Senior Commercial Underwriting Specialist

Senior Corporate Underwriting Specialist

Comma Recruitment are looking for a Commercial Underwriting Specialist, reporting to the VP of Commercial Underwriting, with 10 years senior level Underwriting experience.

Responsible for:

• Successfully achieving our corporate goals.
• The profitable growth of our Commercial Lines department by accepting acceptable risks with acceptable conditions at adequate pricing levels.
• Managing the training requirements of the commercial department.
• Ensuring that audits are completed as per the audit guidelines and submitting an audit report to AVP Commercial. 
• Ensuring department adheres to corporate underwriting standards, reinsurance treaty restrictions, limit capacity and Insurance Act regulations.
• Assist or develop new product lines of business including appropriate wordings, underwriting rules and rates.
• Evaluate ‘program’ opportunities, recommend appropriate action plan and develop/manage all programs as directed by management.
• Collect and analyze competitor technical information and data and recommend any appropriate product changes or realignment of risk appetite.
• Ensure the commercial intra-net site has updated wordings, manuals, rates, marketing material etc.
• Working as a team player and leading by example, both within the department and with other departments for the overall success of the company.

The role includes:

• Working with the commercial underwriting staff to successfully underwrite and price accounts to achieve profitable growth.
• Implement the corporate goals that have been established.
• Review the key management reports to determine what corporate goals are working effectively and what goals are not and submit a recommended action plan to AVP commercial.
• Implement the established corporate strategies in order to achieve our corporate goals. 
• Use in-depth product and market knowledge to successfully underwrite and price accounts for profit and growth.
• Implement the new products or services that have been developed to successfully meet the needs of our customers.
• Technical responsibility for establishing line limits, ensuring appropriate capacity to support product development. 
• Identify business opportunities including what competitive product offerings are required to keep us competitive in the market place.
• Complete underwriting audits as per the audit guidelines.
• Conduct training sessions.
• Act as a technical resource for underwriting, claims, brokers, IT and management for the intent and interpretations of relevant legislation, wordings and corporate guidelines.

Comma Recruitment offer amazing work / life balance and a superb remuneration package. Looking for 10 years experience with :

• In depth technical knowledge and experience and the ability to apply that knowledge in order to work with managers and staff including other departments to achieve corporate goals. 
• In depth knowledge of underwriting principles and practices, concepts and methodologies and how they are applied for the successful achievement of corporate goals.
• In depth knowledge of commercial rates and pricing to effectively underwrite the types of business written.
• Effective oral and written communications skills.
• Effective IT skills to effectively manage corporate systems.
• Excellent customer service and business skills.
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills, excellent presentation skills.

Education and Experience:

• University / College degree, CIP, CRM designation.
• 10 + years management / underwriting experience.

Please forward resume to [email protected]