Underwriting Operations Analyst - 203 - IW-203

DGA Careers; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DGA Careers in Edmonton is seeking an Underwriting Operations Analyst to join the underwriting operations team. This role blends underwriting knowledge with systems and processes to improve how rules, pricing, and product changes are integrated into company systems.

You will lead projects through implementation, oversee testing and validation, translate underwriting requirements into actionable business logic, and develop training materials for colleagues.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of related underwriting experience.
• Strong understanding of underwriting principles, products, pricing, and business rules.
• Personal Lines property or Farm underwriting experience preferred.
• Experience across multiple underwriting lines considered an asset.
• Experience working with business systems, process documentation, testing, or implementation initiatives.
• Guidewire experience is a strong asset.
• Ability to test and validate complex underwriting rules, product changes, and pricing updates.
• Experience identifying and supporting process improvements and system efficiencies.
• Ability to work effectively between business and technical teams.
• Experience developing or delivering training materials.
• Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Relevant post-secondary education.
• CIP designation is not required; candidates working toward CIP are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects through implementation, oversee testing and validation.
• Translate underwriting requirements into clear business logic for systems.
• Develop training materials and mentor less experienced analysts.
• Collaborate between underwriting, technology, and business operations to drive improvements.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Testing & validation

Process improvement

Communication

Project ownership

Education

Post-secondary education

CIP in progress / CIP preferred

Tools

Guidewire

Job description

Underwriting Operations Analyst - 203 - IW-203

Date of modification:

Job number: IW-203

Detail

Job title: Underwriting Operations Analyst - 203

Location: Edmonton

Description

The Opportunity

Our client is seeking an Underwriting Operations Analyst to join their growing underwriting operations team in Edmonton. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced underwriter who wants to leverage their technical underwriting knowledge in a broader corporate role focused on company-wide underwriting processes, systems, testing, and operational improvements.

Rather than managing a traditional underwriting portfolio, this position works at the intersection of underwriting, technology, and business operations. The successful candidate will help ensure underwriting rules, product changes, pricing updates, and business processes are accurately integrated into company systems. They will lead assigned projects through implementation, oversee testing and validation, identify opportunities for process improvement, and act as a key resource between underwriting and technical teams.

The role is particularly well suited to an experienced underwriter who enjoys systems and technology, has worked across multiple areas of underwriting, and is interested in applying their insurance knowledge in a different capacity. Personal Lines or Farm underwriting experience is preferred, and exposure to Guidewire would be a strong asset.

The Employer

Our client is an established Canadian property and casualty insurer with a long-standing presence in Western Canada. The organization offers a stable insurance environment, a collaborative corporate culture, and opportunities for employees to contribute to broader operational and business initiatives.

About You

You are an experienced underwriting professional who understands not only how underwriting decisions are made, but how underwriting rules, products, pricing, and processes need to function within business systems. You enjoy problem solving, testing, process improvement, and working with technology.

You are comfortable collaborating with both business and technical stakeholders and can translate underwriting requirements into clear business logic. You are also capable of taking ownership of projects, supporting implementation work, developing training materials, and providing guidance and mentorship to less experienced analysts.

You may be an experienced underwriter looking for a career change that allows you to remain closely connected to underwriting while moving into a more corporate, systems-focused role.

Necessary Qualifications Include

• Minimum 7 years of related underwriting experience
• Strong understanding of underwriting principles, products, pricing, and business rules
• Personal Lines property or Farm underwriting experience preferred
• Experience across multiple underwriting lines considered an asset
• Experience working with business systems, process documentation, testing, or implementation initiatives
• Guidewire experience is a strong asset
• Ability to test and validate complex underwriting rules, product changes, and pricing updates
• Experience identifying and supporting process improvements and system efficiencies
• Ability to work effectively between business and technical teams
• Experience developing or delivering training materials
• Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Relevant post-secondary education
• CIP designation is not required; candidates working toward their CIP are preferred

About Us

DGA Careers has been proudly serving the Canadian insurance industry for over 30 years, specializing in providing insurance recruiting services to major insurers, insurance brokerage firms, and independent adjusting firms. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, and Calgary, DGA Careers is well-positioned to conduct searches with a national scope. Our unrivalled professional network across Canada provides us with the ability to reach key influencers and passive candidates nationally.

Information

• City: Edmonton
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Education: CIP, CIP Partial Completion, Post Secondary Education
• Expertise: Underwriting - Personal Lines , Underwriting - Farm
• Minimum experience required: 7 to 10 Years
• Salary (hourly): from $85,000 to $95,000