Lead Canada-based underwriting for Professions E&O: underwrite new and renewal business, develop retail and middle-market relationships, act as onshore technical referral, drive broker engagement and business development, inform product and distribution strategy, represent CFC at industry events, and provide local market insight to support profitable growth.
We have an exciting new opportunity to become the first Canada-based representative of CFC’s London-based Professions team, helping to shape the continued growth of our E&O business across the Canadian market.
Combining technical underwriting expertise with market-facing leadership, you’ll act as a trusted referral point for underwriters, strengthen relationships with key brokers and help expand CFC’s distribution and retail presence. With a particular focus on middle-market opportunities, you’ll have the scope to influence underwriting strategy, support the evolution of our proposition and identify new opportunities for profitable growth.
About the role
As Underwriting Manager, you’ll underwrite strategically across our Professions portfolio while leading broker engagement and business development activity in Canada. Working closely with the Practice Leader and underwriting teams in London, you’ll help ensure a consistent approach to underwriting appetite, authority, broker strategy and profitability.
- Underwriting selected new and renewal business, with a focus on developing retail relationships and growing middle-market opportunities.
- Responding efficiently to broker enquiries, including quote requests, coverage questions and administrative requirements
- Acting as an onshore referral point and providing guidance on policy wordings, endorsements and product changes.
- Partnering with practice leadership to support underwriting strategy, appetite development, competitive positioning and product evolution.
- Building and deepening relationships with key retail and wholesale brokers, target accounts and industry partners across Canada.
- Expanding CFC’s retail presence across the Professions product suite, particularly Architects & Engineers, Contractors Professional and Manufacturers E&O.
- Representing CFC at broker meetings, industry events and market summits.
- Providing local market insight to inform product, technology, distribution and broker engagement decisions.
- Delivering internal and external presentations on CFC products, market trends and emerging exposures
About you
You’ll be an experienced professional lines underwriter with strong E&O knowledge, commercial judgement and a successful track record of delivering profitable results. You’ll bring established relationships across the Canadian retail and wholesale broker market, together with the confidence and credibility to represent CFC externally and develop new business opportunities.
- A minimum of five years’ experience in a professional lines underwriting or production-focused role.
- Strong technical knowledge across E&O products.
- Well-established broker relationships across different regions and brokerage sizes within the Canadian insurance market.
- Proven business development capability and the motivation to identify and pursue growth opportunities.
- An articulate and influential communication style, with the ability to present confidently and respond constructively to questions, feedback and challenge.
- The ability to work effectively under pressure, take ownership and operate successfully as a self-starter.
Core Values
Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
About
CFC is a specialist insurance provider, pioneering emerging risk and market leader in cyber. Our global insurance platform uses cutting-edge technology and data science to deliver smarter, faster underwriting and protect customers from today's most critical business risk.Headquartered in London with offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Austin, Madrid, Brussels and Brisbane, CFC has over 1200 staff and is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses across 90 countries.At CFC, insurance isn't just about underwriting. From data science to software development, and digital marketing design, we've got something for everyone. We're passionate about pushing boundaries, thinking differently and building the insurance company of the future.CFC is committed to the principles of equal opportunities and creating an environment in which all individuals are always treated with dignity and respect. We encourage a diverse corporate culture of openness and appreciation to create an environment in which your talent can be developed in the best possible way. Should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know.Feeling like you need to tick every box before applying? We see things differently. In a rapidly scaling company like ours, ambition and the drive to learn count for more than a 'perfect' checklist. We're building the future of insurance, and that requires diverse talent eager to grow with us. If this role excites you and you're ready to make a significant impact, bring your unique background and let's build something great together.
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