Bilingual Underwriting Assistant - Toronto, Canada - Markel Corporation

Description

Markel Canada Limited is a division of Markel International (MINT) which operates in Canada as Lloyd's Syndicate 3000 underwriting a diverse portfolio of primary and excess casualty, environmental covers, property, E&O and D&O for Canadian clients.

MINT underwrites a diverse portfolio of commercial insurance and reinsurance business on a world-wide basis and is a division of Markel Corporation, which markets and underwrites specialty insurance products and programs a variety of specialty markets.

Markel Canada continues to build a pre-eminent specialty commercial insurer serving the needs of Canadian business from coast-to-coast. We embrace flexible work arrangements that help our team members thrive.

While we have offices established in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver we are looking for energetic, committed and ambitious professionals interested in being a part of something special regardless of location.

Markel Canada Limitée est une division de Markel International Services Ltd (MINT) qui mène ses activités pour le compte de Markel Syndicate 3000 du Lloyd's.

Elle souscrit, pour ses clients canadiens, un portefeuille diversifié de produits d'assurance de la responsabilité professionnelle, environnementale et d'entreprise, d'assurance de la responsabilité civile générale de première ligne et excédentaire et d'assurance des biens.

MINT souscrit un portefeuille diversifié d'affaires d'assurance et de réassurance commerciales à l'échelle mondiale.

C'est une division de Markel Corporation, qui commercialise et souscrit des produits et des programmes d'assurance spécialisés pour une variété de marchés spécialisés.

Markel Canada continue de s'imposer comme un assureur commercial spécialisé de premier plan qui répond aux besoins des entreprises canadiennes d'un océan à l'autre.

Nous sommes disposés à offrir des modalités de travail flexibles qui aident les membres de notre équipe à s'épanouir.

Nos bureaux sont situés à Toronto, Montréal et Vancouver, mais, peu importe le lieu de travail, nous sommes à la recherche de professionnels dynamiques, enthousiastes et ambitieux qui veulent faire partie d'une entreprise exceptionnelle.

The Underwriting Support Team provides a dedicated support service to the business.

Our primary focus is to provide a timely and high quality service to the underwriting divisions in Markel, managing and processing written inwards risk information.

• Job Summary:
• The Underwriting Support Team provides a dedicated support service to the business.

  Our primary focus is to provide a timely and high quality service to the underwriting divisions in Markel, managing and processing written inwards risk information.

• Department & role overview
• The Underwriting Support team comprises 17 underwriting assistants in all offices across Canada. The team provides administrative assistance to up to 80 underwriters in all locations.
• This includes, but is not limited to, creating references, processing bordereaux, issuing quotations, policy documents and invoices. Timely and efficient administrative support is critical to providing a highquality service to our underwriters, and ultimately, our brokers and clients.

Duties and accountabilities

• Underwriting Support
• Complete assignments in a timely and accurate manner.

This includes but is not limited to:

• Policy issuance
• Quote & Bind execution
• Bordereaux upload
• Broker of Record changes
• Policy cancellation, extension or midterm adjustment
• Other underwriting administration tasks as required
• Proactively make suggestions and recommendations for improvement.
• Stay current on all new workflows and UW bulletins
• Understand regional differences and works together to create consistency across Markel Canada.
• Regular communication with Manager/Team re workload and priorities.
• Participate in National Team meetings and relates key information back to UST.
• Support the successful implementation of Websure (policy administration system) enhancements.
• Technical Skills/Knowledge/Experience
• Have experience working with commercial insurance products and in their administration
• Understand the Canadian and Western insurance markets
• Be a proficient Microsoft Office user
• Be ready to work in a change environment
• React readily to shifting deadlines and be able to prioritize their work
• Have high standards and take pride in delivering accurate work
• Have excellent communication skills
• Be a team player and highly collaborative
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization, team and role
• Maintain a high standard of professionalism at all times
• Build and maintain relationships with colleagues
• Focus on personal development and maintaining levels of knowledge and expertise
• Be an efficient and effective team member and participate fully to achieve team goals
• Be able to network internally and externally to acquire and implement knowledge
• Continuously seek improv