Currently, Youngs Insurance Brokers has rewarding career opportunities for the position of Personal Lines Underwriter
Objective
As a Personal Lines Underwriter, you will review, approve, and process new applications for automobile and home insurance policies. In this position you will work with our production and service staff to assist in the placement of insurance for our customers. You will develop good working relationships with our insurance partners and their underwriting departments to ensure that insurance policies are issued promptly and within approved guidelines.
What you will do:
- Triage a high volume of incoming applications.
- Review and assess applications for completeness, accurate rating, and pricing.
- Collect missing information required to underwrite new applications.
- Ensure records and relevant documentation is collected to assist in the application approval or decline process.
- Review and analyze insurance history reports to confirm rating accuracy.
- Ensure compliance with binding authority.
- Maintain rating integrity and appropriate risk classification when issuing policies.
- Develop an understanding of core insurance products and company guidelines.
- Data entry to issue insurance policies through company online systems.
- Work collaboratively with all departments and team members to ensure expected service levels are maintained.
- Main source of contact for staff related underwriting questions.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Post-secondary education
- Insurance industry experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with insurance products and industry systems would be considered an asset.
- Critical thinking with an analytical mindset and exemplary attention to detail.
- Sound judgment and the demonstrated ability to make independent decisions.
- Ability to collaborate with peers as well as the ability to work well independently.
What we look for:
We look for new hires who want to grow with the company and have a genuine desire to contribute to workplace culture and the success of the business.
- A willingness to learn and to develop in the role.
- Self-motivation with exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- Proven ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced, high-volume setting.
- Computer savvy, Microsoft Office proficiency, excellence in keyboarding.
Youngs Insurance Brokers is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to breaking down barriers in the workplace. If you need special assistance or accommodation to apply for a job posting, please contact the Human Resources Manager, Kate Doucette, at kdoucette@youngsinsurance.ca.
About Youngs Insurance Brokers Inc.
At Youngs Insurance Brokers Inc., for over 110 years, our mission is and has always been to ensure we provide our clients with the finest insurance protection available. We are committed to the social and economic well-being of our partners, employees, community, and province, and continue to strive for uncompromised excellence!
We are proudly one of Ontario's largest independently owned insurance brokerages, offering auto, home, commercial, life, employee benefits, RRSP program, group insurance – "protecting everything that matters to you!"
We are proudly one of Ontario's largest independently owned insurance brokerages, offering auto, home, commercial, life, employee benefits, RRSP program, group insurance – "protecting everything that matters to you!"