Policy Administration Specialist, Corporate Underwriting

Northbridge Financial Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 96,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Total Rewards program

Education assistance for CIP/FCIP and研

Job summary

Northbridge Financial Corporation is seeking a Policy Administration Specialist for Corporate Underwriting on a 12-month contract. The role focuses on ensuring policy wordings, endorsements, and underwriting materials are accurate and consistently implemented across systems.

You will collaborate with underwriting, legal, translation, and operations teams to govern the lifecycle from approval to deployment. The position emphasizes attention to detail, strong editing skills, and experience with

Qualifications

• Experience with insurance policy wordings, legal documents, contracts, or similar documentation.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills.
• Experience supporting testing, quality assurance, UAT, or implementation activities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and document management systems.
• Several years in Property & Casualty insurance, underwriting operations, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Oversee lifecycle of policy wordings from approval through implementation.
• Collaborate with underwriting, legal, translation, and operations teams to ensure accuracy across systems.
• Maintain consistency and governance of policy documents, endorsements, and forms.

Skills

Detail oriented

Prioritization

Stakeholder collaboration

Clear communication

Process improvement

Tools

MS Word

Document management

UAT

Job description

What it’s like to be a Northbridge Policy Administration Specialist, Corporate Underwriting (12-Month Contract) At Northbridge, our policy wordings are at the heart of the promises we make to our customers. As a Policy Administration Specialist, Corporate Underwriting, you'll play a key role in ensuring those policy documents, endorsements, forms, and underwriting materials are accurate, consistent, and implemented correctly across our systems. This is a unique opportunity for someone who enjoys working with detailed documentation, language, governance, testing, and quality assurance. You'll collaborate with underwriting, legal, translation, and operational teams to oversee the lifecycle of policy wordings from approval through implementation. Whether your background is in commercial insurance, legal documentation, compliance, or document governance, you'll help ensure our policy materials meet the highest standards of accuracy and quality. This position is a 12-month contract with the potential to become permanent based on business needs and individual performance. The role reports directly to Corporate Underwriting and supports strategic initiatives that improve governance, consistency, and operational excellence across Northbridge. We want your talent!

If you are great at:

• Spotting the details others miss and maintaining exceptional accuracy
• Managing multiple priorities while staying organized and meeting deadlines
• Building strong relationships and collaborating with stakeholders across different teams
• Communicating clearly, whether you're reviewing documentation, providing feedback, or coordinating initiatives
• Finding opportunities to improve processes, workflows, and overall efficiency

You have:

• Experience working with insurance policy wordings, legal documents, contracts, compliance materials, or similar documentation
• Strong editing, proofreading, document formatting, and document management skills
• Experience supporting testing, quality assurance, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), or implementation activities
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Word, and experience working with document management systems
• Several years of experience in Property & Casualty insurance, underwriting operations, legal, compliance, policy administration, or a related field

Bonus points if you have:

• Commercial insurance experience
• A CIP designation (or progress toward one)
• French language skills
• Experience working with policy wordings, endorsements, or regulatory documentation

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

• Hybrid work! We have a flexible hybrid model that allows you to work from home up to 2 days per week, with added flexibility for when you really need it.
• 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.
• We’re committed to pay transparency and fairness.

The base salary range for this role is $96,000–$144,000, reflecting expected base pay — not the total compensation package.

Actual base salary may vary depending on your experience, skills, and alignment with the position.

We’re also open to candidates at different levels, so if this range doesn’t quite match your expectations, don’t let this hold you back — we’d still love to hear from you.

This is a real opportunity — we’re actively hiring! Beyond base pay, we offer a robust Total Rewards program that includes benefits, wellness support, and other meaningful perks.

We also want to be transparent about our hiring process. While one of our systems includes AI capabilities, over 99% of our screening is done by real people. We believe in thoughtful, human‑centered hiring decisions and are committed to giving every application the attention it deserves.

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 and Federated 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.

Northbridge Financial Corporation is a leading commercial property and casualty insurance company that’s been helping protect Canadian businesses for more than 90 years. We’re 100% Canadian! We offer a wide range of creative solutions to our customers through our Northbridge Insurance, TruShield Insurance and Federated Insurance brands where we strive to create a fair and friendly culture. By continually striving to challenge the status quo, and by focusing on helping our customers, we’ve been able to build our reputation as one of Canada’s largest commercial insurance providers.