Senior Commercial Underwriter

at  Aviva Canada

INDIVIDUALLY WE ARE PEOPLE, BUT TOGETHER WE ARE AVIVA. INDIVIDUALLY THESE ARE JUST WORDS, BUT TOGETHER THEY ARE OUR VALUES – CARE, COMMITMENT, COMMUNITY, AND CONFIDENCE.

Aviva has excellent opportunities in our Calgary Commercial Insurance Underwriting Branch. We are recruiting for a Senior Commercial Lines Underwriter (Property & Casualty) to help expand our business.
As a senior underwriter, the accountability in this role is to drive profitable growth through quality underwriting of our medium-sized commercial accounts in all business segments, which typically fall below the annual premium band of $25,000. As a Medium Enterprise Underwriter, you are accountable to collaborate with internal partners to identify new business opportunities and to provide superior technical expertise to brokers and customers to price the risk appropriately.

• Qualify and underwrite accounts deal through understanding needs and risk characteristics of the customer, ensuring benefit from both top-line and profitability perspective.
• Develop and maintain relationships cross-functionally and with external stakeholders, to deliver exceptional broker and customer service.
• Maintain the quality and profitability of the portfolio, and refer all risks outside established authority level to Specialist.
• Help identify areas of concern regarding loss ratios, risk trends, or other discrepancies, applying remediation strategies as appropriate.
• Build knowledge of all Information Systems/Programs within Commercial Insurance.
• Participate in Quality Reviews and audits as required.
• Support maintenance of a compliant UW environment in relation to guidelines and rules.