Executive Underwriter - Casualty

The Opportunity:

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Our client is looking for an Executive Underwriter or a Senior Underwriter to join their growing team! This role will be accountable for underwriting and profitably growing a portfolio of casualty business including P&C Package within the Ontario and Atlantic Region. Lines of business will focus on Casualty with other products including P&C Package, Automobile, Umbrella and Excess Liability.

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The successful incumbent will also play a key role in coaching, mentoring, and training other members of the team to ensure their ongoing professional development. They will manage relationships with key broker partners and clients and provide valuable input into regional strategies and other operational improvements.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

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• Manage a portfolio of new and renewal P&C business, significantly contributing to the region’s profitable growth in target lines of business.
• Collaborate with internal teams (risk services, actuary, claims) to achieve profitable growth through technical research and relationship building.
• Significantly contribute to the region’s new business goals by maintaining a quality pipeline of prospects through targeted marketing, cross-selling and account rounding efforts with our key broker partners.
• Ensure proper risk selection, exposure review, setting of profitable terms and conditions, file documentation, adherence to underwriting guidelines and strategies.
• Support team’s overall underwriting knowledge through handling of referrals, sharing of best practices and formal/informal training.
• Coach, mentor, and train colleagues on underwriting, business development, negotiation skills, and other necessary soft skills to ensure their ongoing professional development.
• Responsible for relationship management with key brokers, clients, and prospects to ensure exceptional service and gather market intelligence to expand product and service offerings.
• Collaborate and manage multi-line account solutions while highlighting differentiators in product offerings and value propositions.
• Provide recommendations towards regional growth strategies, broker, and client plans.
• Propose alternate solutions to existing underwriting processes to improve service and simplify our business, and act as an early adopter of new systems and processes.
• Commitment to continuous learning and development through attendance at industry events, relevant seminars, and courses, and learning from existing expertise.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

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Skills & Qualifications:

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• A minimum of 4 years’ experience underwriting commercial P&C insurance with an emphasis on commercial casualty and skilled in the use of industry NAT CAT tools and resources.
• Post-secondary education including relevant Insurance designation(s)/education is considered an asset.
• Proficient in understanding of P&C policy wordings and their impact on claims scenarios.
• Self-starter with proven analytical skills and a proven track record in a solutions-oriented approach to underwriting that drives profitable growth.
• Comfortable with critical thinking and a growth mindset, with thoughtful consideration of diverse perspectives during decision-making and respectful of differences.
• Able to respectfully give and receive positive and constructive feedback.
• Effective at managing internal and external meetings with professionalism and clarity while driving mutual accountability for results.
• Effective at change management and adapting to new systems and processes.
• Helps drive innovation through a growth mindset, viewing roadblocks as opportunities for growth and supporting new idea testing, training, and ongoing monitoring of changes.
• Excellent communication, organizational and time management skills.
• Collaborates well across business units.

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