Life Underwriter jobs

How does 5 weeks leave per year, an impactful career that you’ll truly love, and working for a trustworthy organisation that empowers wellbeing and is accelerating digital transformation sound like to you?

As one of Forbes 2024 ‘World’s Best Employers’ and Fortune's ‘World's Most Admired Companies’ for 2025, Zurich - a leader in the insurance industry - is on a journey towards a brighter future… A brighter future for you - focused on your career, your wellbeing, and your community - as well as our customers and the planet.

This exciting adventure will drive positive impact towards our vision to be Australia’s leading digital insurer. So, if you want to be part of a values led global organisation, where real growth and transformation is happening, along with our track record of making a real difference of continuously taking steps toward a sustainable future for our people, customers, communities, and our planet…read on!

We’re excited to launch our General Insurance Underwriting Apprenticeship Program for 2026!

You’ll be supported from day one by a team of experienced Assistant Underwriters who will coach you through the fundamentals of Underwriting Services and help you build the confidence and knowledge to support our broker partners—responding to customer enquiries and keeping day-to-day underwriting operations running smoothly.

You’ll also rotate across the wider underwriting team, gaining hands-on exposure to the different lines of General Insurance Zurich offers. Along the way, you’ll develop practical skills, learn how we assess risk and make decisions, and begin your journey as a trainee underwriter with a strong foundation for growth.

Important to your success - let's grow together

• Whether you’ve recently finished your HSC (or other studies) or you’re ready for a career change, you’re keen to get started.
• You bring strong people skills and can build trusted working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation.
• You have a sharp eye for detail and take pride in processing information carefully and accurately.

• You’re curious, proactive, and excited to learn—growing your skills and career with Zurich.

• 5 weeks leave per year for permanent staff through our Z leave initiative, as well as 15 days personal/carer’s leave (as we empower our people to manage their own wellbeing), plus access to Family Care (parental leave)
• Hybrid working arrangement - office 3 days and WFH 2 days p/w standard for FT employees
• Access programs to stay healthy and feel healthier along with receiving a AUD$500 wellbeing payment per year, plus a AUD$295 new starter e-voucher for your WFH set up (flex work - hybrid working), and other great benefits through our Shine portal
• Grow, and thrive in your career (we support and encourage it) with award winning training programs. As our strength is our people and we value your individuality
• Work with global, diverse, and inclusive teams; Explore your passions, fuel innovation, drive equity, collaborate and make a positive difference beyond your role

• Global mobility opportunities across more than 200 countries worldwide

• Volunteer and work in our state-of-the-art Green Star rated offices (when you are in the office) and dress for your day
• We plant a tree for every new employee
• Not to mention our various employer of choice awards/memberships – WGEA; Family Inclusive workplace; Silver AWEI employer, Pride in diversity… to name a few.