Underwriting Specialist - Commercial Insurance - Mid-market

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Montréal, QC, CAN
In-Office
Insurance • Financial Services
The Role

What it’s like to be a Northbridge Underwriting Specialist?

Northbridge Underwriting Specialists customize solutions for our commercial clients when they need insurance product. They work closely with our extensive broker network to develop unique solutions for all classes of risk while being responsible for servicing increasing complex accounts in accordance with existing guidelines and business objectives. 

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:

  • 5+ years of Commercial Underwriting experience

  • Completed, or pursuing your CIP or FCIP (an asset)

  • 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.

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The Company
HQ: Toronto, Ontario
1,863 Employees

What We Do

Northbridge Financial Corporation (NBFC) is a leading commercial property and casualty insurance group that has helped protect Canadian businesses for 100 years. We offer a wide range of innovative solutions through our Northbridge Insurance, TruShield Insurance, and Federated Insurance brands. We’re passionate about protection, prevention and progress – for our customers, and in our communities. Our exceptional service and extensive offerings help Canadian businesses succeed, while our enthusiastic team works to support and uplift our neighbours from coast to coast to coast. We’re proud to be 100% Canadian and are wholly owned by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. We love where we work and think you will too!

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