Job title: Assistant Underwriter

Company: Manitoba Public Insurance

Job description: Overview

As the Assistant Underwriter, you will respond to internal and external enquiries, process transactions to meet customer needs, provide underwriting support and analysis, and review policies to determine if coverage exists for claims.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate existing SRE policies to ensure that the risk meets the corporate underwriting standards. When standards are not met, apply appropriate underwriting action.
• Review policies to ensure requests meet the corporate underwriting standards. When standards are not met, apply appropriate underwriting action.
• Amend policies to reflect requested/accepted changes to existing coverage.
• Make decisions and process all forms of policy endorsements, cancellation and reinstatement requests for non-complex scheduled policies.
• Respond to enquiries from brokers, adjusters, internal accounting departments, Motor Carrier Division – Safety Program, other MPI staff and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
• Confirm coverage for claims on all types of policies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• C11 Principles and Practice of Insurance course from the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) program, General Insurance Essentials Certificate or Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker (CAIB) designation.
• Two years of related office or customer service experience.
• Experience in the insurance industry is an asset.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Oral and written communication skills with the ability to present information effectively to various audiences.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to exercise good judgment.

Employee Benefits

Health benefits

We offer a comprehensive health benefits program that includes:

• flexible health, dental and vision plans
• health spending account
• travel health coverage
• other extended health benefits such as ambulance, massage and physiotherapy

Financial security

In an effort to support financial security, we offer:

• registered pension plan
• group, dependent, and optional life insurance coverage
• critical illness insurance
• sick leave to cover short-term disability
• long-term disability

Wellness

We offer programs that focus on how to better achieve a balance between work and personal commitments, as well as maintain a healthy workplace culture. This includes:

• vacation entitlement
• maternity, parental and adoptive leaves
• bereavement and family responsibility leaves
• employee and family assistance program
• mental-health programming
• lunch-and-learn offerings
• discounted gym memberships and wellness account

Diversity and inclusion

Manitoba Public Insurance believes that diversity and inclusion strengthens us. We consider ourselves to be a barrier-free organization where individual values, beliefs and practices are respected and appreciated for the diversity they bring to our work life.

Employee recognition

It’s important to recognize our employees for their contributions. Not only do we recognize employees as they achieve milestone years in their careers, we also have several outlets for leaders and peers to reward each other for work well done.

Professional development

We want our employees to grow, which is why we offer support in keeping their skills up-to-date. We offer in-house training, professional development and an educational assistance program.

Safety and health

In an effort to encourage a safe and healthy work environment, we offer various safety, health and workplace policies and programs along with technical expertise and assistance to support employee activities in safety and health.

Expected salary:

Location: Brandon, MB

Job date: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 07:55:20 GMT