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About the Role

A Surety career is an opportunity to define Intact’s Specialty Solutions offering and expand our business beyond $20 billion of total annual premiums. Leverage your insurance or financial background and strong people skills as you grow your career and solve the exciting challenges that each day brings in managing complex risks. Be part of a team whose size and sophistication help separate us from the competition in the space and contributes to our growing leadership in the Specialty Solutions market both in Canada and globally. Our National Surety Underwriting (NSU) team is looking to add expertise in Contract and Commercial Surety and seeking a Specialist or Sr. Specialist to join our team. You have a passion for research and the ability to translate market intelligence into creative product solutions. You have a proven surety track record with the ability to influence and help drive and shape the business. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow with an innovative and forward-looking company join our team and make a difference.

Responsibilities

Supports the national surety operation with high level technical underwriting expertise in Surety.
Undertakes the development, monitoring and implementation of national underwriting strategies to maximize profit, support prudent growth initiatives and ensure underwriting standards and discipline are maintained.
Maintains good relations with the regional senior underwriting teams but an independent and objective approach to underwriting approvals and recommendations.
Provides general underwriting advice and counsel to regional teams at the account and portfolio level and support profitable growth for the surety divisions across Canada.
Manages surety underwriting standards including large account authorizations, underwriting guidelines, special acceptances, watch list management, analytics and credit scoring, underwriting audits and controls, portfolio monitoring, and adherence to reinsurance.
Liaises with regional distribution management to understand their challenges, opportunities and new products and works with the NSU team to develop underwriting solutions where possible and prudent.
Reviews and if required approves the preparation and submission of special acceptances to the Reinsurers.
Reviews, develops, tests and assists in implementing improvements and/or changes to the IT underwriting system and database and advises regions of any amended procedures.
Monitors changing market conditions and trends that may have an impact on the surety industry, collects market and economic data relevant to our industry and communicates this to our regional surety divisions across Canada.
Assists in developing and improving internal training and educational programs and when appropriate conducts training and information seminars.
Keeps the Director and VP NSU informed of key issues by monitoring critical monthly reports on exposures.
Travel may be required to assist with audits, client visits or attending other National events.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years experience in Contract Surety
Highly organized, with the ability to work towards goals while adapting to change in a fast paced environment
Strong communication skills, including the ability to persuade as well as challenge others
Can deal effectively and respectfully with individuals at all levels of the organization
Self-starter with the ability to work independently and in collaboration with national departmental teams
Advanced computer skills in Excel, Word & PowerPoint
Willing to travel on occasion
No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.
Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

Skills

Insurance background
Financial background
Strong people skills
Passion for research
Ability to translate market intelligence into creative product solutions
Proven surety track record
Ability to influence and help drive and shape the business
Leadership skills
Communication skills
Motivational skills
Engagement
Relationship building with internal and external customers
Sound technical underwriting knowledge
Mentoring
Organizational skills
Effective delegation
Coaching
Empowering staff
Bilingualism (Quebec)

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Specialist
Sr. Specialist

Education Level

University undergraduate degree preferred
Accounting designation is an asset

Salary/Compensations

118,700 - 145,100

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements
Hybrid work model
Possibility to purchase up to 5 extra days off per year
Telemedicine
Wellness account
Share plan & other savings: up to 12% of salary or even more
Guaranteed income for life via defined benefit pension plan
Annual bonus target, based on the base salary, with a potential payout of up to double the target (subject to personal and company performance): 15%
Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.

About the Company

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.
Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career.
In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.
Pay at Intact is about much more than just salary.
As part of our commitment to Win As A Team, we share our success with employees through our annual bonus plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) – with Intact matching 50% of your net shares.
Our pension offerings provide flexibility and long-term security for our employees beyond their careers.
We are one of the few companies offering the opportunity to receive guaranteed income for life via our defined benefit pension plan.
Salary for the candidate will be determined taking into consideration a number of factors including: experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution to role, internal equity, etc.
The salary range presented above is based on a 35-hour workweek and would represent a majority of different candidate profiles. However, we encourage candidates who may fall outside of this range to apply as well.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer
At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength.
We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.
We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.
As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people.
This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.
We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations).
A copy of applicable policies is available on request.
If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity.
We’ll work with you to meet your needs.
Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.
Please note that Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits.