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About the role

  • AVP, Executive Underwriter managing a portfolio of property & casualty business at Liberty Mutual Canada. Responsible for coaching and mentoring team while managing key broker relationships.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of new and renewal P&C business, significantly contributing to the region’s profitable growth in target lines of business.
  • Collaborate with internal teams (risk services, actuary, claims) to achieve profitable growth through technical research and relationship building.
  • Significantly contribute to the region’s new business goals by maintaining a quality pipeline of prospects through targeted marketing, cross-selling and account rounding efforts with our key broker partners.
  • Ensure proper risk selection, exposure review, setting of profitable terms and conditions, file documentation, adherence to underwriting guidelines and strategies.
  • Support team’s overall underwriting knowledge through handling of referrals, sharing of best practices and formal/informal training.
  • Coach, mentor, and train colleagues on underwriting, business development, negotiation skills, and other necessary soft skills to ensure their ongoing professional development.
  • Responsible for relationship management with key brokers, clients, and prospects to ensure exceptional service and gather market intelligence to expand Liberty’s product and service offerings.
  • Collaborate and manage multi-line account solutions while highlighting differentiators in product offerings and value propositions.
  • Provide recommendations towards regional growth strategies, broker, and client plans.
  • Propose alternate solutions to existing underwriting processes to improve service and simplify our business, and act as an early adopter of new systems and processes.
  • Commitment to continuous learning and development through attendance at industry events, relevant seminars, and courses, and learning from existing Liberty expertise.
  • Follow Liberty’s Guidelines for Inclusion and encourage its use at Liberty. Build personal DE&I knowledge and act as an early adopter of new DE&I skills and processes to drive positive change
  • Other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 6 years’ experience underwriting commercial P&C insurance.
  • Post-secondary education including relevant Insurance designation(s)/education is considered an asset.
  • Proficient in understanding P&C policy wordings and their impact on claims scenarios.
  • Self-starter with proven analytical skills and a proven track record in a solutions-oriented approach to underwriting that drives profitable growth.
  • Comfortable with critical thinking and a growth mindset, with thoughtful consideration of diverse perspectives during decision-making and respectful of differences.
  • Able to respectfully give and receive positive and constructive feedback.
  • Effective at managing internal and external meetings with professionalism and clarity while driving mutual accountability for results.
  • Effective at change management and adapting to new systems and processes.
  • Helps drive innovation through a growth mindset, viewing roadblocks as opportunities for growth and supporting new idea testing, training, and ongoing monitoring of changes.
  • Excellent communication, organizational and time management skills.
  • Collaborates well across business units.

Benefits

  • A premier flexible work environment (a combination of on-site & remote work) supporting our employees in their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance
  • Competitive health & dental benefits plan
  • Market-leading pension plan
  • Competitive time off policy
  • External education & tuition reimbursement programs
  • Employee & Family Assistance Programs
  • An opportunity to get involved and become a member of one of our national employee committees – social responsibility, employee engagement, diversity, equity & inclusion

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridCalgaryCanada

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