Underwriting Assistant Jobs

Title:
Underwriting Assistant
Company:
Everest Insurance Company Of Canada
Job Category:
Underwriting
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Everest is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in the Bermuda, Canada, Europe, Singapore, US, and other territories. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. But the most critical asset in this organization is our people.
At Everest, we are committed to the development of our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. You will benefit from career development and learning opportunities that will let you set career goals and fulfill them, including:

• Talent development initiatives
• Flexible work arrangements
• Mentoring opportunities
• Networking groups
• Generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement

Everest is a growth company with $14 Billion of Gross Written Premium offering Property, Casualty and specialty products among others, through its various operating subsidiaries located in key markets around the world. Everest has been a global leader in reinsurance with a broad footprint, deep client relationships, underwriting excellence, responsive service and customized solutions. Our insurance arm draws upon impressive global resources and financial strength to tailor each policy to meet the individual needs of our customers.
Our financial strength is evident in Financial Agency Ratings of: A+ A. M. Best, A+ S&P Global and A1 Moody’s Investor Service. We are a market leader for our broad diversified income streams, strong underlying underwriting performance with reduced volatility and strong cash flow. We take pride in being known in the industry as nimble, entrepreneurial, and responsive.
Although we are currently in the North American market, we see great opportunity to expand our markets. To support this, the Financial Lines Division of Everest Insurance Company of Canada is currently looking for an Underwriting Assistant to join our Toronto office.
At Everest, we hold ourselves accountable to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in our people, our skills, and our ideas. We prioritize building a workforce that spans cultures, backgrounds, and experiences at every level and believe that our work culture is significantly enhanced when we come together with diverse ideas.
As a key member of Everest Canada’s Financial Lines Division and reporting to the Head of Financial Lines, you will provide underwriting support to our underwriters. You will be accountable for day-to-day underwriting processing and will be tasked with pro-actively and effectively communicating with our underwriters and brokers to ensure that all information is complete and up to date with respects to overall business processing.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Handle daily underwriting processing of accounts, including new business, renewals and endorsements utilizing Everest underwriting processing platform and associated internal applications and systems.
• Handle and process booking of all premium transactions within prescribed month end closing dates.
• Respond promptly to broker queries and liaise with underwriters as needed.
• Management of underwriting renewal cycle: gather and prep renewal files .
• Special projects and other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
• Assist underwriters with assembling of financial or technical information as needed to support underwriting review process.
• Work with the underwriting team to ensure efficient processing procedures are in place.
• Work with underwriters to ensure that all underwriting file documentation is appropriately filed in ImageRight.

Qualifications, Education & Experience

• CIP designation or actively working towards completion of CIP courses
• Minimum 1 to 3 years of progressive commercial underwriting processing experience
• Bilingualism (French and English) an asset

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:

• Strong prioritization skills to meet daily demand and deadlines to meet all service requirements.
• Strong oral and written communication, analytical and computer skills.
• Team oriented and ability to work effectively with peers.
• Ability to maintain excellent relations with brokers and provide superior service.

Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Primary Location:
Toronto - Insurance Canada
Additional Locations:
Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at [email protected].