangible difference and taking continuous steps towards a sustainable future for people, customers, communities, and the planet.
• A values-driven global organisation experiencing real growth and transformation.
• We don’t just cover, we care.

Equal Opportunity

• Zurich is an equal opportunity employer.
• We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all candidates.
• If you require any special accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, we encourage you to please let us know at the time of your application.