Senior Underwriter Industrial Property, Full-Time or Part-Time
Helvetia Versicherungen
Zurich
Key information
- Publication date:04 September 2025
- Workload:50 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Language:German (Intermediate), English (Fluent)
- Place of work:Zurich
Here, you can scale new heights: in Switzerland and on the international market, Helvetia Specialty Lines offers tailor-made insurance cover for engineering, marine, aviation, space, art, etc. So we can promise you: you will certainly not get bored here! Will you take up the challenge?
Senior Underwriter Industrial Property, Full-Time or Part-Time
Your responsibility
- Identify industrial manufacturing business opportunities in line with Helvetia Group's Underwriting Directives and Strategy
- Negotiate profitable terms and conditions with brokers and clients
- Conduct detailed underwriting analysis of Industrial Property accounts
- Review exposures, insurance contract terms, pricing, and capacity
- Assess loss expectations and maximum loss scenarios
- Build an extensive global broker network knowledge
- Attend national and international client and broker meetings as well as site visits when necessary
- Collaborate closely with our claims department on large and complex claims
Your qualification
- Extensive experience as an Underwriter in Property Underwriting within the heavy manufacturing sector
- Experience working in major insurance hubs such as London or Paris is considered an advantage
- You preferably hold a university degree in engineering along with relevant field experience
- You demonstrate strong business acumen and maintain an informed understanding of the market, including connections to risk managers across various manufacturing companies
- You tackle challenges with commitment and set high standards for personal performance
- You possess strong analytical and business skills
- You are able to build and maintain stable partnerships across departments and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to meet common goals
- You have a positive, adaptable, and team-oriented attitude
- High proficiency in English is required; proficiency in other European languages, such as French or German, is also key
Contact
Recruiting Partner
Take the first step now by applying online. We only consider direct applications and kindly ask recruiting agencies not to send us candidates.
For this position we cannot consider applications through recruitment agencies.
Do you already know your future boss?
Fabio Campolongo
Head of Industrial Property
