Senior Commercial Underwriter; P&C Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Insurance

Position: Senior Commercial Underwriter (P&C)

Description

Working with an award-winning MGA located in Downtown Toronto that is looking to hire a Team player to join their growing Team. Your key responsibilities will be to underwrite and develop business, while mentoring a small team of more junior underwriters.

Title
:
Senior Commercial Underwriter (P&C)

Location
:
Downtown Toronto (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

Moderate and mentor our existing teams of experienced underwriters.

Ability to Underwrite new and existing property and casualty business by analyzing clients’ business operation, current coverage, and previous claims experience to determine exposure and set appropriate terms and premiums.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President responsible for Underwriting and Insurer engagement.

Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met

Contribute to recording and measuring of insurance risks to ensure accuracy and good practice

Strong customer service focus with an emphasis on assisting colleagues in resolving broker requests and concerns in a timely fashion

Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders including customers, brokers, business partners and colleagues

Utilizes knowledge of market dynamics and market cycles to operate effectively and appropriately

Meet business objectives, including: negotiating rates, terms and conditions for existing and new business and renewals managing production and issue contract certainty documentation within set timeframe. ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations and guidelines ensuring contribution to the business plan and objectives

Participate in the review and analysis of the portfolio to identify progress toward business objectives

Contribute to the aggregate management and peer review processes to encourage and develop excellence.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years experience writing commercial property insurance; casualty and professional liability experience an asset.

Post secondary education & CIP/FCIP qualified preferred

High level of technical competency in evaluating and writing large, complex accounts

Knowledge of commercial property forms, pricing and rating methodology, modeling and valuation tools

Ability to review and understand standard property and casualty policy wordings

Ability to analyse data and use for risk profiling and decision-making

A high level of numeracy and literacy

Market awareness and broker development acumen

Thorough knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements

Motivated, enthusiastic, dynamic and flexible

Strong analytical, organisational and prioritisation skills

Strong communication, interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills

Advanced level understanding of relevant software, including Excel and other departmental software packages.

DGA Careers has been proudly serving the Canadian insurance industry for over 30 years, specializing in providing insurance recruiting services to major insurers, insurance brokerage firms and independent adjusting firms. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, and Calgary, DGA Careers is well positioned to conduct searches with a national scope. Our unrivalled professional network across Canada provides us with the ability to reach vital key influencers and passive candidates nationally.

Information

City:
Toronto

Market segment:
Commercial Insurance

Job Type: Full-Time

Education:

Post Secondary Education

Expertise:
Underwriting - Commercial , Underwriting - Property , Underwriting - Property/Casualty

Minimum experience required: 5 to 6 Years

Salary (annually): from $70,000 to $90,000

Contact name:
Maurice

Contact email:


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