Underwriting Support Clerk - 12 Month Opportunity
Intact is a company committed to supporting its employees and fostering a positive work environment. They are seeking an Underwriting Support Clerk for a 12-month temporary position in their P&C underwriting team, responsible for managing requests from brokers, distributing work, and assisting the management team with various tasks.
Responsibilities
- Manage the incoming requests from our brokers and distribute work to the underwriting team according to different levels of seniority and assigned roles
- Allocate work and correspondence to the underwriting team daily
- Identify, search, log and distribute applications
- Assemble and prepare output for mailing with the same day turnaround time
- May order various underwriting reports from the computer system
- Assist the management team with any required tasks
- Identify problems and relevant issues, seek to resolve problems and improve work processes and share back with the team/management
- Answer straightforward inquiries from brokers promptly and courteously
- Work closely to develop and maintain positive business partnerships with brokers and co-workers
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- Candidates with previous Commercial Lines P&C experience will be prioritized
- Understanding of the underwriting principles and practices an asset
- Highly organized to manage workflow efficiently without continuous supervision
- Can work independently
- Initiative and ability to work under pressure
- Keyboarding skills and knowledge of computers required
- Must be able to develop some proficiency in the use and knowledge of all computer systems related to their function
- Excellent communication skills
- Team player
- No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada
- Experience with Windows-based software programs and underwriting systems
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