Senior Insurance Underwriter

at  TD Bank

Work Location:
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Hours:
35
Line of Business:
TD Insurance
Pay Details:
We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.
Job Description:
Department Overview
TD Insurance is part of TD Bank Group, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions. TD Insurance helps protect clients from the ‘accidents of life’ with a wide range of products including credit protection, life, health, travel, home and auto insurance. With more than three million clients, TD Insurance authorized products and services are available online, over the phone, and through a network of more than 1,000 TD Canada Trust branches.
In Canada, we have two lines of business, General Insurance and Life and Health. Our General Insurance business is one of the top homes and auto insurance groups in Canada and the national leader in group insurance and affinity marketing. Our Life and Health business is the number one provider of critical illness insurance and direct life and health insurance in Canada.
At TD Insurance, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment. With a Canada-wide workforce of over 4,000 employees and offices in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, our company is always growing and can help you to grow. TD Insurance offers a stable and dynamic work environment where talent is appreciated, and professional development is taken seriously. More than just a job, we offer rewarding careers.
Job Details

As a Senior Underwriter the accountability is to drive profitable growth through quality underwriting with a commercial focus.

• Accountable to collaborate with internal partners to identify new business opportunities and provide superior technical expertise to advisors and customers to price the risk appropriately.
• Qualify underwriting files by understanding the needs and risk characteristics of the customer, ensuring benefits from both top-line and profitability perspectives.
• Develop and maintain relationships cross-functionally and with external stakeholders to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Act as a point of escalation for more junior underwriters to refer risks within established authority levels
• Maintain the quality and profitability of the portfolio and refer all risks outside of established authority levels to the appropriate approver for review and actioning.
• Provide insights on market research and analysis, develop business cases for pricing, coverage and product improvements.
• Contribute to the introduction and communication of pricing, coverage and/or product changes from time to time, including creating uw bulletins, contributing to development of uw guidelines, etc.
• Help identify areas of concern regarding loss ratios, risk trends or other discrepancies
• Participate in Quality Reviews and audits as required.
• Support maintenance of a compliant UW environment in relation to guidelines and rules.

Job Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or relevant professional certifications, designations, or equivalent required
• 10+ years relevant experience in commercial insurance

Proficiency in Other than French
This position requires proficiency in a language other than French to support or deal with customers who require services and support in a language other than French.
Who We Are
As part of TD Bank Group, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions, at TD Insurance, we care for Canadian families, making it easy to get the best advice, protection, and support in their moments of need, always.
TD Insurance offers a wide range of products, including General Insurance and Life and Health. More than four million customers count on us.
As the largest direct to consumer insurer in Canada, we are always innovating and providing exciting and rewarding career opportunities for our Canada-wide workforce.
Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.
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Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.
Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Language Requirement:
Maîtrise d’une langue autre que le français pour offrir du soutien ou traiter avec des employés ou des collègues qui ont besoin de services et de soutien dans une langue autre que le français /This position requires proficiency in a language other than French to support or deal with customers who require services and support in a language other than French.

• Accountable to collaborate with internal partners to identify new business opportunities and provide superior technical expertise to advisors and customers to price the risk appropriately.
• Qualify underwriting files by understanding the needs and risk characteristics of the customer, ensuring benefits from both top-line and profitability perspectives.
• Develop and maintain relationships cross-functionally and with external stakeholders to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Act as a point of escalation for more junior underwriters to refer risks within established authority levels
• Maintain the quality and profitability of the portfolio and refer all risks outside of established authority levels to the appropriate approver for review and actioning.
• Provide insights on market research and analysis, develop business cases for pricing, coverage and product improvements.
• Contribute to the introduction and communication of pricing, coverage and/or product changes from time to time, including creating uw bulletins, contributing to development of uw guidelines, etc.
• Help identify areas of concern regarding loss ratios, risk trends or other discrepancies
• Participate in Quality Reviews and audits as required.
• Support maintenance of a compliant UW environment in relation to guidelines and rules