Administrator

Job Summary

Zurich Life Assurance plc is looking for an Underwriting Administrator for our Medical Post Team in the Underwriting Department of the Life side of the business (Life and Protection).
This role is for part-time or full time..

Your Role

As an Underwriting Administrator your role will heavily involve the processing of payments to doctors for Zurich medical reports of New Business Risk applications. The candidate will need to provide a high degree of accuracy, possess excellent communication skills and have the ability to organise their own flow of work within the department.  
 
As the Underwriting Administrator your main responsibilities will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:
 
• Processing payments of doctor’s fees for Zurich medical reports, ensuring accuracy in making these payments.
• Handling emails in the New Business Medical Post mailbox on a daily basis and responding to emails/queries regarding fees; eg, prepayment requests or requests to agree a fee amount with a surgery.
• Dealing with medical post that is received daily via Indexing (attaching the post to the case and looking after the payment of the doctor’s fee)
• Setting up Nurse Medicals twice daily on the external nurse medical system.
• Downloading nurse medicals and attaching them to the case.
• Liaising with the underwriters regarding fee approvals.
• Contacting doctors surgeries via email or from time to time by phone if the need arises regarding queries on fees.
• Liaising with other departments from time to time, eg Accounts Dept, Claims Dept, Postal Dept (OPU)

Your skills and experience

As the Underwriting Administrator your skills and qualifications will include: 
 
• The successful candidate will display excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
• You will be highly accurate in the daily processing that is completed. 
• You will possess excellent organisational skills and display the ability to manage your time and workload as required, while displaying a flexible approach to your work and learning. 
• You will be committed to achieving excellent customer outcomes. 
• You will have good computer and keyboard skills.

Additional Information

Primary work location is Blackrock. Position is Dublin-based. This is a hybrid role which will require 1-2 days in office (Blackrock) per week.

If you value an exciting and varied working environment and meet the above requirements, then our recruiter is looking forward to receiving your application by clicking on the button “Apply online”. 

Who we are 

Zurich is one of Ireland's leading insurance companies providing a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services. The company employs over 1,000 people across its locations in Dublin and Wexford. 

Zurich is a strong brand – with our 53,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, helping our customers in 210 countries and territories to understand and protect themselves from risk. In order to deliver our services, we offer our employees flexible working models and interesting opportunities for further training & development. As a Zurich employee you benefit from a multitude of advantages as well as a strong culture, characterized by acceptance, diversity and team spirit. At Zurich, we foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our purpose and values are designed to protect, inspire confidence and help our employees reach their full potential. We value and defend what is right and promote opportunities for equity among our professionals, regardless of gender, disability, LGBTQ +, race, ethnicity, generations, belief, etc. Join Zurich and be part of this culture. Together we are committed to delivering on our purpose - Let’s Create a Brighter Future Together!