Combined Product Technical Lead

Combined Product Technical Lead to Zurich Sweden

If you are interested to work in an international environment with global reach, we might have an opportunity just for you. If you are a customer centric, agile and engaging person that would like to join an innovative Underwriting team, then we are happy to receive your application!

Combined Product Technical Lead

Zurich is one of the most specialized insurance companies within non-life insurance for local and international business in the Nordic market. We are now looking for an analytical and business-driven person to join our Combined Product Insurance team.

As an Combined Product Technical Lead, you will build up and be responsible for your own portfolio of contracts and customers with assignments such as premium setting, quotations, negotiations and measuring exposure and analyzing risk. You will underwrite new and renewal business and will build relationships in support of customer/business acquisition and retention. You will also proactively contribute ideas and work for the development of new or enhanced propositions based on technical, customer and distributor insights as well as proactively seek new business opportunities. We see that you have a strong technical background and the ability to drive and develop technical processes.

Reporting to the Head of Combined Product Insurance, you will be responsible for underwriting and analyzing new and renewal business, administering and monitoring underwriting rules, pricing tools and guidelines, and developing relationships with distributors to support business retention and acquisition.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience of Combined Product Insurance underwriting
• Broad market network and clear understanding of market dynamics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Swedish and English, with proficiency equivalent to C2 level
• Technical background and knowledge along the underwriting core processes
• Knowledge of risk analysis and selection, pricing for new business and renewals
• B.Sc. university degree within Business Administration, Economics or equivilant 

Skills and competencies:

• Effective negotiation skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and change
• Ability to deliver excellent customer service
• Strong data processing skills and analytical skills
• Good negotiation skills and sales oriented
• Good presentation skills and a solutions and service orientation
• High level of risk- and business awareness

As a person, you are a team player and an analytical thinker. You are data driven and have a strong business and customer focus as well as interest in customer relationships and negotiation. You are fast moving and flexible. You like working independently but with good abilities to co-operate with both customers and colleagues.

Please refer your questions to Taija Tolonen-Pavlenko, Chief Underwriting Officer, taija.tolonen-pavlenko@zurich.com or Carl-Arvid Nilsson, Nordic Talent Acquisition Specialist, carlarvid.nilsson@zurich.com.   

You are welcome to submit your application online on 30 June 2025 at latest. The selection process will run continuously. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Who we are

Zurich Nordic is the local arm of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading insurance companies with over 63 000 employees. Zurich has been operating in the Nordic market for 150 years with offices in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki, where we also serve the Baltic market.

Zurich Nordic is a leading provider of commercial insurance solutions, as well as a wide range of risk management products and services, for businesses in the large corporate and middle market segment. We support companies with local and global presence, in more than 200 countries and territories.

Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. Its core values Optimism, Caring, Reliability, Togetherness, Forward-Thinking and Results Orientation guides its employees and informs every action they take. With Zurich, you can expect to work on challenges that will help you grow and to collaborate with a diverse and inclusive global team.

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