Senior Underwriting Specialist, Strategic Accounts

Ecclesiastical Insurance; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking a Senior Underwriting Specialist for Strategic Accounts. This role involves complex risk assessments, developing underwriting strategies, and maintaining strong client relationships, all while working within a purpose-led organization committed to community support and professional growth.

Benefits

Market competitive salary

Flexible working program

Annual home and roam allowance

Defined contribution pension plan

Generous annual bonus program

Minimum of 3 weeks vacation

Comprehensive employee group benefits

Charity grant for personal causes

Family friendly benefits

Personal development subsidy

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of underwriting experience, focusing on large or strategic accounts.
• Proficiency in underwriting tools and risk modeling expected.
• Strong ethical standards and ability to handle sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and underwrite large, complex risks within strategic accounts.
• Collaborate with account managers and legal teams.
• Lead strategic initiatives and mentor junior underwriters.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Relationship management

Education

University degree

Advanced insurance-related certifications like CIP

Tools

Underwriting tools

Risk modeling

Data analysis platforms

Job description

Senior Underwriting Specialist, Strategic Accounts

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Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: Toronto

About The Role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Canada, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Senior Underwriting Specialist, Strategic Accounts to join our team in our Toronto office.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Underwriting Specialist to support our Strategic Accounts portfolio. In this role, you will lead complex risk assessments, develop customized underwriting strategies, and serve as a trusted advisor to key clients and internal stakeholders. Your deep industry knowledge and analytical acumen will help shape underwriting decisions that align with our business goals and client needs.

It's a role that will challenge and reward you in equal measure, offering an opportunity to flex your underwriting expertise in a forward-thinking organization that puts all available profits into worthy causes.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and underwrite large, complex, or unique risks within strategic accounts.
• Collaborate with account managers, actuaries, and legal teams to structure innovative solutions.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with brokers, clients, and internal partners.
• Monitor portfolio performance and recommend adjustments to underwriting guidelines.
• Lead or contribute to strategic initiatives, including product development and process improvement.
• Mentor junior underwriters and contribute to knowledge-sharing across the team.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• A University degree, advanced insurance-related certifications like CIP or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of underwriting experience, with a focus on large or strategic accounts.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship management abilities.
• Proficiency in underwriting tools, risk modeling, and data analysis platforms.
• High ethical standards, adherence to industry regulations and guidelines, and the ability to handle sensitive information discreetly.
• Strong negotiation skills, adaptability to changing market conditions and underwriting guidelines, and ability to handle multiple underwriting files simultaneously.
  
  

What We Offer

• A market competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Flexible working program
• Annual home and roam allowance to support commuting costs and home office supplies
• Defined contribution pension plan - up to 8% with no employee matching required and voluntary RRSP and TFSA programs
• Generous annual bonus program for all permanent full-time staff
• Minimum of 3 weeks vacation plus paid wellness, personal, volunteer and sick days
• Comprehensive employee group benefits, including health and dental coverage, income protection plans, life insurance, ADD insurance and an annual Health Care Spending Account
• Up to $200 for an annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Family and Employee Assistance Program, a discount and perks program as well as an annual fitness reimbursement
• Family friendly benefits including maternity/parental top-up payments
• Support towards professional designations
• Personal development subsidy covering courses of personal interests or hobbies
• Wellness perks such as daily fresh fruit, snacks and ice-cream days in the summer
• Engagement activities including regular lunch and learns, after-work get togethers and Lunch with Leaders program to name a few
  
  

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance is a unique specialist insurance company that is deeply committed to protecting the needs of organizations that enrich the lives of others and to supporting initiatives that help improve the lives of those in need.

We insure some of Canada’s most historic and culturally significant places, as well as the arts, retirement living, education, charities, and faith organizations.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

• Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Insurance

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