Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent 

Location: Toronto 

About the role

Ecclesiastical Insurance Canada, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a Senior Underwriter, Programs to join our team in our Toronto office.

As a Senior Underwriter, Programs, you will be responsible for evaluating, pricing, and managing underwriting strategies for delegated authority and program business. You’ll work closely with program administrators, MGAs, and internal stakeholders to ensure profitable growth and compliance with underwriting guidelines.

It's a role that will challenge and reward you in equal measure, offering an opportunity to flex your underwriting expertise in a forward-thinking organization that puts all available profits into worthy causes.

Joining our rapidly expanding and innovative Group presents a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and become an integral part of an inclusive, purpose-led organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Underwrite and manage a portfolio of program business across various lines.
• Analyze program performance, loss trends, and underwriting results to inform decision-making.
• Collaborate with actuarial, claims, and compliance teams to assess and monitor program profitability.
• Conduct due diligence on new program opportunities and participate in onboarding processes.
• Maintain strong relationships with program partners and provide guidance on underwriting best practices.
• Contribute to the development of underwriting guidelines, tools, and training materials.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• A University degree, advanced insurance-related certifications like CIP or equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 – 10 years' progressive experience in commercial underwriting, with at least 3 years in program or delegated authority underwriting.
• Strong analytical and technical underwriting skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship management abilities.
• Experience working with MGAs, TPAs, or program administrators preferred.
• Proficiency in underwriting platforms and data analysis tools.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and effective time management skills.
• Strong negotiation skills, adaptability to changing market conditions and underwriting guidelines, and ability to handle multiple underwriting files simultaneously.
• Help to coach and mentor Underwriters and Underwriting Associates
• Maintain continuous learning and professional development.
• High ethical standards, adherence to industry regulations and guidelines, and the ability to handle sensitive information discreetly.

What we offer

• A market competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Flexible working program
• Annual home and roam allowance to support commuting costs and home office supplies
• Defined contribution pension plan - up to 8% with no employee matching required and voluntary RRSP and TFSA programs
  
• Generous annual bonus program for all permanent full-time staff
• Minimum of 3 weeks vacation plus paid wellness, personal, volunteer and sick days
• Comprehensive employee group benefits, including health and dental coverage, income protection plans, life insurance, ADD insurance and an annual Health Care Spending Account
• Up to $200 for an annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Family and Employee Assistance Program, a discount and perks program as well as an annual fitness reimbursement
• Family friendly benefits including maternity/parental top-up payments
• Support towards professional designations
• Personal development subsidy covering courses of personal interests or hobbies
• Wellness perks such as daily fresh fruit, snacks and ice-cream days in the summer
• Engagement activities including regular lunch and learns, after-work get togethers and Lunch with Leaders program to name a few

About us

Ecclesiastical Insurance is a unique specialist insurance company that is deeply committed to protecting the needs of organizations that enrich the lives of others and to supporting initiatives that help improve the lives of those in need. 

We insure some of Canada’s most historic and culturally significant places, as well as the arts, retirement living, education, charities, and faith organizations.

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.  

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26