Underwriter - Credit Insurance in London

This role is available on a part-time, job-share or full-time basis. Salary: Competitive salary plus an excellent benefits package! Hybrid working with at least 3 days in our Mark Lane office. Closing date for applications: 11th November 2026Are you an Underwriter or Senior Underwriter with experience in Trade Credit? Whether you're looking to take the next step in your underwriting career or you're an experienced Senior Underwriter seeking a fresh challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to join our London Market Surety & Trade Credit team. You'll play a key role in driving profitable growth, building strong broker relationships and shaping the continued success of our Trade Credit business. Joining our Global Specialties business in London, you'll be a key member of our Trade Credit & Surety team, helping to grow and develop our portfolio by delivering exceptional service, market insight, and underwriting expertise to brokers and customers. As a Trade Credit Underwriter, you'll take on significant responsibility for underwriting complex Trade Credit risks across a diverse range of industry sectors, ensuring every decision aligns with our underwriting strategy, risk appetite, authorities, and pricing frameworks. Leveraging your strong credit and financial analysis capabilities, you'll assess buyer and debtor risk, support brokers and customers with tailored solutions, and contribute directly to the achievement of our Trade Credit business's strategic and operational objectives. Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren't available full-time. Underwriting within individual underwriting authority and for providing recommendations for approval by credit committee for facilities outside of individual underwriting authority. Participation on credit committees with authority alongside other credit committee members to approve larger facilities underwritten by the team. Negotiate wordings, structures, facilities and limits in the structured credit space. Identifying and developing new Trade Credit and Structured Credit products and target segments. Proven experience underwriting Trade Credit business, with a strong understanding of credit risk assessment and portfolio management. Strong financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to analyse financial statements, market intelligence, and economic trends to make sound underwriting decisions. Excellent understanding of Trade Credit insurance products, policy structures, and coverage wordings. Strong relationship-building skills, with a collaborative approach to working with brokers, customers, and internal stakeholders. Proven ability to identify profitable growth opportunities while maintaining strong underwriting discipline. Ideally, an established network of broker and market relationships within the UK Trade Credit and broader Commercial Insurance market. Our benefits include 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme, annual company bonus, private medical insurance and the option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday. Follow the link for more information about our benefits - Employee benefits | Working at Zurich Insurance UKWho we are: With over 65,000 employees, you'll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company that is a long-standing player in the insurance industry. We've made a promise to each other and every employee: to focus on sustainable impact, to care about each other's wellbeing, to use our diverse expertise to be curious and optimistic and to develop the skills needed for our future. At Zurich, our strength comes from the diverse experiences, perspectives and talents of our people. Over a quarter of our employees are members of at least one of our inclusion communities (Employee Resource Groups), with groups focused on areas such as social mobility and cultural awareness. We're proud to have received numerous industry awards recognising our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives. We've created an environment that places real importance on our people's wellbeing from a physical, mental, social and financial perspective. We work with our wellbeing partners and industry experts to provide practical advice and access to a wide range of lifestyle support, alongside opportunities to learn, grow and develop the skills needed for the future. We actively support our employees to give back to their communities through volunteering and charitable activity. Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, is one of the longest‐established corporate trusts in the UK. We're committed to treating all applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic. We'd love it if you could submit your application online. LI-Hybrid