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About the Role
The Manager, Underwriting Member & Co-operative Business leads the underwriting function for a specialized portfolio, ensuring profitable growth, sound risk management, and exceptional service delivery. This role is responsible for providing leadership to the underwriting team, overseeing portfolio performance, driving operational excellence and business transformation initiatives, managing complex underwriting risks, and fostering strong relationships with brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders. The Manager plays a key role in developing team capabilities, maintaining underwriting governance standards, and supporting the organization's strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
- Oversees the performance, quality, profitability, and risk management of the Member and Co-operative Business underwriting portfolio.
- Ensures consistent underwriting practices and sound decision-making through the application of established guidelines, referral processes, and risk controls.
- Develops and executes underwriting strategies, business plans, and budgets to achieve growth and profitability objectives.
- Leverages underwriting data, analytics, and technology to drive operational efficiency, productivity, and continuous improvement.
- Leads the implementation of new systems, processes, governance standards, and transformation initiatives to support business objectives.
- Provides underwriting oversight and technical expertise on large, complex, and high-value accounts while collaborating with brokers and internal business partners.
- Leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing team through talent acquisition, performance management, technical guidance, and employee development.
Requirements
- College diploma or post-secondary education in Business Administration or a related field.
- CIP designation and 10+ years of progressive experience in Commercial Property & Casualty insurance, including commercial underwriting responsibilities.
- Proven people leadership experience with the ability to coach, develop, motivate, and lead teams through change and transformation.
- Strong commercial underwriting expertise with the ability to assess complex risks, apply underwriting guidelines, and make sound portfolio and risk management decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage data, analytics, and business insights to support decision-making, drive performance, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Excellent relationship-building, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with brokers, clients, and internal stakeholders.
- Strong business acumen with knowledge of portfolio management, underwriting governance, risk controls, compliance requirements, and broker relationship management.
- Exceptional organizational, planning, and execution skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and lead operational and strategic initiatives.
- Experience managing complex books of business and an understanding of member-owned and co-operative business structures would be considered a strong asset.
- English is required.
- French is an asset.
Skills
- Underwriting
- Risk Management
- Data Analysis
- Team Leadership
- Business Strategy
- Relationship Building
- Communication
- Influencing
- Organizational Skills
- Planning
- Execution
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Regular Full-Time
- Hybrid (2 days in office)
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Commercial Property & Casualty insurance
Education Level
- College diploma or post-secondary education in Business Administration or a related field.
- CIP designation
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 to $150,000
Benefits
- Competitive salary and variable compensation
- Benefits and pension
- Paid time off
- Development and recognition programs
- Support for well-being (physical, mental, social, and financial)
- Opportunity to participate in incentive programs
About the Company
- Sovereign Insurance is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Co-operators General Insurance Company.
- We value diverse perspectives, bold ideas, and people who lift others up.
- We are a Canadian organization dedicated to protecting Canadian businesses and the communities they serve while giving back through volunteering, donations, and national initiatives that help build a more sustainable future.
Equal Opportunity
- Background check as a condition of employment.