Senior Underwriter - National Casualty Accounts / Toronto

Everest Re Group,; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Underwriter to join their Commercial Casualty team in Toronto. This hybrid role focuses on larger National Casualty Accounts, requiring a professional with extensive underwriting experience and a strong network in the retail broker community. The ideal candidate will excel in communication and relationship-building, driving profitable growth while embodying the company's values of collaboration and inclusion. Join a dynamic team committed to providing exceptional service and innovative solutions in a supportive environment that values professional development and work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Mentoring opportunities

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in Underwriting, specifically in Casualty.
• Broad retail broker network and knowledge of liability policy wordings.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for producing new business and managing a renewal book.
• Act as an ambassador for the company's culture and visibility.

Skills

Underwriting

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Title:

Senior Underwriter - Nattional Casualty Accounts / Toronto

Company:

Everest Insurance Company Of Canada

Job Category:

Underwriting

Job Description:

About Everest:
Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role: Everest Insurance Company of Canada is looking for an Underwriting Specialist to join our Commercial Casualty team located in Toronto, Ontario. In this role you will report to the Manager, Commercial Casualty, and will be responsible for marketing, producing and being a resource for Everest Canada. This is a hybrid position with the requirement to be working out of the Toronto office.

Role & Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

The successful candidate will be part of a specialized team focusing on larger National Casualty Accounts and will have critical responsibilities of producing new business, managing a renewal book of business while creating brand awareness for Everest.Majority of accounts are written on a fronted basis utilizing reimbursement agreements or reinsurance contracts. Most business is written with the larger Global, National, and Regional brokers. The role includes specific production goals and objectives both, as part of the team and on an individual basis.This candidate will also be responsible for being an ambassador to our culture within Everest Canada and Everest as a whole, with a focus on profitable growth and visibility throughout Canada.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business or a departmentally related field.

• 10-15 years of relevant work experience in Underwriting, specifically in the Casualty Line of Business.

• Broad retail broker network.

• Outstanding communication, interpersonal relationship building, employee coaching and development skills.

• Experience in shared and layered insurance market.

• Knowledgeable about trends in litigation, casualty insurance and liability policy wordings.

• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant tools.

• Willing to travel.

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies :

• Demonstrated ability to generate profitable new business and proven record of delivering meaningful underwriting profit.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills to work with both internal teams and external brokers as you will work in a team environment, assisting underwriters and / or deal administrators as part of their overall responsibility.

• Strong technical background, problem solving analytical skills, and ability to connect data analytics with strategic deliverables to drive underwriting strategy.

• Excellent organizational, time-management and multi-tasking skills.

• Highly collaborative and able to work effectively with peers.

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture.

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-RS1

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Toronto - Insurance Canada

Additional Locations:

Everest Canada. Privacy Notice | Everest (everestglobal.com)