City : Dartmouth

Category : PERMANENT FULLTIME

Industry : Insurance

Employer : Westland Insurance Group

Agile Underwriting Solutions (Agile) has an exciting opportunity for a new Commercial Underwriter at our Dartmouth, NS office. This is a hybrid position. We are open to consider candidates based outside of NS. If you are career minded and have a passion for commercial underwriting, you'll love working for us!

What we offer:

• High-growth company environment with great opportunity for development
• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
• Diverse mix of staff and demonstrated work/life balance
• Career growth opportunities and continuing education programs
• Flexible paid Values Days to celebrate days important to you

The opportunity:

The Commercial Underwriter will develop and grow the business by writing new business, managing a renewal portfolio and bringing existing products across Canada while maintaining profitability, and delivering exceptional response times.

In this role you will:

• Property & casualty underwriting
• Underwriting basic to moderately complex books of commercial property and casualty products, coverage, pricing, production and delivery, risk management and managing local brokerage plans
• Quoting and underwriting new business as presented by a broker's office
• Underwriting and negotiating renewals
• Achieving assigned monthly sales goals
• Ensuring customer service standards are met
• Applying underwriting guidelines

 

Here's what you bring:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience as a property/casualty underwriter
• Experience working for an MGA an asset
• University degree or post-secondary diploma
• Completion of CIP/CAIB/CRM or working towards it
• Critical thinking and analysis
• Excellent time management and ability to multitask
• Exceptional customer service and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills & broker relationships
• Ability to take initiative and work effectively with minimal direction