Closing date : august 19, 2025

Company: CGIC

Department: Contracting Office

Employment Type: Temporary Full-Time (12 months)

Work Model: Hybrid

Language: English is required, French is an asset.

Job Grade: 4

Hiring Manager: Karen Brown

Referral Award: None

The Opportunity:

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That’s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities that enable our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients, and our communities.

Our Commercial and Farm Insurance team provides financial security to Canadians by offering superior products and services. Our professional, high-performing team strives to deliver effective services and evolves product offerings, to address emerging insurance trends and meet the needs of our clients.

As a Senior Underwriter, Special Lines you will support the organizations goals in achieving profitability, client engagement and co-op experience by providing professional underwriting expertise and support while managing complex risks for our clients and the organization. You will respond directly to inquiries from stakeholders and clients and exercise sound underwriting judgment, and creativity in response to questions on policy interpretation, risk selection, rating, and exceptions. You will coach and mentor others on the team as well as stakeholders.

How you will create impact:

• Coaching, training and developing team members and providing timely feedback to achieve department objectives.

• Collaborating with advisors & front-line staff to identify attractive risk segments and developing go-to-market strategies.

• Working with cross-functional team daily to resolve outcome-oriented business problems while leveraging information, technical expertise, and inputs from access to the underwriting function

• Assisting in the development of team members through coaching, mentoring, and guidance in risk assessment.

• Analyzing, evaluating, and negotiating terms and conditions for renewals, new business, and policy changes within their assigned authority.

• Amending policy coverages, premiums, or canceling policy based on applying underwriting decision-making following underwriting rules or guidelines or underwriting discretion.

• Calculating and negotiating Treaty/Facultative reinsurance as required.

How you will succeed:

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.

• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.

• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.

• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.

To join our team:

• You have 5 years of experience in underwriting commercial or farm risks.

• You have completed a post-secondary degree in a related field.

• You are actively pursuing CIP designation.

• You have advanced knowledge of underwriting practices, insurance products, risk assessments, and competitor landscape.

• You have strong critical and logical thinking skills.

• You have the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

What you need to know:

• Detail-oriented work that requires a moderate degree of mental concentration for extended periods of time.

• This role operates in a contact center environment where a high level of audio and visual concentration is required for periods of time.

• Rotational shifts outside of standard business hours

• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What's in it for you?

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive salary, bonus, pension and benefits.