Souscripteur Principal(e), Maritime | Senior Underwriter, Marine

CNA Financial Corporation; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking a Senior Underwriter to manage a complex Marine underwriting portfolio. The role involves achieving profitability and retention goals, risk analysis, and mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a university degree, CIP designation, and significant underwriting experience.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of commercial Marine underwriting experience.
• Strong marketing skills for profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a complex Marine underwriting portfolio.
• Achieve gross written premium and retention goals.
• Coaching and mentoring of less experienced underwriting staff.

Skills

Analytical

Organizational

Communication

Customer Service

Coaching

Education

University degree

CIP designation

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Under broad supervision, the Senior Underwriter manages and develops a complex Marine underwriting portfolio to achieve profitability and retention goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Achieves gross written premium, retention, and new business goals specific to Customer Segment or Product Line plans outlined. Drives new business growth in core products & customer segments.
• Production of new business and maintenance of renewal book of business. Includes risk analysis, pricing, negotiating, setting terms, and referrals to management as necessary.
• Effective use and execution of Sales Advantage objectives including pipeline management, agency intelligence, producer management and sales call execution.
• Establishes effective practices to continuously communicate appetite / industry strategies; drives effective market messaging.
• Utilizes effective relationship management to ensure improved and / or expanded relationship with target producers to ensure achievement of targeted profitability and renewal retention goals.
• Demonstrates adherence to underwriting discipline to minimize exposure and appropriately price risks.
• Develop producer specific plans to achieve new business goal. Review producer results to plan quarterly and adjust plan. Drive producer accountability.
• Achieve continuous improvement in prospect building.
• Develop a pipeline process to target specific new and renewal accounts and measure outcomes
• Participate in underwriting audits.
• Ensure Underwriting Assistant / Associate Underwriter meets service standards for document handling and workflow is appropriate and timely for business unit.
• Coaching and mentoring of less experienced underwriting staff.

In all responsibilities and interactions, all employees are expected to adopt and align with CNA's Winning Behaviours - to be externally focused, accountable, collaborative, innovative, inclusive and continuously learning.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• University degree, combined with CIP designation (or progress towards completion), with 5- 8 years of commercial Marine underwriting experience;
• Strong marketing skills to enable profitable growth of a book of business.
• Must have familiarity with the brokers in the community and expertise and knowledge of distribution and the competitive market environment.
• Customer service focused with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, interpretation, organizational and time management skills. Must be detail oriented.
• Ability to conceptualize details and develop action plans for problem solving and decision making.
• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment, making sound underwriting decisions with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated coaching skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software.
• Demonstrated coaching skills.

At CNA, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job. If you require an accommodation during the hiring process or upon hire, please inform Human Resources. If a selected applicant requests accommodation during the recruitment process, CNA will consult with the applicant in order to provide suitable accommodation that takes into account the applicant's accessibility needs.