AVP, Property Underwriting Manager Needed

Job Title:    AVP, Property Underwriting Manager
Job Location:    Toronto, Ontario
Company/Employer: Heather Cox & Insurance Inc
About Us
At HCA our role is to link our partners in the insurance industry to create winning connections. Simply stated, our mandate is to recruit the best talent for our clients. Our reach is national with the focus on executive, middle management and technical positions. That’s not to say that we won’t place an EA to a President, because we enjoy those searches too!
We strive not to be the biggest but rather the best in our field. Our industry is not static and our consultants adapt to changing market demands.

Job Requirements:
• University degree, with a minimum of 12-15 years of commercial underwriting experience
• CIP/FCIP preferred
• Mastery of underwriting discipline and knowledge in property commercial insurance and a broad understanding of the critical issues in other related areas
• Advanced communication skills which are critical to building consensus across areas of influence
• Strong leadership skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism
• Ability to drive results by identifying and resolving significant problems within scope of responsibility
• Senior level knowledge of the insurance industry, its products and services

Job Duties:
• Evaluates underwriting performance based on financial analysis. Includes rate, reserve adequacy, operational, planning and product reviews.  Provides results to members of underwriting management team; develops plans to resolve issues.
• Ensures the achievement of continued profitability, growth and/or operational efficiencies
• Conducts research, analysis and development of related products
• Develops and maintains underwriting guidelines and best practices to ensure the integrity of the product line or segment
• Collaborates with business partners in Risk Control, Actuarial, Claims, Operations and Compliance to address governance and compliance issues
• Acts as senior level referral officer for exceptions to strategy, guidelines and authority.
• Provides overall direction for underwriting authority delegation and catastrophe management; conducts audits
• Establishes pricing guidelines
• Overall responsibility for line of business policy wordings and endorsements
• Represents company in regard to line of business re-insurance requirements
• Participates in the development and successful execution of Property business plan
• Develops talent in the field through active coaching and mentoring
• Provides technical training and education to underwriting staff 

Deadline Date: 08/01/2014

How to Apply:
Please submit your resume to the attention of:
Heather Cox, at:
Email:  resumes@hcox.ca
Contact: 416 935-0901