Executive Underwriter, Corporate Underwriting

Northbridge Financial; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian insurance company is seeking an Executive Underwriter to lead underwriting frameworks and modernization initiatives. This role demands over seven years of experience in underwriting and involves substantial collaboration across commercial brands. The successful candidate will work in a dynamic, hybrid environment, ensuring efficiency and governance while enhancing customer service. With competitive salaries and robust support for employee well-being, this is an opportunity to grow in your career while contributing to the community.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Employee share purchase plan

Flexible health benefits

Education assistance

Donation matching programs

Qualifications

• 7+ years of underwriting experience.
• Completed or pursuing your CIP, FCIP, or RPLU designations.
• Strong customer service background.
• Team-first mentality.

Responsibilities

• Shape underwriting frameworks, product development, and authority structures.
• Provide technical expertise to address complex portfolio challenges.
• Drive modernization and digital transformation initiatives.

Skills

Complex underwriting

Problem-solving and critical thinking

Written communications

Operational leadership

Education

CIP, FCIP, or RPLU designations

7+ years of Underwriting experience

Job description

What it’s like to be a Northbridge Executive Underwriter

The Executive Underwriter plays a national leadership role in shaping underwriting frameworks, product development, and authority structures for the Small Business segment across Northbridge Financial Corporation’s commercial brands. Working closely with the Director of Underwriting, this role provides technical expertise to address complex portfolio challenges, supports profit centres on unique accounts, and ensures governance through robust file reviews.

Beyond technical leadership, the Executive Underwriter is a key driver of modernization and digital transformation, leading initiatives that enhance automation, accelerate flow underwriting, and optimize processes for efficiency and ease of doing business across all regions.

The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000 annually. Actual compensation may vary above or below this range based on a candidate’s knowledge, skills, and experience relative the role’s requirements. We encourage candidates with expectations outside of this range to apply, as we value finding the right fit for the team.

We want your talent

If you are great at

• Complex underwriting
• Problem-solving and critical thinking
• Written communications
• Operational leadership

If you have:

• 7+ years of Underwriting experience
• Completed, or pursuing your CIP, FCIP, or RPLU designations
• Strong customer service background
• Team-first mentality

We really mean it when we say we put you first. Here are a few ways how:

• Hybrid work! you get to work from the office and at home 50/50, allowing you to manage both worlds with the ease and flexibility you need.
• We offer competitive salaries and support your financial health through our employee share purchase plan, pension plans, RRSP, discounts on staff insurance, and more!
• We help you prioritize your well-being from day one through flexible health benefits, early leave days, wellness programs, rewards, and recognition programs.
• We are invested in helping you grow in your career through education assistance to complete your CIP, FCIP, CRM or other courses desired, internal mobility, Leadership training and mentoring programs.
• NBFC cares about the community and supports the causes you believe in with donation matching and team volunteer days.

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Who we are:

We’re Northbridge Financial. We’re proud to be 100% Canadian and owned by Fairfax Financial. We serve through our Northbridge Insurance, Federated Insurance, and TruShield Insurance brands. We have a reputation for being one of Canada’s leading commercial property and casualty insurance company. Our employees are dedicated to understanding the needs of our customers and we go above and beyond to help Canadian businesses have a safer and brighter future. We’re a company of passionate people who put people first. Do you want to join a team that believes in working hard – and having fun at work – all while making a difference? Look no further than Northbridge.

At Northbridge Financial we embrace and celebrate you and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all! No matter who you are or what makes you unique, we welcome you. Please let us know how we can assist or accommodate you during the selection process.