Commercial Property Underwriting Assistant

Commercial Property Underwriting Assistant

Tokio Marine Canada (TMCan) is a Canadian early‑stage entrepreneurial commercial P&C insurer based in Toronto. We partner with select brokers to deliver tailored insurance solutions across Canada.

Provide underwriting, technical, and operational support to property underwriters across straight‑up, quota share, and excess commercial property placements, including Equipment Breakdown solutions. Support the end‑to‑end underwriting process—submission intake, risk analysis, data management, pricing support, policy issuance, and portfolio reporting. Evaluate catastrophic and non‑catastrophic exposures while ensuring data accuracy and integrity across underwriting and policy administration systems. Work closely with underwriters, actuaries, and cross‑functional partners to enhance underwriting efficiency, support data‑driven decision making, and maintain high quality standards.

This role offers the opportunity to develop technical underwriting expertise and progress into an underwriting role over time.

Underwriting and Portfolio Support:

• Support triage and processing of new business and renewal submissions
• Assist in the technical evaluation of property risks, including catastrophe and non‑catastrophe exposures
• Coordinate and track renewal pipelines, including preparation of monthly renewal summaries
• Partner with underwriters throughout the underwriting lifecycle to support account analysis and execution

Data Management and Analysis:

• Compile, validate, and maintain underwriting and portfolio data across systems
• Monitor data quality and ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with underwriting standards
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and metrics to support underwriting and portfolio management
• Identify trends, exposures, and areas of concern to support underwriting decisions

Policy Administration and Quality Control:

• Support data entry and maintenance within policy administration systems
• Assist in the preparation and issuance of quotes, binders, endorsements, and policy documentation
• Perform quality control reviews of policy documents, including declarations, endorsements, and exclusions
• Maintain organized and complete electronic underwriting files

Process Improvement and Operational Efficiency:

• Identify opportunities to improve underwriting workflows, data capture, and system utilization
• Support automation initiatives across submission intake, pricing, issuance, and reporting processes
• Assist in driving efficient policy issuance and tracking timelines against service standards

Catastrophe and Risk Coordination:

• Coordinate catastrophe exposure analysis to support underwriting decisions
• Track and manage key underwriting inputs such as statements of values, BI worksheets, and risk control data
• Liaise with brokers, risk engineers, and reinsurers to gather and validate required information

Audit, Compliance, and Reporting:

• Support internal underwriting audits, including file reviews and documentation validation
• Ensure adherence to underwriting guidelines, regulatory requirements, and internal controls
• Assist in producing management and production reporting

Stakeholder

Collaboration:

• Collaborate with underwriting, actuarial, claims, risk control, and operations teams
• Support clear communication with brokers and external partners as required
• Participate in industry events and maintain awareness of market trends and emerging risks

• 3 to 5 years of experience in property and casualty insurance
• Experience supporting commercial property underwriting, preferably in the upper mid‑market or large account segment
• Familiarity with property policy wordings, underwriting documentation, and data management
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and generate insights
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; fluency in French preferred but not required
• Collaborative mindset with strong relationship‑building capabilities
• Adaptability and comfort working in a dynamic and evolving environment
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas and pivot tables
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Experience with underwriting, policy administration, or data systems is an asset
• Familiarity with data visualisation, automation tools, or Copilot is an asset
• Self‑motivated with a proactive and solutions‑oriented mindset
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Curious and eager to learn within a technical underwriting environment
• Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence

Base salary range: $50,000 – $65,000. Compensation may vary by region to reflect local market conditions and currency differences.