Underwriting Manager, Personal Lines Full Time

Thank you for applying to VTRAC opportunities. Please e-mail your resume as a MS-WORD document in confidence Subject: Underwriting Manager, Personal Lines, Attention: [email protected] or call: (647) 598-1825.

Position No.: 24101

Title: Underwriting Manager, Personal Lines

Type: Permanent

No. of Positions: 1

Location: Waterloo, ON

Position Description:

As the Underwriting Manager, Personal Lines, you lead by providing support, guidance, and mentoring to enhance team effectiveness. Your focus includes developing and executing business unit priorities, and ensuring optimal departmental efficiency, productivity, and profitability aligned with corporate goals.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the assigned portfolio to achieve financial goals, ensuring high-quality underwriting decisions within defined authority limits.
• Establishing and maintaining an efficient underwriting infrastructure, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Meeting corporate reinsurance requirements and optimizing workflows for enhanced efficiency.
• Analyzing new business and cancellation logs, providing reports to the VP, and developing action plans.
• Managing underwriter authority levels, conducting market intelligence, and refining underwriting guidelines.
• Participating in product and pricing initiatives, aligning underwriting appetite with corporate goals.
• Managing stakeholder relationships, coordinating broker/agent visits, and handling escalated complaints.
• Ensuring corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and adherence to legal obligations.
• Overseeing routine audits, identifying training gaps, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

• Over 7 years of underwriting expertise.
• Possess post-secondary education; CIP designation considered an asset.
• Demonstrated leadership with over two years of managerial or supervisory experience.

We thank all candidates in advance. Only selected candidates for interviews will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities, please visit us at www.vtrac.com. VTRAC is an equal opportunity employer.

Toronto . New York . Miami . Houston . Palo Alto

Tagged as: CIP