Underwriting Specialist - Mid-Market (P+C Manufacturing)

Northbridge Financial; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commercial insurance provider in Calgary is seeking an Underwriting Specialist. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of underwriting experience and strong skills in sales and negotiations. Actively maintaining relationships with brokers and mentoring junior colleagues are key responsibilities. This role offers a hybrid work model and competitive salary with various financial and wellness benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee share purchase plan

Flexible health benefits

Education assistance

Community involvement programs

Qualifications

• 7+ years of underwriting experience required.
• Strong customer service background essential.
• Team-first mentality is important.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite and service complex accounts according to guidelines.
• Maintain relationships with brokers through regular communication.
• Coach and mentor junior underwriters.

Skills

Underwriting

Sales and negotiations

Solutions oriented

Developing relationships

Coaching and mentoring

Education

CIP, FCIP or RPLU designations

Job description

Overview

What it’s like to be a Northbridge Underwriting Specialist

Our Underwriting Specialists provide complete solutions for our commercial mid-market businesses. This particular role is part of our Middle Market Manufacturing team, where we specialize in package underwriting — combining Property, Casualty, Auto, Professional Liability, and Cyber coverages into tailored solutions. We believe this integrated approach is better for both our Underwriters and our Brokers, allowing for a more complete understanding of each risk and enabling more efficient, customized decisions.

The Underwriting Specialist is responsible for underwriting and servicing increasingly complex accounts in accordance with established guidelines and business objectives in the achievement of national standards for data quality and service level agreements. Our Underwriting Specialists are experts in their field and passionate about maintaining strong relationships with our brokers – this means emails and phone calls don’t go unanswered, and in-person broker meetings are regularly penned into their calendars. Working in a collaborative team, there is the opportunity to coach and mentor junior colleagues and further develop your skills from our more experienced underwriters to help grow your appetite of complex risks.

We want your talent!

If you are great at:

• Underwriting – executing renewal rates, evaluating, and negotiating proper rates
• Sales and negotiations
• Solutions orientated
• Developing and maintaining professional relationship with brokers and/or customers
• Coaching and mentoring more junior underwriters on team

If you have:

• 7+ years of Underwriting experience
• Completed, or pursuing your CIP, FCIP, or RPLU designations
• Strong customer service background
• Team-first mentality

We really mean it when we say we put you first. Here are a few ways how:

• Hybrid work! You get to work from the office and at home 50/50, allowing you to manage both worlds with the ease and flexibility you need.
• We offer competitive salaries and support your financial health through our employee share purchase plan, pension plans, RRSP, discounts on staff insurance, and more!
• We help you prioritize your well-being from day one through flexible health benefits, early leave days, wellness programs, rewards, and recognition programs.
• We are invested in helping you grow in your career through education assistance to complete your CIP, FCIP, CRM or other courses desired, internal mobility, Leadership training and mentoring programs.
• NBFC cares about the community and supports the causes you believe in with donation matching and team volunteer days

Who we are:

We’re Northbridge Insurance. We’re proud to work with Canada’s most trusted commercial broker networks. We have a reputation for being one of Canada’s leading commercial insurance providers. Our employees are dedicated to understanding the needs of our customers and creating solutions that help Canadian businesses have a safer and brighter future. We’re a company of passionate people who put people first. Do you want to join a team that believes in working hard – and having fun at work – all while making a difference? Look no further than Northbridge.

At Northbridge Financial we embrace and celebrate you and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all! No matter who you are or what makes you unique, we welcome you. Please let us know how we can assist or accommodate you during the selection process.