Souscripteur adjoint principal bilingue / Senior Bilingual Underwriting Assistant

AIG; Montreal; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Bilingual Underwriting Assistant to enhance their underwriting team. This role involves collaborating with underwriters on new and renewal business, evaluating submissions, and providing tailored solutions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment, possess strong analytical skills, and be detail-oriented. With a focus on bilingual communication, this position offers the opportunity to impact the insurance landscape while working with a diverse client base across various regions. If you're ready to elevate your career in insurance, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English and French is essential for this role.
• Minimum of 1 year of related insurance experience required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with underwriters for new and renewal business processing.
• Perform data analytics and prepare referral documentation.

Skills

Bilingual (English and French)

Analytical Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem-Solving

Decision-Making

Detail-Oriented

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

College Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Join us as a Senior Bilingual Underwriting Assistant to make more of your specialist expertise and experience.

AIG underwriting teams help to find insurance solutions in areas including Financial Lines, Property, Casualty, Specialty Lines, Cyber, Multinational Clients, and High Net Worth individuals. We are reimagining how we help customers to manage risk, transforming our operating model, and reshaping our role responsibilities and career pathways. The goal is to unlock the full potential in each colleague – empowering our people to grow as insurance professionals and add more value to our customers and AIG.

How you will create an impact :

• Partner with assigned underwriters in end-to-end new and renewal business processing.
• Evaluate new and renewal submissions.
• Work closely with Service Center and Center of Excellence (CoE) partners to develop and deliver tailored solutions.
• Identify and resolve account alerts and blocks during submission to avoid account conflicts.
• Perform data analytics, and referral documentation preparation and completion.
• Analyze loss information and financial statements to facilitate quote development.
• Assist with issuing quotes, binders, policies, endorsements, and cancellations within prescribed timelines.
• Request individual policy filings as needed.
• Prepare policy writing instructions for Shared Services and premium billings.
• Prepare documents for reinsurance quotes for underwriting.
• Complete post-issuance policy review and document all discrepancies for review.
• Assist underwriters with broker follow-ups on outstanding subjectivities, including Legal Agreements, Collateral, and Premium.
• Track premium booking and policy issuance to ensure LOB metrics are met.
• Attend broker or client meetings as requested by underwriting.
• Consistently meet service level agreements and volume, accuracy, and quality metrics.

What you’ll need to succeed :

• Fluency in both English and French (verbal and written) is essential, as a significant portion of the daily tasks handled by the employee will be based in provinces other than Quebec, the United States, and various other countries.
• Minimum of 1 year of related insurance experience and/or training, or equivalent, a relevant combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma preferred.
• Must be detail-oriented, possess analytical and critical thinking skills, decision-making based on level of authority, and problem-solving.
• Effective in a dynamic environment, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity, working at pace and prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Proficiency with technology and ability to navigate various computer-based systems.
• Microsoft Office – proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Ready to take your career to the next level? We would love to hear from you.

AIG has offices around the world. Our client base is also international. We must be able to provide our services in both English and French. Proficiency in both languages is required, namely due to the nature of our services and the need to communicate frequently with colleagues in other provinces or countries and to serve clients in both languages.