22 Oct
Aviva
Markham
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.
We make a positive difference every single day offering protection and peace of mind.
Come Join Our Team!
What Makes This Opportunity Unique
Apply your expertise in a collaborative setting as a Senior Manager in Specialty Personal Insurance Underwriting at Aviva. Make a meaningful impact on our underwriting practices across the nation.
What You'll Do:
- Underwriting Authority: Authorize underwriting decisions that exceed regional risk authority, including policy voidance and reinsurance arrangements,
while strictly adhering to your delegated binding authority limits.
- Technical Direction: Provide technical underwriting direction for complex risk matters and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and corporate underwriting policy.
- Policy Development: Approve changes to underwriting rules, guidelines, and products, maintaining national consistency.
- Regulatory Filings: Prepare and negotiate filings with external regulators regarding underwriting rules and rate filings.
- Corporate Projects: Participate in corporate projects representing underwriting.
- Risk Control: Ensure robust controls across underwriting, contributing to effective insurance risk management.
- Referral Point: Act as a referral point for technical underwriting and pricing decisions.
- Customer Focus: Embed fair treatment of customers into all activities and ensure decisions result in fair customer outcomes.
- Regulatory Compliance: Support regulatory and compliance programs and ensure appropriate audit controls for regulatory reports.
- Decision-Making Authority:
Authorize underwriting decisions that exceed regional authority and provide technical direction on compliance matters.
- Underwriting Rules: Develop and validate underwriting rules for risk mitigation, both automated and manual.
- Broker Materials: Ensure underwriting content for broker manuals is aligned with regulations.
- Internal Manuals: Develop internal underwriting manuals in line with policy.
- Regulatory Communication: Communicate with regulators to submit and defend underwriting filings.
- Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as an expert on rules, wordings, products, and regulations.
- Policy Accuracy: Validate the accuracy and compliance of policy outputs and communications.
- Collaborative Projects:
Contribute to special projects and foster positive connections with both internal and external partners.
- Fair Treatment: Ensure fair treatment of customers is embedded in all functions.
- Effective Mentorship: Consistently provide effective mentorship regarding customer treatment expectations.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, or similar field. MBA or equivalent experience preferred. CRM, CIP, or FCIP certification preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years in insurance, with at least 2 years in a comparable management role.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Strong organizational and customer service skills. Familiarity with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Lotus Notes.
- Excellent judgment and analytical skills to manage and disseminate information accurately.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- High-level problem-solving skills to address policy gaps.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a geographically dispersed team.
- A leader with integrity, credibility, and excellent relationship management skills.
What You'll Get
- The salary band for this position ranges from $ 92,100.00 - $ 171,000.00. Please note that individual salary is determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience, as well as internal equity.
- Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness,
and volunteer opportunities.
- Outstanding Career Development opportunities.
- We’ll support your professional development education.
- Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year
- Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion
- Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health
- Hybrid flexible work model
Please note that we may use AI tools to help us through the recruitment process. This is a new position which has been posted both internally & externally.
Aviva Canada has an accommodation process in place to provide accommodations for employees with disabilities.
If upon commencement of employment you require a specific accommodation because of a disability, please contact your Talent Acquisition Partner so that an appropriate accommodation can be arranged. This process applies throughout your career with Aviva Canada.
▶️ Senior Manager, Specialty Personal Insurance Underwriting
🖊️ Aviva
📍 Markham