AVP of Property Underwriting

MDA Edge; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an AVP for Property Technical Underwriting in Middle Market. This role involves providing technical underwriting guidance, implementing strategies, and ensuring compliance with underwriting rules. The position offers a hybrid work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in Underwriting or 10+ years with a High School Diploma.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert underwriting guidance to support business plans.
• Manage underwriting referrals and ensure adherence to rules.
• Lead key aspects of portfolio management and analyze property rates.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Decision-Making

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Project Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

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Base pay range

CA$100,000.00/yr - CA$160,000.00/yr

Job Summary:

• Our client is currently looking for an AVP for Property Technical Underwriting in Middle Market.
• As a Property Subject Matter expert, you will provide technical underwriting and guidance to Middle Market Underwriters to support the achievement of our business plan for profitable growth nationally.
• As an AVP of Property Technical Underwriting for Middle Market you would be Reporting to the Head of Middle Market, you will partner with Middle Market leaders and underwriters to implement and monitor strategic and tactical initiatives to drive the growth of the portfolio to achieve business objectives.
• You will implement and communicate underwriting strategy, including guidelines, appetite, product, pricing and process, employing best practices across all regions. This is a unique opportunity to build your knowledge and experience for the future in a supportive environment where your voice matters.
• This is a hybrid work opportunity.

What you will do:

• Provide expert underwriting guidance to the Middle Market Business Unit for smart risk selection in support of business plans, proposition development, and learning and development initiatives.
• Ensure underwriting rules and frameworks are adhered to, communicating to the business with timely updates, changes and learnings.
• Manage underwriting referrals for empowerment demonstrating expertise of Property perils, with knowledge of the complexity associated with US and International exposures.
• Identify trends to support improvements and action plans
• Drive the implementation underwriting strategy and guidelines, in line with technical standards, the Middle Market business strategy and best underwriting practices.
• Continually assess risk appetite and product to ensure suitability, implement changes as needed.
• Lead key aspects of portfolio management. Monitor performance metrics, data and insights with the aim to improve portfolio results while supporting diversified growth.
• Analyze property rates, rating methodologies, pricing strategies to support mid-sized risks for competitive offering, balanced with optimal outcomes for the organization.
• Monitor and enhance Model Price accuracy and drive continuous enhancement in pricing tools.
• Communicate with pricing to confirm pricing models and implement enhancements as required.
• Act as a subject matter expert to develop underwriting technical training content Support the delivery of technical resources and training, in collaboration with key stakeholders, learning and development.
• Influence strong decision making based on primary data sources. Research data sources, including market and industry data, identify internal and external trends and developments, analyze key themes and make recommendations to inform process, policy and/or product development.
• Operate in established the company's Risk Policy, Global Underwriting Policy and underwriting governance policies; operationalize the policies into guidelines and best practices.
• Address specific technical queries from external and internal customers, in line with the organization ́s policies, processes and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in underwriting reviews (e.g. MPRs, Spot Checks, TURs) to identify trends and contribute to the development of action plans and agreed upon action items
• Participate in compliance-related queries, including regulatory reviews and as required.

Basic Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the Underwriting area OR High School Diploma or Equivalent and 10 or more years of experience in the Underwriting area AND Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to lead projects and initiatives.
• Experience with compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and to multi-task.
• FCIP or equivalent designation.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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