Job Description

MGA / Wholesale Broker of the Year in 2020, APRIL Canada specializes in developing and offering a wide range of insurance niche property and casualty insurance products where we meet the demands of 2,500 brokers by being competitive and flexible to the needs of the insured.

The market segments served in Canada are Construction, Contractors, Motor Truck Cargo, Realty, Vacant Dwellings, Third Party Liability for Manufacturers and Wholesalers, Standard and Specialized Errors and Omissions, Personal and Commercial Automobiles, Freight Transportation, Cyber, Student Housing, Pleasure Marine and Commercial Marine. In Canada, the April Group serve more than 2,500 insurance broker clients and has more than 100 employees. As part of the Global APRIL Group, which employs 4,000 people worldwide, APRIL Canada currently employs more than 100 people in 2 offices (Toronto, ON and Brossard, QC).

We are currently seeking a Commercial Underwriter to join our department. Reporting to the Director of the Department, your primary mission will be to analyze applications received through brokers and provide quotes with the best possible protection for the client\'s property. We are looking for dynamic, motivated people who are curious to learn and who like to question things, to join the big APRIL family and change the image of insurance together!

More specifically, your responsibilities will be to:

Analyze the applications received from our brokers and provide quotes with the best possible coverage for the risk. More specifically, your responsibilities will be to:

• Underwriting new business, respecting the insurer\'s delegation of authority
• Analyze the quotes received and rate them
• Prepare renewal offers and endorsements
• Communicate with brokers (telephone and email) to ensure fast, courteous and professional service
• Contact brokers to establish new business streams and/or solidify existing contacts

This job can be yours if you have:

• 3 years of Commercial Underwriting Experience
• Knowledge of some combination of: Realty, Manufacturing / Wholesaling, Construction, Professional Lines (Miscellaneous E&O and/or Personal Services Med Mal), General Property and CGL, and Transportation underwriting.
• Great ease with Outlook, Word and Excel tools
• Excellent oral and written communication

And even better if you :

• Know how Lloyd\'s works
• Hold or are in the process of obtaining the CIP designation

At APRIL, our values are lived out on a daily basis. Here are the ones that will make you feel at home with us:

• People are at the heart of everything we do. We trust our employees.
• Team spirit is very important. We help and respect each other.
• The strengths of one person make up for the weaknesses of the other.
• When one of us wins, we all win.
• Intrapreneurship is strongly encouraged. Positions are defined by the employees.
• We challenge the way we do things to go further.
• We have an open door policy: managers are always listening and cooperation between teams is encouraged.

Working at APRIL pays off

Recognized as one of the best employers in the insurance industry by Top insurance workplace 2021, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours (35 hours per week) as well as telecommuting opportunities Work/family balance at the heart of the company\'s model.
• 3 weeks of vacation starting the 1st year as well as 5 personal day per year, a day of volunteering and a free day for your birthday!
• New, colorful, open-plan offices
• Business casual dress code
• Competitive benefits program, including group insurance, employee assistance program and telemedicine for employees and their families
• Savings incentive (group RRSP, 2.5% employer participation)
• Profit sharing program for all employees from the first year
• Continuous training offer, possibility of employer-paid training
• Equipment in the office as at home
• Free parking

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your resume to this email: ressources.humaines@april.ca. We look forward to speaking with you!

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