Insurance Underwriter

At Gallagher, we help clients face risk with confidence because we believe that when businesses are protected, they’re free to grow, lead, and innovate. You’ll be backed by our digital ecosystem: a client-centric suite of consulting tools making it easier for you to meet your clients where they want to be met. Advanced data and analytics providing a comprehensive overview of the risk landscape is at your fingertips. Here, you’re not just improving clients' risk profiles, you’re building trust. We value curiosity, celebrate new ideas, and empower you to take ownership of your career while making a meaningful impact for the businesses we serve. The Personal Lines Underwriter is responsible for ensuring adherence to workflows, best practices, and carrier requirements within the Personal Lines Underwriting Team. This role focuses on quality assurance, compliance, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture. The Underwriter will also contribute to the development of service standards, maintain relationships with carrier partners, and provide guidance to team members.
Policy Communication Management: Manage and distribute policy communication received in the Underwriting email inbox to ensure timely and accurate processing.
Quality Assurance: Conduct quality assurance reviews of new business applications to ensure compliance with carrier underwriting guidelines and standards.
Contribute to the development and enhancement of Personal Insurance service standards and workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Ensure personal and team adherence to established workflows, underwriting criteria, and compliance with guidelines and controls.
Assist in the development, implementation, and monitoring of benchmark initiatives to drive team performance and success.
Knowledge Management: Stay up to date with technical, insurer, and product updates/changes and ensure the team is informed and trained accordingly.
Minimum of 7 years of experience in personal lines.
Technical Skills:
Proficiency in insurance management systems and underwriting tools.
Strong analytical and decision-making skills to assess risk and ensure adherence to guidelines.
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Flexible medical & dental coverage to meet your household's needs
Life, Dependent Life and AD & D Insurance options
Retirement savings including RRSP including a company match, TFSA, pension and more
Employee assistance programs
Opportunity for flexible work arrangements
Paid sick days & personal days
Employee referral bonus program
We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

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